[1. Chorus] Beati omnes (choir)
[2. Aria] Labores manuum (soprano)
[3. Aria] Uxor tua (alto)
[4. Aria] Filii tui (tenor)
[5. Chorus] Ecce sic benedicetur (choir)
[6. Aria] Benedicat tibi (bass)
[7. Duet] Et videas filios (soprano, alto)
[8a. Chorus] Gloria patri (choir)
[8b. Chorus] Sicut erat (choir)

• Year of composition: 1751
• Work category: Mixed choir with solo voice(s) and orchestra
• Text author: Book of Psalms no. 128 (Old Testament)
• First performed: Performed by the Hovkapellet [i.e., the the orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera], with additional musicians, under the baton of Roman at the coronation of King Adolf Frederick and Queen Louisa Ulrika in the Storkyrkan, Stockholm, on 26 November, 1751.
• Duration: Approx. 10-15 min
• Detailed duration: Duration uncertain

Instrumentation

2.2.0.0 / 0.0.0.0 / cont, (org) / str

Solo voices/choir

soloists: soprano, alto, tenor, bass
choir: S.A.T.B.

Location for score and part material

Manuscript (score and [incomplete] parts material) can be found at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket (Ro:70a, Ro:70b), as well as complete parts material (in Janitsch’s hand).

• Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

Literature

Holm, Anna Lena: Tematisk förteckning över J.H. Romans vokalverk. Musikaliska akademiens bibliotek (1994)

Helenius-Öberg, Eva: "Handstil 128 i Romansamlingen och gåtan om den Berlinska musiken till … Read more1751 års kröning". In:STM 80 (1998), s. 25-51. 

Bengtsson, Britta: 1751 års män. Anteckningar om amatörer och hovkapellister vid "Kongl. Begrafnings och Kongl. Krönings Musiquerne år 1751". Musik i Sverige 12. Stockholm 2001. Collapse

Description of work

[1. Chorus] Vivace D major - B minor 4/4 (C)
[2. Aria] Arioso A major 3/4
[3. Aria] Andante F sharp minor 4/4 (C)
[4. Aria] Larghetto B minor 3/4
[5. Chorus] Poco Largo G major 4/4 (C)
[6. Aria] … Read moreVivace ma non tanto E minor 3/4
[7. Duet] Allegretto G major 2/4
[8a. Chorus] Grave D major - A major 4/4 (C)
[8b. Chorus] Allabreve [sic] D major alla breve Collapse

Links

Ro:70a
Ro:70b

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Work comment

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