4 Songs, Op.56 (Kallstenius, Edvin)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 songs
Composition Year 1962
Genre Categories Songs; For 4 voices; For unaccompanied voices; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; For male chorus; Scores featuring male chorus; For unaccompanied chorus; For mixed chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Swedish language

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General Information

Work Title 4 Songs
Alternative. Title Fyra sånger för manskör och blandad kör
Composer Kallstenius, Edvin
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.56
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IEK 50
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 songs
  1. Människors möte (A Meeting of People)
  2. Förtvivlan (Despair)
  3. Försvunnen rymd (Lost Expanse)
  4. Bladet (The Leaf)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1962
Librettist see below
  1. Hjalmar Gullberg (1898–1961)
  2. Erik Blomberg (1894–1965)
  3. Erik Asklund (1908–1980)
  4. Solveig von Schoultz (1907–1996)
Language Swedish
Average DurationAvg. Duration 5 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Modern
Instrumentation male chorus (TTBB); mixed chorus (SATB)
Extra Information Originally written as Tre sånger för manskör (three songs for male choir), Kallstenius added a fourth song, "Bladet" (as Op. 56d) but for mixed choir.

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Lyrics

I. Människors möte

Om i ödslig skog
ångest dig betog,
kunde ett flyktigt möte
vara befrielse nog.

Giva om vägen besked,
därpå skiljas i fred:
sådant var främlingars möte
enligt uråldrig sed.

Byta ett ord eller två
gjorde det lätt att gå.
Alla människors möte
borde vara så.

II. Förtvivlan

Jord, moder,
mörk och stilla,
öppna din famn
för den som förtvivlar.

Göm mitt hjärta,
göm mina ögon
för solens lögner.

Den blåa rymden
gycklar vårt öde.

Du blott är sann,
som skall äga oss alla.

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