Seven Runeberg Songs Explained

Seven Runeberg Songs
Type:	Song collection
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Language:	Swedish
Opus:	13
Composed:	–1892; No. 4  1913

The Seven Runeberg Songs, Op. 13, is a collection of Swedish-language art songs for vocal soloist and piano written from 1891 to 1892 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius; each is a setting of a poem by the Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg.

Constituent songs

Ordered by catalogue number, the Op. 13 songs are as follows:

• "Swedish: Under strandens granar|italics=no" ("Under the Fir-Trees"), Op. 13/1 (1892)
• "Swedish: Kyssens hopp|italics=no" ("The Kiss's Hope"), Op. 13/2 (1892)
• "Swedish: Hjärtats morgon|italics=no" ("The Heart's Morning"), Op. 13/3 (1891)
• "Swedish: Våren flyktar hastigt|italics=no" ("Spring is Flying"), Op. 13/4 (1891)
• "Swedish: Drömmen|italics=no" ("The Dream"), Op. 13/5 (1891)
• "Swedish: Till Frigga|italics=no" ("To Frigga"), Op. 13/6 (1892)
• "Swedish: Jägargossen|italics=no" ("The Young Huntsman"), Op. 13/7 (1891)

Orchestral version of No. 4

In 1913, Sibelius arranged "Swedish: Våren flyktar hastigt|italics=no" for vocalist and orchestra.

Notes, references, and sources

Sources

• Book: Barnett, Andrew. Sibelius. 2007. New Haven, Connecticut. Yale University Press. 978-0-300-16397-1.
• Book: Dahlström, Fabian.

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  . Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke. Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works. 2003. Breitkopf & Härtel. Wiesbaden. de. 3-7651-0333-0.
• Book: Layton, Robert. Robert Layton (musicologist). Sibelius. 4th. (The Master Musicians Series). 1993. 1965. New York. Schirmer Books. 0028713222.