• Year of composition: Stockholm April—May 1908
• Work category: Orchestral works in one movement
• Dedication: To the memory of King Oscar II
• First performed: Stockholm, 16 May 1908 (the then day of celebration of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music). Hovkapellet (the orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera) under the baton of the composer
• Duration: 10 min

Instrumentation

3*.3*.3*.4* / 6.4.3.1 / timp, 4 perc, 2 hp / str
(picc, cor angl, bass cl, dbn)

Examples of printed editions

Levande musikarv/Swedish Musical Heritage no. 2559, Stockholm 2025. Critical edition by Finn Rosengren.

• Location autograph: Uppsala Universitetsbibliotek
• Possible call no. and autograph comment: Vocal music in handwriting 170:3, exemplar 2 at Musik- och teaterbiblioteket O/Sv.-R

Literature

Hedwall, Lennart: Hugo Alfvén, Stockholm 1973, pp. 217−218.
Storm, Staffan: 'Reflexioner kring Hugo Alfvéns "Drapa"'. Alfvéniana 3−4/08, pp. 3−5.

Description of work

Adagio solenne C major 4/4 (C) 14 bars, cadenza 14 bars, Tempo I 16 bars, Più mosso 4 bars, Tempo I 16 bars, Più mosso 4 bars, Più tranquillo E major 20 bars, C major 11 bars, Cadenza 15 bars, Tempo I 16 bars, Più mosso 21 bars, in total 151 bars