Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871−1927)
Tirfing (after Hervardursagan), Norse mythological music drama in two acts with prelude and postlude.
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- Year of composition: Prologue, act I, act II: Särö summer 1897, Epilogue: Båstad summer 1898
- Work category: Opera
- Text author: Anna Boberg (1864-1935)
- First performed: 9 December 1898 at the Royal Opera, Stockholm, conducted by the composer
- Duration: 180 min
Instrumentation
3*.3*.4**.3* / 6.3.3.1 / timp, 3 perc, 2 hp / str
(picc, cor angl, e-flat clar, bass clar, dbn)
Solo voices/choir
Solo voices: 1 soprano (Gullväg), 1 mezzo-soprano (Hervor/Hervardur), 4 tenors (The servants' foreman, Gestur, Harald, A chieftain), 5 baritones (Vidar, King Gudmund, A shepherd, A bard, Svasur), 1 bass (Angantyr)
Mixed choir and female choir (evil-doers, servants, maids of the court, knights, squires)
Examples of printed editions
Nordisk Musikförlag/Henrik Hennings 1898 (only some parts of the piano vocal score)
Levande musikarv, Stockholm 2014. Critical edition by Anders Wiklund.
Orchestra parts available from Malmö Opera, Sweden.
- Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: Score in autograph Statens Musik- och teaterbibliotek, piano reduction in autograph (Epilogue, Act 1 and 2) Stiftelsen Musikkulturens främjande
Literature
Wallner, Bo: Wilhelm Stenhammar och hans tid (Norstedts Förlag, Stockholm, 1991)
Description of work
Prelude (At Samsö)
scene 1: Hervor, Herden
scene 2: Hervor, Angantyr
scene 3: Hervor
Act I (At King Gudmund on the estate Gläsisvall)
scene 1: Gullväg, Vidar, Overseer of the servants, maids of the court
scene 2: Gullväg, Vidar
scene 3: Vidar
scene 4: Hervardur (Hervor), Vidar, A servant
scene 5: Hervardur
Act II (At the King konung Gudmund on the estate Gläsisvall)
scene 1: Hervardur, Gestur, Harald, Vidar, Svasur, knights
scene 2: the previous, Gullväg, King Gudmund, Barden, maids of the court, squires
scene 3: Gullväg, Hervardur, Gestur, Harald, Svasur, knights
scene 4: Gullväg, Hervardur
Postlude (Back at Samsö)
Hervor
Links
Read about the libretto on Dramawebben (in Swedish)
Media files
Edition Swedish Musical Heritage
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Scores
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Tirfing – Förspel och akt 1 - Score (pdf - 14 MB | Downloaded 5431 times)
Edition: Levande Musikarv
Stämmaterialet kan efterfrågas hos/Orchestra parts available from Malmö Opera, Sweden. -
Tirfing – Akt 2 och epilog - Score (pdf - 14.7 MB | Downloaded 8105 times)
Edition: Levande Musikarv
Stämmaterialet kan efterfrågas hos/Orchestra parts available from Malmö Opera, Sweden.
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