Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19: Midsummer Night Vigil

Composer: ALFVÉN, Hugo
  • Alfvén composed his orchestral piece Midsommarvaka (Swedish Rhapsody No. 1), Op. 19, in 1903.
  • Midsummer Vigil makes use of Swedish folk tunes, and it is meant to depict a peasant summer wedding the Swedish countryside.
  • Alfvén composed this work for the 1908 opening of the New Stockholm Dramatic Theatre.1

Sources

  1. Rolf Haglund, “Alfvén, Hugo,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed January 5, 2021, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000000556.

Cut IDs

40851 40985 41253 42097 43644 43733