August Söderman (1832−1876)

Lofsång ("Lofven och prisen Herran") [Lovsång ("Loven och prisen Herran")] (Dav. Ps. 117) ["Praise the Lord". Psalm no. 117, Book of Psalms (Old Testament)]

Print
  • Year of composition: Year of composition uncertain (according to some sources, the psalm was printed posthumously, in 1886)
  • Work category: Mixed choir a cappella
  • Text author: Psalm no. 117 from the Book or Psalms (Old Testament)
  • Duration: Approx. 1-5 min

Solo voices/choir

S.A.T.B., S.A.T.T.B., S.A.T.T.B.B.

Examples of printed editions

• Ny Hymnsamling utgifven af Fredrik Hjort och H. Kabner, Oscar Isacsons Boktryckeri, Göteborg [New collection of hymns published by Fredrik Hjort and H. Kabner, Oscar Isacson’s printing house, Gothenburg] (1903)
• Musica Sacra. Körsånger för kyrkan och skolan utgivna av Herman Palm, Oscar Sandberg, Harald Fryklöf, Albert Hellerström. Part II. (1915) [Name of publishing house missing. Part I was published by the Publishers’ own publishing house, Musikdirektör Oscar Sandberg, Stockholm (1916)]

Literature

Jeanson, Gunnar: August Söderman. En svensk tondiktares liv och verk, 1926

Description of work

Allegretto A-flat major 4/4 (C)

Work comment

The song also exists in a setting for male choir a cappella (T.T.B.B.). See individual post for that version.

Libretto/text

Lofven [sic] och prisen Herran, allt folk;
ty Hans nåd är väldig öfver oss