I går såg jag ditt barn, min Fröja
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I går såg jag ditt barn, min Fröja (Yesterday saw I your child, my Freya), is a ballad from the Swedish poet and performer Carl Michael Bellman's 1790 collection, Fredman's Epistles, where it is No. 28. The epistle is subtitled "Om et anstäldt försåt emot Ulla Winblad." (About an ambush of Ulla Winblad). It describes an attempt to arrest the "nymph" Ulla Winblad, based on a real event. The lyrics create a rococo picture of life, blending classical allusion and pastoral description with harsh reality.
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"I går såg jag ditt barn, min Fröja" | |
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Art song | |
English | Yesterday saw I your child, my Freya |
Written | 17 August 1771 |
Text | poem by Carl Michael Bellman |
Language | Swedish |
Melody | Languedoc folk tune reworked by Joseph Martin Kraus |
Published | 1790 in Fredman's Epistles |
Scoring | voice and cittern |
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