by August Strindberg (1849 - 1912)
Semele, Semele
Language: Swedish (Svenska)
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Semele, Semele, vem narrade dig, du kära, att älskarens anlet se? Ej kommer man makter nära, om icke för att dem be. Semele, Semele, din älskare kom i glansen bland väsande blixtar ställd, din brudkrans blev offerkransen; nu brinner du opp i hans eld.
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Text Authorship:
- by August Strindberg (1849 - 1912), no title, from Visor, no. 3 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hilding Hallnäs (1903 - 1984), "Semele", 1926-7, from Ur 20-talssånger, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Semele", 1911 [ voice and piano ], from Fyra dikter, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Semele, Semele", 1909, from Fyra visor till texter av August Strindberg, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dag Wirén (1905 - 1986), "Semele", 1927 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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