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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
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*{{PostedDate|2008-03-22}} {{CPDLno|16418}} [[Media:Uppsala_är_bäst.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Uppsala_är_bäst.mid|{{mid}}]] | |||
*{{ | {{Editor|Elias Hällqvist|2008-03-22}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|4|98}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
{{Editor|Elias Hällqvist|2008-03-22}} | :{{EdNotes|}} | ||
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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
{{Title|''Uppsala är bäst''}} | |||
{{Composer|Gunnar Wennerberg}} | {{Composer|Gunnar Wennerberg}} | ||
'''Larger work:''' ''Gluntarne'' | '''Larger work:''' ''Gluntarne'' | ||
{{Voicing|2|Solo BarB|Bass and baritone}} | |||
{{Genre|Secular|Art songs}} | |||
{{Language|Swedish}} | {{Language|Swedish}} | ||
{{Instruments|Piano}} | |||
{{Pub|1|1849}}-1851 | |||
{{Descr| }} | |||
{{#ExtWeb:}} | |||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{Text|Swedish | {{top}}{{Text|Swedish| | ||
'''1''' | '''1''' | ||
''Magistern:'' | ''Magistern:'' | ||
:Svara mig, Glunten, på ära och tro, | :Svara mig, Glunten, på ära och tro, | ||
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:Och finns det, så är det på en annan planet, | :Och finns det, så är det på en annan planet, | ||
:vars namn ej självaste Bredman vet. | :vars namn ej självaste Bredman vet. | ||
'''2''' | '''2''' | ||
''Magistern:'' | ''Magistern:'' | ||
:Ja, du har ovedersägligen rätt | :Ja, du har ovedersägligen rätt | ||
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:just som turkar och få heta folk ändå. | :just som turkar och få heta folk ändå. | ||
:Och finns det, så är det på en annan planet, | :Och finns det, så är det på en annan planet, | ||
:vars namn ej självaste Bredman vet. | :vars namn ej självaste Bredman vet.}} | ||
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{{Translation|English| | |||
{{Translator|Mick Swithinbank}}'''Uppsala is best''' | |||
''The song - one of a cycle of 30 - is presented as a dialogue between two students at Uppsala University in the mid-19th century.'' | |||
''Magistern:'' | |||
Tell me, Glunten, in all honesty, | |||
disregarding minor mishaps | |||
of the kind which, as you know, occur | |||
no matter where you go, in every faculty, | |||
is not Uppsala remarkably fine, | |||
better than any other town here in the North? | |||
I would even make so bold as to insist | |||
that it excels all other places in the whole wide world; don't you agree? | |||
''Glunten:'' | |||
Spoken like a horse*: Uppsala is best, | |||
best of all this side of the sun; | |||
and may the devil take me if it has its equal: | |||
you would search in vain to find one from the equator to the pole. | |||
''Both (refrain):'' | |||
No! There is nowhere else in the whole wide world | |||
'' | where you can live around the clock | ||
'' | without risk and constantly behave | ||
like a Turk, yet still be regarded as a normal person. | |||
And if there is such a place, it is on another planet, | |||
whose name not even Bredman** knows. | |||
''Magistern:'' | ''Magistern:'' | ||
Yes, you are right - no two ways about it - | |||
and I and many others agree with you, | |||
but there are others who do not as readily | |||
appreciate our dear Uppsala's excellence. | |||
Some boast of their Göteborg, | |||
others would rather run to and fro in Stockholm, | |||
some think with regret of Karlstad, | |||
others of pears and apples down in Gränna. | |||
''Glunten:'' | ''Glunten:'' | ||
Yes, you see, dear brother, | |||
the maxim is too absolute | |||
ever to tolerate any modification; | |||
but is it the sun's fault | |||
if its golden rays | |||
are never admired by the mole in his hole? | |||
Yes, you see, dear brother, | |||
the maxim is too absolute | |||
ever to tolerate any modification; | |||
but is it the sun's fault | |||
if its golden rays | |||
are never admired by the mole in his hole? | |||
''Both:'' (repeat refrain) | |||
(*) Comparison apparently necessitated by constraints of rhyme - not a Swedish idiom. | |||
(**) Reference to Johan Bredman, professor of astronomy and subsequently rector at Uppsala University, d. 1841.}} | |||
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[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Romantic music]] | [[Category:Romantic music]] |
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- Editor: Elias Hällqvist (submitted 2008-03-22). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 98 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: Uppsala är bäst
Composer: Gunnar Wennerberg
Larger work: Gluntarne
Number of voices: 2vv Voicing: Bass and baritone
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: Swedish
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1849
-1851
Description:
External websites:
Original text and translations
Swedish text 1 |
English translation Translation by Mick Swithinbank Uppsala is best |