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'''Title:''' ''Fífilbrekka''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Fífilbrekka''<br> | ||
'''Composer:''' [[Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson]]<br> | '''Composer:''' [[Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson]]<br> | ||
{{Lyricist|Jónas Hallgrímsson}} | {{Lyricist|Jónas Hallgrímsson}}<br> | ||
'''Number of voices:''' 4vv '''Voicing:''' TTBB<br> | '''Number of voices:''' 4vv '''Voicing:''' TTBB<br> | ||
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Secular music|Secular]], [[:Category:Folksongs|Folksongs]]<br> | '''Genre:''' [[:Category:Secular music|Secular]], [[:Category:Folksongs|Folksongs]]<br> | ||
{{Language|Icelandic}} | {{Language|Icelandic}}<br> | ||
'''Instruments: '''a cappella<br> | '''Instruments: '''a cappella<br> | ||
'''Published: '''1932 | '''Published: '''1932 | ||
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CPDL #12635: 
- Editor: Roar Kvam (added 2006-09-18). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 60 kbytes Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Fífilbrekka
Composer: Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson
Lyricist: Jónas Hallgrímsson
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TTBB
Genre: Secular, Folksongs
Language: Icelandic
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1932
Description: Sveinbjörnsson uses an old folk melody for this composition.
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Original text and translations
Icelandic text
- Fífilbrekka gróin grund
- grösug hlíð með berjalautum.
- Flóatetur fífusund
- fífilbrekka smáragrund
- yður hjá ég alla stund
- undi best í sæld og þrautum.
- Fífilbrekka gróin grund
- grösug hlíð með berjalautum.
English translation
- Dandelions gold and green,
- Grassy banks with berries growing;
- Meadowsweet the woodland queen,
- Fairer flow'rs have never been.
- All the sorrow I have seen.
- Fades away when the flow'rs are blowing.
- Dandelions gold and green,
- Grassy banks with berries growing.