Olof Åhlström (1756-1835)
(Kantater för kyrkoårets högtidsdagar) Andeliga Sånger. (8.) Jul-Dagen [(Cantatas for the feast days of the liturgical year) Spiritual Songs. (8.) Christmas Day]. 'Med hjertats lof till dig'
Autograph (unnumbered):
[1.] [Solo; Soprano or Tenor]
[2.] [Solo; Soprano or Tenor]
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Edition Gran Tonante:
Recitativo [sic] and Aria (Soprano or Tenor)
- Year of composition: Dating uncertain (Åhlström worked in S:t Jacobs kyrka [St James's Church, Stockholm] 1792-1835; two of the cantatas are dated [no. 1: 1801] and [no. 7: 1802]. According to an inscription on no. 10, that cantata was performed in Jacob's kyrka in 1799
- Work category: Voice and piano
- First performed: Probably in S:t Jacobs kyrka [St James's Church], Stockholm
- Duration: Approx. 1-5 min
- Detailed duration: Uncertain
Instrumentation
probably pno/Forte Piano (cf. Cantata no. 1)
Solo voices/choir
solo voice: 1 soprano or tenor
Examples of printed editions
11 Kantater för kyrkoårets högtider för Soli, Kör och Pianoforte. Urtext-Edition av Holger Schmitt-Hallenberg [11 Cantatas for the feast days of the liturgical year. Critical edition by Holger …
- Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: Z/Sv (bound together with the other cantatas for the feast days of the liturgical year)
Description of work
Autograph (unnumbered):
[1.] Andante B-flat major 3/4 - alla breve
[2.] Andante Moderato B-flat major 3/4
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Edition Gran Tonante:
Andante - Andante moderato B-flat major 3/4 - alla breve - 3/4
Work comment
According to an anonymous note inserted in the autograph, [Johann Christian Friedrich] Hæffner's name has been written on the cover, but for several reasons, these cantatas have never been attributed …
Libretto/text
Autograph (unnumbered):
[1.] [Solo; Soprano or Tenor]: med hjertats lof till dig, Du verldars Gud
[2.] [Solo; Soprano or Tenor]: Från Jorden upp till Himlens höjd
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Edition Gran Tonante:
Recitativo […