THIRTY SONGS OF WILHELM STENHAMMAR

Edited by Annette Johansson

The compositions of Swedish composer Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) have recently begun to capture broad international interest. Outside of Sweden, the excellence of Stenhammar's output has always been obscured by the long-recognized works of the eminent Nordic composers Edward Grieg, Jan Sibelius, and Carl Nielsen. However, since the mid-80s, there has been a marked increase in performances of his works, and recordings are available worldwide. This volume contains not only the word-for-word translations, the IPA transcriptions, and commentary about the composer and the poets; it conatains the actual music of all thirty songs.

vii + 170 Pages Medium to High Voice Paper Binding Smyth-Sewn

ISBN 1-878617-32

Annette Johansson has just retired as Professor of Voice at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. In addition to the actual 30 songs, her editing of this volume includes: The IPA transcriptions of the songs; Instructions for using the I.P.A. for the tricky Swedish language; A brief biography of the composer, with a complete list of all his 65 songs, listed both alphabetically and by opus numbers; A brief listing and biographies of the poets of the song texts; A Bibliography; A Discography; and Information Sources.

The 30 Swedish songs in this wonderful collection include:

1. Adagio;
2. Det far ett skepp;
3. Dottern sade;
4. Du hade mig kär;
5. En positivvisa;
6. Flickan knyter i Johannenatten;
7. Flickan kon ifrån sin älsklings möte;
8. Fylgia;
9. Gammal nederländare;
10. I lönnens skymning;
11. I skogen;
12. Ingalill;
13. Jungfru Blonde och Jungfru Brenett;
14. Kejsar Karls visa;
15. Lutad mot gärdet;
16. Lycklandsresan;
17. Melodi;
18. Min stamfar hade en stor pokal;
19. Minnesång;
20. Månljuset;
21. Månsken;
22. När genom rummet...
23. Prins Aladin av Lampan;
24. Stjärnan;
25. Stjärnöga;
26. Till en ros;
27. Vandraren;
28. Varför till ro så brått?;
29. Vid fönstret; and
30. Vore jag ett litet barn.