Emil Sjögren (1853-1918)

"Det gamla år framgånget är." Nyårspsalm [Psalm for the New Year] from Sex hymner och psalmer för soli, blandad kör och orgel [Six hymns and psalms for soloists, mixed choir and organ]

opus 51 (trol; står dock ej angivet i notutgåvan)

Print
  • Year of composition: 1898
  • Work category: Mixed choir and instruments
  • Text author: In the printed music the lyricist is not identified, but the text was probably written by Jakob Eberdt (1549-1615), translated by Jesper Swedberg in 1694
  • Dedication: Composed for the (Sankt) Johannes Kyrka [St. John's Church, Stockholm] (according to the Musikaliska Konstföreningen's [the publishing house of the Swedish Art Music Society] edition)
  • Duration: Approx. 1-5 min

Instrumentation

org or pno

Solo voices/choir

S.A.T.B.

Examples of printed editions

• A-B. Carl Gehrmans Musikförlag, C. G. 3727
• Musikaliska Konstföreningen [the publishing house of the Swedish Art Music Society], M.K. 78 (1909)

Description of work

Andante con allegrezza D major 4/4 (C)

Libretto/text

Det gamla år framgånget är,
nytt kommer i stället här