Melartin, Erkki: Nu är det helg öfver hafvet

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Melartin, Erkki: Nu är det helg öfver hafvet

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From 2nd score: 0.13 € /copy
Title of the work Nu är det helg öfver hafvet
Translation in English Now it's the holy day above the sea
First words Nu är det helg öfver hafvet
Subtitle 3rd prize in the composition competition of Muntra Musikanter 1900; From the publication by Laulu-Miehet Male Voice Choir 2023
Performance marking Andante adagio; con semplice misticita
Year of composing 1900
Number of bars 25
Duration 2:15
Translator anonymous
Poet / Collection Krag, Vilhelm
Poets years of life 1871-1933
Language Swedish
Division of parts 2T3B
Number of voices 5
Solo voices Yes
Solos Tenor
Instruments No
Style Classical
Subject area Sea
Recordings Spotify

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With this song Melartin participated in the composition competition of the Muntra Musikanter Choir in 1900. The song based on the Swedish translation of a poem by the Norwegian poet Vilhelm Krag was judged worthy of the third prize. There is something supernatural and paradisaically sacred in the merging of the marine horizon into the twilight of the sky. Pastoral-style elegy culminates in the tenor soloist’s announcement of a white swan radiating in the sun’s nirvana.

Tällä laululla Melartin osallistui Muntra Musikanter -kuoron sävellyskilpailuun vuonna 1900. Norjalaisen runoilijan Vilhelm Kragin runon ruotsinnokseen tehty laulu arvioitiin kolmannen palkinnon arvoiseksi. Merellisen horisontin sulautumisessa taivaankannen valohämyyn on jotakin ylimaallista ja paratiisillisen pyhää. Pastoraalihenkinen elegia huipentuu tenorisolistin ilmoitukseen aurinkonirvanassa sädehtivästä vitivalkoisesta joutsenesta.

Matti Hyökki, translation Tytti Pohjola

Sources / lähteet: Poroila Heikki, 2017. Erkki Melartinin teosluettelo, Erkki Melartin Werkverzeichnis, Erkki Melartin Work Catalog. Honkakirja. ISBN 978-952-68711-3-4

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