En etsi valtaa, loistoa (Jean Sibelius)
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- Editor: Sebastian Göring (submitted 2001-06-12). Score information: A4, 100 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Only for US distribution.
- Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: Two errors in the Finnish text: in bar 10 of the first verse, sou should read suo (which also enables it to rhyme), and in bar 16 of the second verse, joulus should read joulu. -Mick Swithinbank See the discussion page for full description.
General Information
Title: En etsi valtaa, loistoa
Composer: Jean Sibelius
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Carol
Language: Finnish
Instruments: a cappella
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Description: The Finnish text in this score ("En etsi valtaa, loistoa") is a free translation of a poem in Swedish (quoted below) by Zacharias Topelius, and it was the Swedish version that Sibelius actually set, Topelius and Sibelius both being Swedish-speaking Finns. (Thanks to Anders Stenberg for this information). The most impressive-sounding of the various translations of the title which are in circulation is 'We ask for nothing rich or rare'. The German text which is included in the score above is quite a faithful translation of the Swedish version. I have provided a reasonably literal English translation of the Finnish one. -Mick Swithinbank
Should the score because of the information from Mick and Anders Stenberg be moved to "Giv mig ej glans"?
-Martin Schubert
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Original text and translations
Swedish text
Original Swedish text set by Sibelius Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt |
Finnish translation
by Zacharias Topelius En etsi valtaa, loistoa, |
German translation (singable, as in score above) Gib mir nicht Glanz, nicht Gold, nicht Pracht |
English translation by Mick Swithinbank I seek not power, glory or gold,
I seek no gold or majesty, |