Elfrida Andrée (1841−1929)

Kantat. Davids 56 Ps. (för damkör, soli och orkester) [Cantata. Psalm of David no. 56 (for women's choir, soloists, and orchestra]
Psalm 56 [Book of Psalms no. 56]

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Introduction
1. Andante con moto
2. Allegro energico
3. Andante moderato
4. Movement 1 repeated: Andante con moto

  • Year of composition: 1910
  • Work category: Female choir with solo voice(s) and orchestra
  • Text author: The Bible: Book of Psalms no. 56 (Old Testament)
  • First performed: Gothenburg 1910. Elsa Stenhammar's Ladies' Choir and the Göteborgs orkesterförening [Gothenburg Orchestral Society; later the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra] under the baton of Wilhelm Stenhammar
  • Duration: Approx. 15-20 min

Instrumentation

2.2.2.2 / 4.2.3.0 / timp / str

Solo voices/choir

Solo voice: 1 alto
Female choir, S.S.S.S.A.A.A.

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

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Description of work

Introduction for orchestra: Tempo di marsche funèbre [sic] C minor 4/4 (C)
1. Women's choir, S.S.S.A.A. Andante con moto C minor 4/4 (C)
2. Women's choir, S.S.S.S.A.A.A. Allegro energico G minor 4/4 (C)
3. Det vet jag att Gud står mig bi [This I know; for God is for me]: alto solo. Andante moderato E-flat major 4/4 (C)
4. Andante con moto (= movement no. 1)

Work comment

The line 'Det vet jag att Gud står mig bi' (movement no. 3) is a quote from the Book of Psalms no. 56, verse 10 in the Swedish Bible of 1917. In the King James Version, this equals verse 9 in the same Psalm [This I know; for God is for me]

Libretto/text

Var mig nådig, o Gud,
ty människor vilja sluka mig
beständigt tränga mig stridsmän ...

alternaively

Sei mir gnädig O Gott ...