[Tanke]1, vars strider blott natten ser!
Toner hos Eder om vila den ber.
Hjärta, som lider av dagens gny!
Toner till Eder till Er vill det fly.

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¹ originally spelled "Tanka"; also seen in some settings as "Tankar"

Text Authorship:

• by Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783 - 1847), "Tonerna", first published 1829 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783 - 1847), "Tonerna" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Algot Haquinius (1886 - 1966), "Tonerna", 1908 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Lennart Hedwall (b. 1932), "Tonerna", 1953/77, first performed 1977 [ voice and piano ], from Fyra sånger , no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Leopold Sjöberg (1861 - 1900), "Tonerna", 1892 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-30
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Word count: 29