Olof Åhlström (1756-1835)

(Kantater för kyrkoårets högtidsdagar) Andeliga Sånger. (11.) Påsk Dagen [(Cantatas for the feast days of the liturgical year) Spiritual Songs. (11.) Easter Sunday]. 'Förtjust jag sjunger Frälsarns ära'

Print

Autograph (unnumbered):
[Solo; Soprano or Tenor]
[Chorus]

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Edition Gran Tonante:
Aria (Soprano or Tenor) and Chorus

  • 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: Mixed choir and instruments
  • 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
choir: S.A.T.B.

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 … Read more

  • 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, where no. 11 begins on the same page as no. 10 ends)

Description of work

Autograph (unnumbered):
Allegro C major 4/4 (C)

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Edition Gran Tonante:
Allegro C major 4/4 (C)

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 … Read more

Libretto/text

Autograph (unnumbered):

[Solo; Soprano or Tenor]: Förjust jag sjunger Frälsarns ära
[Chorus]: må alla trogna själar finna sin sällhet vid Hans Kors

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Edition Gran Tonante:

Aria (Soprano or Tenor) and … Read more