[1. Choir] Kyrie: Herre förbarma tig [sic] öfver oss
[2. Choir] Ära vare Gud i högden [sic]
[3. Choir] Och frid på jordene [sic]
[4. Aria] Vi lofve tig vi välsigne tig (soprano)
[5. Choir] Vi tacke tig för tina store äro
[6. Soli and choir] O Herre Gud himmelske konung (soprano, alto, [tenor], bass)
[7. Aria] O Herre Gud himmelske konung (soprano)
[8. Duet] O Herre thens [sic] Aldra högstes enfödde Aon (soprano, alto)
[9. Aria] O Herre Gud Guds Lamb [sic] (alto)
[10. Duet] Tu som sitter på fadrens högra hand (soprano, bass)
[11. Choir] Tu som borttager verldenes [sic] synder
[12. Solo och kör] Ty tu äst allena Helig (soprano)
[13a. Choir] Med then helga anda
[13b. Choir] I Guds faders härlighet

• Year of composition: 1752 (at the latest)
• Work category: Mixed choir with solo voice(s) and orchestra
• Text author: Parts from the Swedish hymnal of 1695, etc. (according to Holm)
• First performed: "Upf. 1752" ([i.e., performed in 1752] according to a [Roman’s?] annotation in the autograph, most likely referring to the first performance, which took place in early March this year at the Ekeblad House in Stockholm. (The house, now demolished, was owned by riksrådet [approx. member of the Privy Council] count Claes Ekeblad, Jr., married to Eva De la Gardie, the first woman to be welcomed as member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.)
• Duration: Approx. 40-50 min
• Detailed duration: about 45' (according to Musica Sveciae's recording)

Instrumentation

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Solo voices/choir

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

Location for score and part material

Copies can be found at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket (KO/Sv.-R, Ro:62b); a bass part at the Uppsala University Library (Vok.mus. in hs. 76:2:26); movements 1-2, 4-5, 10-11, 13 at the Västerås stadsbibliotek (Molér 145[31]); movements 1 and 13b at the Lund University Libraries (Kraus 245); movement 3 at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket (Ro:62d) and the Lund University Libraries (Engelhardt 626); movement 9 at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket (Ro:62c, C2B-R), the Västernorrlands museum, Härnösand (da Roman), the Lund University Libraries (Engelhardt 359), Uppsala University Library (Vok.mus. in hs. 64:1:2 f-g); movement 13b at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket (Ro:62c, C2B-R)

• Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
• Possible call no. and autograph comment: Ro:62a

Literature

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

Description of work

[1. Choir] Kyrie: Lento F major 4/4 (C)
[2. Choir] Andante B-flat major 4/4 (C)
[3. Choir] Tempo giusto D minor
[4. Aria] Gustoso D minor 3/4
[5. Choir] Con Spirito F major 4/4 (C)
[6. Soli and choir] Lento A minor 4/4 (C)
[7. Aria] Moderato C major 3/8
[8. Duet] Andantino A major alla breve
[9. Aria] Lento D major 6/8
[10. Duet] Andante B minor alla breve
[11. Choir] Largo E minor 3/4
[12. Solo and choir] Allegro G major alla breve
[13a. Choir] (Grave [according to Holm]; albeit no time signature in Ro:62a) C major 4/4 (C)
[13b. Choir] (no tempo marking) F major 4/4 (C)

Links

Ro:62
Ro:62b
Ro:62b(x)
Ro:62c
Ro:62d
LUB:Engelhardt 359
LUB:Engelhardt 626
LUB:Kraus 425 [excerpts, arr.]
UUB:Vmhs 65:1:2f (vn, vc, cont)
UUB:Vmhs 65:1:2f (vn I+II, vc, cont)
UUB:Vmhs 64:1:2g
UUB:Vmhs 76:2:26
Västerås:Molér 145[31]
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