Gunnar Wennerberg (1817-1901)
Kung Karls Drapa ("Kall på båren i kungaborgen") [The ode of King Charles]
- Year of composition: 1872
- Work category: Male choir a cappella
- Text author: Gunnar Wennerberg
- Duration: Approx. 1-5 min
Solo voices/choir
T.T.B.B.
Examples of printed editions
100 Äldre och Nyare Svenska Sånger för Fyra och Fem Mansröster [100 old and new Swedish songs for four and five male voices] edited by J. A. Josephson and Fr. Arlberg, First part, Abr. Hirschs Förlag, (No ed. no.) [1873]
Description of work
Slow and solemn D major alla breve
Work comment
This song was composed on the occasion of the death of King Charles XV of Sweden (1872)
Libretto/text
Kall på båren i kungaborgen
Karl den femtonde hvilar [sic]