- Year of composition: Capri and Marstrand 1947-48, finished on 19 December 1948
- Work category: Symphony
- Text author: Ebba Lindqvist (1908-95), 'Det enda' from the collection of poems 'Vid Havet', published in the collection Labyrint (1949)
- Dedication: Dedicated to all sailors on the Seven Seas
- First performed: 24 March 1949, Gothenburg Concert Hall, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sixten Eckerberg, soprano solo: Ingrid Eksell
- Duration: 37 min
Instrumentation
3*.3*.3*.3* / 4.3.3.1 / timp, 2 perc, hp, cel, pno / str
(picc, cor angl, bass clar, dbn)
Solo voices/choir
Soprano solo (range: c1—gess2, so the part suites a mezzo-soprano better)
Examples of printed editions
• Nordiska Musikförlaget, Stockholm, 1950 (N.M.S.4000)
• Study score: Nordiska Musikförlaget, Stockholm, 1951 (N.M.S.4000)
• Sången 'Det enda', which constitutes the mid section of the symphony, was …
Description of work
Lento (no key signature) 4/4 etc.
Libretto/text
Ebba Lindqvist: Det enda from the collection of poems Vid Havet, published in the collection Labyrint (Bonniers, 1949)
Så som man flyr från den älskade,
inte orkar förtäras och förnyas i ett, i ett,
så …