• Year of composition: 1922
  • Work category: Voice and orchestra
  • Text author: Jonatan Reuter (1859–1947)
  • Arrangement/revision: The arrangement for voice and orchestra was made by Axel Malm (1888-1965) (n.d.)
  • Duration: 3 min

Instrumentation

2.2.2.2 / 4.2.3.1 / timp, 2 perc / str

Solo voices/choir

Baritone or tenor

Examples of printed editions

Gehrmans, Stockholm cop 1945, new edition 2024.

Description of work

Version for baritone: Allegro con brio D-flat major 4/4 (C)
Version for tenor: Allegro con brio E major 4/4 (C)


Work comment

Nordqvist composed the song for voice and piano, which version was printed in 1922 in the book Tre sånger [Three songs]


Libretto/text

Nu blåser havets friska vind ifrån sydväst