Servais - Fantaisie sur des airs Scandinaves (Urtext Edition)

Fantaisie sur des Airs Scandinaves was published posthumously in 1887 by Schott in Brussels. This work is largely in the key of G. The ominous introduction foreshadows the first theme to be varied, the Danish National Anthem Der er et yndigt land composed in 1835 by Hans Ernst Krøyer (1798–1879). The presentation of the theme is elegant and simple.

Fantaisie sur des Airs Scandinaves was published posthumously in 1887 by Schott in Brussels. This work is largely in the key of G. The ominous introduction foreshadows the first theme to be varied, the Danish National Anthem Der er et yndigt land composed in 1835 by Hans Ernst Krøyer (1798–1879). The presentation of the theme is elegant and simple. The theme is followed by two variations. The slow section that follows is a cavatina “De klare Bölger rulled” from Act I of the singspiel Sovedrikken by Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774–1842). The final section is based on “Tanzlied aus Dalekarlien” (Komm, du lilla flicka). The “Tanzlied aus Dalekarlien” is also used by Alfredo Piatti in his La Suédoise: caprice sur deux airs nationaux pour le violoncelle avec accompagnement de piano (published in 1849).

Our edition is based on two sources: the autograph of the introduction housed at the Stanford University Newberry collection and the posthumous publication by Schott.