Fredrik Pacius (1809-1891)

Suomis sång ("Hör hur härligt sången skallar") [Suomi's song]

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  • 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 Sange af danske og fremmede Komponister samlede og udgivne af Sophus Halle, Wilhelm Hansen, Musik-Forlag, Ed. nr. 13849 [Mixed choir II. 50 songs by Danish and foreign composers, collected and published by Sophus Halle], Wilhelm Hansen, Musik-Forlag, Ed. no. 13849
• Svenska Skolkvartetten. Andra samlingen, 100 fyrstämmiga sånger [Svenska Skolkvartetten. Volume 2, 100 four-part songs] Abr. Lundquist, Musikförlag (Ed. no. is missing) [1946]

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