Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867−1942)

Sånger för blandad Kör. Guldfågel [Songs for mixed choir. Gold bird]. ("Gossen gick till skogens gömma")

Print
  • Year of composition: 1891 (according to Henrik Karlsson's list of compositions by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger [2004])
  • Work category: Mixed choir a cappella
  • Text author: Carl Snoilsky (1841-1903) From ”Tankar och toner” (according to Henrik Karlsson's list of compositions by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger [2004]) [i.e., Samlade dikter, band 2, 1903 (Collected poems, vol. 2, 1903)]
  • Duration: Approx. 1-5 min

Solo voices/choir

S.A.T.B.

Examples of printed editions

• Abraham Lundquist Musikförlag, Ed. no. 3805
(Edition includes Necken, Guldfågel, Vårsång I, Vårsång II, Juninatt / Zwiegesang, Det står ett ljus i Österland)
• Svenska Skolkvartetten. Tredje samlingen, 100 fyrstämmiga sånger [Svenska Skolkvartetten. Volume 3, 100 four-part songs] Abr. Lundquist, Musikförlag Abr. L. 5306 (printed 1929, 1946)

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
  • Possible call no. and autograph comment: P.-B.-sällsk. [The Peterson-Berger Society] (together with 'Når du skal på Fjeldesti', Opus 11)

Literature

Karlsson, Henrik: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger. Verkförteckning [List of works] (2004) [available at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket]

Description of work

Autograph: Moderato D major - B major (- B minor) 4/4 (C) - 6/8 - 4/4 (C)
Printed music: Con moto - Tranquillo grazioso E-flat major - C major 4/4 (C) - 6/8

Work comment

This song also exists in a version for men's choir a cappella (T.T.B.B.). See further the individual post for that version.

Libretto/text

Gossen gick till skogens gömma