Seven Songs, Op. 17 (Sibelius) Explained

Seven Songs, Op. 17
Type:	Song collection
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Opus:	17
Composed:	–1904; No. 1  1903

The Seven Songs, Op. 17, is a collection of five Swedish-language and two Finnish-language art songs for vocal soloist and piano written from 1891 to 1904 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

Constituent songs

Ordered by catalogue number, the Op. 17 songs are as follows:

• "Swedish: Se'n har jag ej frågat mera|italics=no" ("Since Then I Have Questioned No Further"), Op. 17/1 (1891–92); text by the Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg
• "Swedish: Sov in!|italics=no" ("Go to Sleep!"), Op. 17/2 (1891–92); text by the Finnish poet
• "Swedish: Fågellek|italics=no" ("Play of the Birds"), Op. 17/3 (1891); text by Tavaststjerna
• "Swedish: Vilse|italics=no" ("Astray"), Op. 17/4 (1898, revised 1902); text by Tavaststjerna
• "Swedish: En slända|italics=no" ("A Dragonfly"), Op. 17/5 (1904); text by the Swedish poet Oscar Levertin
• "Finnish: Illalle|italics=no" ("To Evening"), Op. 17/6 (1898); text by the Finnish poet August Valdemar Koskimies (né Forsman)
• "Finnish: Lastu lainehilla|italics=no" ("Driftwood"), Op. 17/7 (1902); text by the Finnish poet Ilmari Kianto (né Calamnius)

Orchestral version of No. 1

In 1903, Sibelius arranged "Swedish: Se'n har jag ej frågat mera|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.