Anonymous composer

Liten Karin. Folkvisa [Little Karin. Folk song]

Print
  • Year of composition: Year of emergence unknown
  • Work category: Mixed choir a cappella
  • Duration: Approx. 1-5 min

Solo voices/choir

S.A.T.B.

Examples of printed editions

Svenska Skolkvartetten. 100 fyrstämmiga sånger, 1:sta samlingen, [Svenska Skolkvartetten. 100 four-part songs, Volume 1] Abr. Lundquist, Musikförlag (Ed. no. is missing) [1952]

Description of work

Andante E minor 2/4


Work comment

According to the Swedish encyclopedia 'Nordisk Familjebok', the folk song 'Liten Karin' [Little Karin] can be found in several countries and is a simplified and 'wordly reshaping of an ancient legend about the Catholic martyr Saint Catherine of Alexandria. This legend came to Sweden before the mid 14th C, at the very latest'.


Libretto/text

1. Och liten Karin tjänte
på unga kungens gård

[2.] "Och hör du, liten Karin!
Säg vill du bliva min

[3.] "Grå hästen och gullsadeln,
dem passar jag ej på