Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)

Js: 57:2 "The som redeliga för sig vandrat" / Jesaja 57:2 "De som redeliga för sig vandrat" [Isaiah 57:2 "Each one walking in his uprightness", according to the King James Version]

HRV 810

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  • Year of composition: After 1728, but before 1746 (according to Holm)
  • Work category: Voice and other instruments
  • Text author: Isaiah 57:2 (Old Testament)
  • Duration: Approx. 1-5 min

Instrumentation

cont. (there is also a version for stings [and flutes], and cont.)

Solo voices/choir

soprano

Location for score and part material

Handwritten copies of the version for solo voice and continuo can be found at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket (Ro:77a, Ro:77b, Ro:82, Ro:85, KQB/Sv.-R Lindberg's song book), at the Kalmar Museum (Svebilii visbok [Svebilii song book; 1756]), and at the Uppsala University Library (hs 76:2:2).
Handwritten copies of the version for solo voice and strings [flutes, and continuo] can be found at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket (Ro:76), at the Länsmuseet Västernorrland in Härnösand (167 no. 3), and at the Lund University Libraries (Kraus 121). It is also included in the 'Then Swenska Psalmbokens Choraler' [chorales of the Swedish Hymnal] at the Uppsala University Library (UUB:Koralhds A B)

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
  • Possible call no. and autograph comment: Ro:78b (the lyrics are not in Roman's hand)

Literature

Holm, Anna Lena: Tematisk förteckning över J.H. Romans vokalverk. Musikaliska akademiens bibliotek (1994)

Description of work

Grave B minor 4/4 (C)

Links

Ro:76
Ro:77a
Ro:77b
Ro:82
Ro:85
UUB:Vmhs 76:2:2
UUB:Koralhds A B

Work comment

Most likely composed by Roman (according to Holm)

A later version for mixed choir a cappella can be found in Musica Sacra. Sånger för Kyrkan och Skolan för Musica Sacra. Körsånger för Kyrkan och Skolan [Songs for the church and school for low soprano, alto, tenor and bass, compiled and published by J. P. Cronhamn, (Part I)], Abr. Hirsch, Ed. no. 633

Libretto/text

The [sic] som redeliga för sig vandrat hafva
komma til [sic] frid, komma til frid
och hvilas uti theras [sic] kamrar