Jacob Axel Josephson (1818-1880)

Vårt land ("Vårt land, vårt land, vårt fosterland")

Print
  • Year of composition: Year of composition uncertain
  • Work category: Mixed choir a cappella
  • Text author: Johan Ludvig Runeberg
  • 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

Vigorous, not too fast A-flat major 4/4 (C)


Work comment

The song also exists in a setting for male choir a cappella (T.T.B.B.). See individual post for that version.

The text has also been set to music by Fredrik Pacius and Fredrik Eimele, respectively. See individual posts for those songs.


Libretto/text

Vårt land, vårt land, vårt fosterland,
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