Fjäril'n vingad syns på Haga (The butterfly wingèd's seen in Haga) is one of Carl Michael Bellman's collection of songs called Fredmans sånger, published in 1791, where it is No. 64. The song describes Haga Park, the attractive natural setting of King Gustav III's never-completed Haga Palace just north of Stockholm. An earlier version of the song was a verse petition to obtain a job for Bellman's wife. The composition is one of the most popular of Bellman's songs, being known by many Swedes by heart. It has been recorded many times from 1904 onwards, and translated into English verse at least four times.
Jean Fredman (1712 or 1713–1767) was a real watchmaker of Bellman's Stockholm. The fictional Fredman, alive after 1767, but without employment, is the supposed narrator in Bellman's epistles and songs.[5] The epistles, written and performed in different styles, from drinking songs and laments to pastorales, paint a complex picture of the life of the city during the 18th century. A frequent theme is the demimonde, with Fredman's cheerfully drunk Order of Bacchus,[6] a loose company of ragged men who favour strong drink and prostitutes. At the same time as depicting this realist side of life, Bellman creates a rococo picture, full of classical allusion, following the French post-Baroque poets. The women, including the beautiful Ulla Winblad, are "nymphs", while Neptune's festive troop of followers and sea-creatures sport in Stockholm's waters.[7] The juxtaposition of elegant and low life is humorous, sometimes burlesque, but always graceful and sympathetic.[2][8] The songs are "most ingeniously" set to their music, which is nearly always borrowed and skilfully adapted.[9]
Fjäriln vingad is in 4 4 time and is marked Andante. The rhyming pattern is the alternating ABAB-CDCD.[10] Richard Engländer writes that unlike in Bellman's parody songs, the melody is of his own composition.[11]
Lyrics
The song, Bellman's best known, is dedicated to Captain Adolf Ulrik Kirstein [sv], who at the time was Bellman's landlord in Klarabergsgatan, Stockholm.[12] Bellman's biographer Lars Lönnroth states that it was originally a verse petition to baron Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt to get a job for Bellman's wife Lovisa in Haga Palace, and describes the composition as a "royalistic praise text".[13] It was written in 1770 or 1771.[14] The later version of the song omits the Lovisa petition, and describes Haga Park, the attractive natural setting of King Gustav III's never-completed Haga Palace just north of Stockholm.[15]
Fjäriln vingad syns på Haga mellan dimmors frost och dun sig sitt gröna skjul tillaga och i blomman sin paulun. Minsta kräk i kärr och syra, nyss av solens värma väckt, till en ny högtidlig yra eldas vid sefirens fläkt.
O, a butterfly at Haga, In the frosty mist was seen, As it sought a flow'ry parlor, Where to make its nest of green. Thus the tiniest of creatures With the sun's bright warmth awakes To a new-found day of rapture, In the wind its joy it takes.
Butterflies to Haga faring, When the frosts and fogs are spent, Find the woods their home preparing, Flower-enwrought their pleasure-tent. Insects from their winter trances Newly wakened by the sun O'er the marsh hold festal dances And along the dock-leaves run.
Butterflies at Haga soaring, Through the fog and dewy mists, Find the trees welcome outpouring, And the flow'rs in faithful tryst. Ev'ry insect, long been sleeping, By the sun's new warmth now wakes; While the spring's bright flame comes sweeping, And the earth new beauty takes.
O'er the misty park of Haga In the frosty morning air, To her green and fragile dwelling See the butterfly repair. E'en the least of tiny creatures, By the sun and zephyrs warm'd, Wakes to new and solemn raptures In a bed of flowers form'd.
The song describes King Gustav III's Haga Park. The pavilion here is one of the few parts of his projected palace that were completed.
Map of Bellman's Stockholm from William Coxe's Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark, 1784. Haga park is marked "1".
"Fjäriln vingad syns på Haga" performed by Sune Bohlin
Fjäriln vingad remains popular in Sweden, and is one of the best-known and most often sung of Bellman's songs. It is included in a list of songs that "nearly all [Swedes] can sing unaided".[21] A chime of bells in Solna, near the Haga park described in the song, rings out the melody every hour.[22][23]
An early recording was made by Gustaf Adolf Lund in Stockholm in 1904.[24] Johanna Grüssner and Mika Pohjola recorded it in a medley with "Glimmande nymf" on their song album Nu blir sommar in 2006.[25] In the Zecchino d'Oro in 2005, it was recorded with the Italian title Il mio cuore è un gran pallone.[26]
^ ab (in Swedish). Bellman Society. Archived from the original on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
^. The Royal Palaces [of Sweden]. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
^Johnson, Anna (1989). "Stockholm in the Gustavian Era". In Zaslaw, Neal (ed.). The Classical Era: from the 1740s to the end of the 18th century. Macmillan. pp. 327–349. ISBN978-0131369207.
^Britten Austin 1967, pp. 71–72 "In a tissue of dramatic antitheses—furious realism and graceful elegance, details of low-life and mythological embellishments, emotional immediacy and ironic detachment, humour and melancholy—the poet presents what might be called a fragmentary chronicle of the seedy fringe of Stockholm life in the 'sixties.".
^Engländer, Richard (1956). "Bellmans musikalisk-poetiska teknik" [Bellman's Musical-Poetic Technique] (PDF). Samlaren: Tidskrift för svensk litteraturvetenskaplig forskning (in Swedish): 143–154.
^Berglund, Anders. "100 sånger - som (nästan) alla kan utantill!" [100 songs – that (almost) everyone knows by heart!] (PDF) (in Swedish). Musik att minnas. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^Couldry, Nick; McCarthy, Anna (23 November 2004). MediaSpace: Place, Scale and Culture in a Media Age. Routledge. p. 130. ISBN978-1-134-43635-4.
^Rundkvist, Martin (25 August 2007). "Carl Michael Bellman's Butterfly". Aardvarchaeology. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^"Fjäriln vingad syns på Haga / sjungen af operettsångaren G. A. Lund, Stockholm" [Fjäriln vingad syns på Haga / sung by the operetta singer G. A. Lund, Stockholm] (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
^"Swedish Traditional Songs - Svenska visor - Nu blir sommar". Blue Music Group. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ (in Italian). Zecchino d'Oro. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^Scandinavian Songs and Ballads, trans. by Helen Asbury, Martin S. Allwood et al., (Mullsjö: Anglo-American Center, 1950).
^Sweden Sings, trans. by Noel Wirén, (Stockholm: Nordiska Musikförlaget, 1955).
^Fredman's epistles & songs, trans. by Paul Britten Austin, (Stockholm: Reuter & Reuter, 1977).
Britten Austin, Paul (1967). The Life and Songs of Carl Michael Bellman: Genius of the Swedish Rococo. New York: Allhem, Malmö American-Scandinavian Foundation. ISBN978-3-932759-00-0.
Britten Austin, Paul (1977). Fredman's Epistles and Songs. Stockholm: Reuter and Reuter. OCLC 5059758.
Hassler, Göran; Dahl, Peter (illus) (1989). Bellman – en antologi [Bellman – an anthology]. En bok för alla. ISBN91-7448-742-6.
Kleveland, Åse (1984). Fredmans epistlar & sånger [The songs and epistles of Fredman]. Illustrated by Svenolov Ehrén. Stockholm: Informationsförlaget. ISBN91-7736-059-1. (with facsimiles of sheet music from first editions in 1790, 1791)
Live 2020 studio recording of 'Bellman 2.0' theatre concert (song starts at 45:00) at Västmanlands Teater by Nikolaj Cederholm and Kåre Bjerkø with their band
January 05, 2023
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Fjaril n vingad syns pa Haga The butterfly winged s seen in Haga is one of Carl Michael Bellman s collection of songs called Fredmans sanger published in 1791 where it is No 64 The song describes Haga Park the attractive natural setting of King Gustav III s never completed Haga Palace just north of Stockholm An earlier version of the song was a verse petition to obtain a job for Bellman s wife The composition is one of the most popular of Bellman s songs being known by many Swedes by heart It has been recorded many times from 1904 onwards and translated into English verse at least four times Fjaril n vingad syns pa Haga Art song by Carl Michael BellmanFirst page of sheet music for 1791 editionEnglishThe butterfly winged s seen in HagaWritten1770 or 1771TextCarl Michael BellmanLanguageSwedishPublished1791 in Fredman s SongsScoringvoice and cittern Contents 1 Context 2 Song 2 1 Music and verse form 2 2 Lyrics 3 Reception and legacy 4 References 5 Sources 6 External linksContext EditCarl Michael Bellman is a central figure in the Swedish ballad tradition and a powerful influence in Swedish music known for his 1790 Fredman s Epistles and his 1791 Fredman s Songs 1 A solo entertainer he played the cittern accompanying himself as he performed his songs at the royal court 2 3 4 Jean Fredman 1712 or 1713 1767 was a real watchmaker of Bellman s Stockholm The fictional Fredman alive after 1767 but without employment is the supposed narrator in Bellman s epistles and songs 5 The epistles written and performed in different styles from drinking songs and laments to pastorales paint a complex picture of the life of the city during the 18th century A frequent theme is the demimonde with Fredman s cheerfully drunk Order of Bacchus 6 a loose company of ragged men who favour strong drink and prostitutes At the same time as depicting this realist side of life Bellman creates a rococo picture full of classical allusion following the French post Baroque poets The women including the beautiful Ulla Winblad are nymphs while Neptune s festive troop of followers and sea creatures sport in Stockholm s waters 7 The juxtaposition of elegant and low life is humorous sometimes burlesque but always graceful and sympathetic 2 8 The songs are most ingeniously set to their music which is nearly always borrowed and skilfully adapted 9 Song EditMusic and verse form Edit Melody of Fredman s Song 64 source source source Bellman s Andante tune for Fjariln vingad Problems playing this file See media help Fjariln vingad is in 44 time and is marked Andante The rhyming pattern is the alternating ABAB CDCD 10 Richard Englander writes that unlike in Bellman s parody songs the melody is of his own composition 11 Lyrics EditThe song Bellman s best known is dedicated to Captain Adolf Ulrik Kirstein sv who at the time was Bellman s landlord in Klarabergsgatan Stockholm 12 Bellman s biographer Lars Lonnroth states that it was originally a verse petition to baron Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt to get a job for Bellman s wife Lovisa in Haga Palace and describes the composition as a royalistic praise text 13 It was written in 1770 or 1771 14 The later version of the song omits the Lovisa petition and describes Haga Park the attractive natural setting of King Gustav III s never completed Haga Palace just north of Stockholm 15 Versions of the first stanza of song 64 Carl Michael Bellman 1791 16 Henry Grafton Chapman 1904 17 Charles Wharton Stork 1917 18 Hendrik Willem van Loon 1939 19 Paul Britten Austin 1977 20 Fjariln vingad syns pa Haga mellan dimmors frost och dun sig sitt grona skjul tillaga och i blomman sin paulun Minsta krak i karr och syra nyss av solens varma vackt till en ny hogtidlig yra eldas vid sefirens flakt O a butterfly at Haga In the frosty mist was seen As it sought a flow ry parlor Where to make its nest of green Thus the tiniest of creatures With the sun s bright warmth awakes To a new found day of rapture In the wind its joy it takes Butterflies to Haga faring When the frosts and fogs are spent Find the woods their home preparing Flower enwrought their pleasure tent Insects from their winter trances Newly wakened by the sun O er the marsh hold festal dances And along the dock leaves run Butterflies at Haga soaring Through the fog and dewy mists Find the trees welcome outpouring And the flow rs in faithful tryst Ev ry insect long been sleeping By the sun s new warmth now wakes While the spring s bright flame comes sweeping And the earth new beauty takes O er the misty park of Haga In the frosty morning air To her green and fragile dwelling See the butterfly repair E en the least of tiny creatures By the sun and zephyrs warm d Wakes to new and solemn raptures In a bed of flowers form d The song describes King Gustav III s Haga Park The pavilion here is one of the few parts of his projected palace that were completed Map of Bellman s Stockholm from William Coxe s Travels into Poland Russia Sweden and Denmark 1784 Haga park is marked 1 Painting of Carl Michael Bellman entertaining King Gustav III in Haga Park by Albert Edelfelt 1884Reception and legacy Edit source source source source source source source source source source source source Fjariln vingad syns pa Haga performed by Sune Bohlin Fjariln vingad remains popular in Sweden and is one of the best known and most often sung of Bellman s songs It is included in a list of songs that nearly all Swedes can sing unaided 21 A chime of bells in Solna near the Haga park described in the song rings out the melody every hour 22 23 An early recording was made by Gustaf Adolf Lund in Stockholm in 1904 24 Johanna Grussner and Mika Pohjola recorded it in a medley with Glimmande nymf on their song album Nu blir sommar in 2006 25 In the Zecchino d Oro in 2005 it was recorded with the Italian title Il mio cuore e un gran pallone 26 The song has been translated into English by Henry Grafton Chapman III 17 Charles Wharton Stork 18 Helen Asbury 27 Noel Wiren 28 and Paul Britten Austin 29 It has been recorded in English by William Clauson 30 Martin Best 31 32 Barbro Strid 33 and Martin Bagge 34 References Edit Bellman 1790 a b Carl Michael Bellmans liv och verk En minibiografi The Life and Works of Carl Michael Bellman A Short Biography in Swedish Bellman Society Archived from the original on 10 August 2015 Retrieved 25 April 2015 Bellman in Mariefred The Royal Palaces of Sweden Archived from the original on 21 June 2022 Retrieved 19 September 2022 Johnson Anna 1989 Stockholm in the Gustavian Era In Zaslaw Neal ed The Classical Era from the 1740s to the end of the 18th century Macmillan pp 327 349 ISBN 978 0131369207 Britten Austin 1967 pp 60 61 Britten Austin 1967 p 39 Britten Austin 1967 pp 81 83 108 Britten Austin 1967 pp 71 72 In a tissue of dramatic antitheses furious realism and graceful elegance details of low life and mythological embellishments emotional immediacy and ironic detachment humour and melancholy the poet presents what might be called a fragmentary chronicle of the seedy fringe of Stockholm life in the sixties Britten Austin 1967 p 63 Hassler amp Dahl 1989 pp 232 233 Englander Richard 1956 Bellmans musikalisk poetiska teknik Bellman s Musical Poetic Technique PDF Samlaren Tidskrift for svensk litteraturvetenskaplig forskning in Swedish 143 154 Burman 2019 pp 430 500 Lonnroth 2005 pp 221 339 343 348 Massengale 1979 p 198 Haga rustas for kungligt familjeliv Popular Historia in Swedish 9 November 2009 Retrieved 9 March 2016 Hassler amp Dahl 1989 p 233 a b Chapman 1904 pp 88 89 a b Anthology of Swedish Lyrics 1750 1915 trans by Charles Wharton Stork New York The American Scandinavian Foundation 1917 Pages 14 15 Van Loon amp Castagnetta 1939 pp 95 96 Britten Austin 1977 p 142 Berglund Anders 100 sanger som nastan alla kan utantill 100 songs that almost everyone knows by heart PDF in Swedish Musik att minnas Retrieved 10 March 2016 Couldry Nick McCarthy Anna 23 November 2004 MediaSpace Place Scale and Culture in a Media Age Routledge p 130 ISBN 978 1 134 43635 4 Rundkvist Martin 25 August 2007 Carl Michael Bellman s Butterfly Aardvarchaeology Retrieved 9 March 2016 Fjariln vingad syns pa Haga sjungen af operettsangaren G A Lund Stockholm Fjariln vingad syns pa Haga sung by the operetta singer G A Lund Stockholm in Swedish Svensk mediedatabas Retrieved 18 May 2011 Swedish Traditional Songs Svenska visor Nu blir sommar Blue Music Group Retrieved 21 April 2016 48 Zecchino d Oro dal 22 al 26 Novembre 2005 Il Mio Cuore e un Gran Pallone Fjariln in Italian Zecchino d Oro Archived from the original on 23 September 2015 Retrieved 21 April 2016 Scandinavian Songs and Ballads trans by Helen Asbury Martin S Allwood et al Mullsjo Anglo American Center 1950 Sweden Sings trans by Noel Wiren Stockholm Nordiska Musikforlaget 1955 Fredman s epistles amp songs trans by Paul Britten Austin Stockholm Reuter amp Reuter 1977 Summer in Sweden Stockholm Sveriges Radio c 1962 To Carl Michael With Love Stockholm HMV 1975 Songs of Carl Michael Bellman Monmouth Great Britain Nimbus Records 1983 Listen to Carl Michael Bellman Stockholm Proprius 1999 Fredman s epistles and songs Stockholm Proprius 2002 Sources EditBellman Carl Michael 1790 Fredmans epistlar Stockholm By Royal Privilege Britten Austin Paul 1967 The Life and Songs of Carl Michael Bellman Genius of the Swedish Rococo New York Allhem Malmo American Scandinavian Foundation ISBN 978 3 932759 00 0 Britten Austin Paul 1977 Fredman s Epistles and Songs Stockholm Reuter and Reuter OCLC 5059758 Burman Carina 2019 Bellman Biografin Bellman The Biography in Swedish Stockholm Albert Bonniers Forlag ISBN 978 9100141790 Chapman Henry Grafton trans 1904 Hagg Gustaf ed Songs of Sweden Eighty Seven Swedish Folk and Popular Songs New York G Schirmer Hassler Goran Dahl Peter illus 1989 Bellman en antologi Bellman an anthology En bok for alla ISBN 91 7448 742 6 Kleveland Ase 1984 Fredmans epistlar amp sanger The songs and epistles of Fredman Illustrated by Svenolov Ehren Stockholm Informationsforlaget ISBN 91 7736 059 1 with facsimiles of sheet music from first editions in 1790 1791 Lonnroth Lars 2005 Ljuva karneval om Carl Michael Bellmans diktning Lovely Carnival about Carl Michael Bellman s Verse Stockholm Albert Bonniers Forlag ISBN 978 91 0 057245 7 OCLC 61881374 Massengale James Rhea 1979 The Musical Poetic Method of Carl Michael Bellman Stockholm Almqvist amp Wiksell International ISBN 91 554 0849 4 Van Loon Hendrik Willem Castagnetta Grace 1939 The Last of the Troubadours New York Simon amp Schuster OCLC 635648481 External links Edit Fjaril n vingad syns pa Haga facsimile at Litteraturbanken Text on Swedish WikiSource English version by Charles Wharton Stork 1917 Oscar Lundberg recording 1917 track 2 Live 2020 studio recording of Bellman 2 0 theatre concert song starts at 45 00 at Vastmanlands Teater by Nikolaj Cederholm and Kare Bjerko with their band Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fjariln vingad syns pa Haga amp oldid 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