- Year of composition: Year of composition uncertain
- Work category: Male choir a cappella
- Duration: Approx. 1-5 min
Solo voices/choir
T.T.B.B.
Examples of printed editions
Sångarförbundet. Samling fyrstämmiga sånger för mansröster. First part, Abr. Hirschs Förlag, Ed. no. 2591
Description of work
Poco Adagio G major 4/4 (C)
Work comment
The text also appears in e.g., Den svenska psalmboken [the Swedish hymnal] of 1819 (hymn no. 123) and 1937 (hymn no. 168).
The song also exists in a setting for solo voice and piano, as well as for male choir a cappella (T.T.B.B.). See separate posts for those versions.
Libretto/text
[1.] Måste ock av törnen vara
här din krona, o, min brud!
[2.] Se, så bygger Gud sin kyrka,
se, så pröfvar [sic] han vår tro