Part I Tempo Andante, poco rubato
Part II Molto adagio, solenne

• Year of composition: Late summer 1920 - October 1921
• Work category: Several choirs with solo voice(s) and orchestra
• Text author: Ture Rangström (1884-1947)
• First performed: 18 December 1921, the auditorium of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Stockholm. Soloists: Greta Söderman, Liva Järnefelt, Oscar Ralf, Conny Molin. Choir. The Royal Court Orchestra. Conductor: Wilhelm Stenhammar
• Duration: Approx. 30-40 min
• Detailed duration: 34'68 [according to Caprice CD CAP 21358 (1988)]

Instrumentation

3*.3*.4*.4* / 4.3.3.1 / timp, perc, hp, cel. pno / str
(picc, cor angl, bass clar, dbn)
perc: trgl, cymb, bass dr, tamburino, tamburo piccolo

Solo voices/choir

Soloists: soprano, alto [mezzo-soprano], tenor, baritone
Mixed choir (S.A.T.B.), children's choir

Examples of printed editions

Edition Levande musikarv [Swedish Musical Heritage], Stockholm 2021. Critical edition by Finn Rosengren.

Musikaliska Konstföreningen [the publishing house of the Swedish Art Music Society] (piano reduction) [50 numbered copies printed in 1924]

Location for score and part material

Score, solo, choir, and handwritten orchestral parts as well as piano reduction can be found in the collections of the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

• Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
• Possible call no. and autograph comment: Wilhelm Stenhammar's archive (score [in pencil], orchestral reduction)

Literature

Wallner, Bo: Wilhelm Stenhammar och hans tid, vols. 1-3 (Norstedts Förlag, Stockholm, 1991)

Description of work

Part I: Tempo Andante, poco rubato B-flat major (varying key signatures) 4/4 (C)
Part II: Molto adagio, solenne C minor (varying key signatures) 4/4 (C) [Part II begins with an instrumental interlude; see separate post for that piece]

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