Ivar Hallström (1826−1901)

Fjäriln / Schmetterling ("O, fjäril, mig säg!" / "O, Schmetterling")

Print
  • Year of composition: 1855 (according to an autograph in the collections of the Musik- och teaterbibliotekets samlingar)
  • Work category: Mixed choir a cappella
  • Text author: [August Heinrich] Hoffman v. Fallersleben (1798-1874). Translated into Swedish by [Prince] Oscar Fredrik [later King Oscar II of Sweden] (according to the autograph)
  • Duration: Approx. 1-5 min

Solo voices/choir

S.A.T.B.

Examples of printed editions

Svenska Skolkvartetten. Andra samlingen, 100 fyrstämmiga sånger [Svenska Skolkvartetten. Volume 2, 100 four-part songs] Abr. Lundquist, Musikförlag (Ed. no. is missing) [1946]

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
  • Possible call no. and autograph comment: Ivar Hallström's archive, Kompositioner bd 2 [Compositions, vol. 2]

Description of work

Allegretto E major 3/8

Libretto/text

O, fjäril, mig säg!
Vi [sic] flyr du din väg?

O, Schmetterling sprich,
was fliehest du mich?

Media files

References

  • Vocal scores