Prelude
1. Allegro moderato
2. Larghetto
3. Maestoso
4. Andante con moto

• Year of composition: 1876 ('Skriven 1876 tror jag' [Written in 1876, I believe], according to an inscription on the autograph)
• Work category: Mixed choir with solo voice(s) and orchestra
• Text author: Viktor Rydberg (1828-1895)
  German trans. Cecile Gohl
• First performed: 1879 in Gothenburg
• Duration: Approx. 20-25 min

Instrumentation

2.2.2.2 / 2.2.3.0/ timp, hp / str

Solo voices/choir

Solo voices: 1 soprano, 1 mezzo-soprano, 1 tenor
Mixed choir, S.S.A.A.T.T.B.B.

Examples of printed editions

Location mark at Musik- och teaterbiblioteket: KO-klav/Sv

Location for score and part material

Handwritten parts material can be found in the Elfrida Andrée collection

• Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
• Possible call no. and autograph comment: The Elfrida Andrée collection

Literature

Description of work

Förspel [Prelude]: Moderato G minor 4/4 (C)
1. I quällens mörker [In the evening darkness]: mezzo solo, tenor solo, choir (S.S.A.A.T.T.B.B.), piano. Allegro moderato B-flat major 6/8
2. Nu syntes en vik [Now a bay was sighted]: soprano solo, choir (S.A.T.B.), piano. Larghetto A-flat major 4/4 (C)
3. Men Snöfrid reste sig [But Snöfrid got/stood up]: mezzo solo, choir (S.A.T.B.), piano. Maestoso B-flat major 4/4 (C)
4. Gunnar! Gosse [Gunnar! Boy]: choir (S.A.T.B.), piano. Andante con moto G major alla breve

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