Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)

Soliloquium "Vist behöfves at man öfves"

HRV 945

Print
  • Year of composition: After 1728 (according to Holm); most likely not before 1734 [see below]
  • Work category: Voice(s) with basso continuo
  • Text author: Axel Daniel Leenberg (from "Drama" [1734]), Cassandra's Soliloquium
  • Duration: Approx. 1-5 min

Instrumentation

cont. (no figures)

Solo voices/choir

soprano

Location for score and part material

Handwritten copies can be found at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket (Ro:78b), at the Kalmar Museum (Svebilii visbok [Svebilii song book; 1756]), and at the Uppsala University Library (2 copies: hs. 76:2:11, hs. 76:2:20)

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
  • Possible call no. and autograph comment: Ro:84, Ro:78b

Literature

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

Helenius-Öberg, Eva: Johan Helmch Roman. Liv och verk genom samtida ögon. Dokumentens vittnesbörd. Kungl. Musikaliska akademiens skriftserie nr 78. Stockholm 1994. S. 97-98.

Description of work

Vivace D major 4/4 (C)

Links

UUB:Vmhs 76:2:11
UUB:Vmhs 76:2:20


Work comment

Authenticated work (according to Holm)

The published lyrics can be found at the Kungliga Biblioteket [National Library of Sweden]


Libretto/text

Vist [sic] behöfves
at man öfves [sic]
genom motgångs dagar