- Year of composition: Year of composition uncertain (the poem was published in 1851)
- Work category: Mixed choir a cappella
- Text author: Emil von Qvanten [1827-1903] (from the collection 'Dikter' [Poems], published in 1851)
- Duration: Approx. 1-5 min
Solo voices/choir
S.A.T.B.
Examples of printed editions
• Svenska Skolkvartetten. 100 fyrstämmiga sånger, 1:sta samlingen, [Svenska Skolkvartetten. 100 four-part songs, Volume 1] Abr. Lundquist, Musikförlag (Ed. no. is missing) [1952]
• Blandet Kor II. 50 …
Description of work
Maestoso C minor 3/4
in Svenska Skolkvartetten, vol. 2: B minor
Work comment
This song also exists in a setting for male choir a cappella (T.T.B.B.). See separate post for that setting.
The same lyrics were also set to music by August Söderman. See separate post for that version.
Libretto/text
[1.] Hör hur härligt sången skallar
mellan Wäinös runohallar
[2.] Över allt [sic] en röst oss bjuder,
över allt en stämma ljuder