Swedish Royalty and Music

[Yennie]

Originally Posted by Australian

Does anyone know what modern music the family likes?

Queen Silvia likes the swedish singer Tomas Ledin. The King is a big fan of Stevie Wonders music. Stevie W sang for the king on his 50th birthday

As for the children, Victoria was a Red Hot Chili Peppers fan when she was a teenager and she has been to a Wyclef Jean concert once. Madeleine has been at concerts with both Backstreet boys, Spice girls and Eros Ramazotti.
I dont know about Carl Philip... hmm, anyone?

[Dennism]

I would add E-Type who seems to be big among several members of the family as well and who played for Victoria´s birthday party as well.

[Josefine]

here are notes for kungsången

[Soli Deo Gloria]

Originally Posted by GrandDuchess

Under Blågul Fana - Under Blue Yellow Flag (the colours of the Swedish flag) (marsch)

This is used very very often at occasions, but without the lyrics.

Lyrics:

Jag står och tittar ut
Över landet där vi bor
Där förfäder offrade
Floder av vårat blod

Den forna tidens dagar
Vi lämnat bakom oss
Sverige mitt arv
För sverige ska jag slåss

Under blågul fana
För vårt fosterland
Under blågulfana
Öga för öga
Öand för tand

Vi ska skydda våra seder
Våran ras och vår nation
Ingen ska besegra moder sveas pluton
Vår fana ska vaja
För vårt blod och vår ära
Vapen ska vi med stolthet bära

Under blågul fana
För vårt fosterland
Under blågulfana
Öga för öga
Tand för tand

Gröna skogar
Himmel blå
Och djupa hav
Ett välbevarat arv
Som våra förfäder oss gav
Den marken som vi trampar
Ska barnen en dag ärva
Dom ska minnas och hedra dom djärva

Under blågul fana
För vårt fosterland
Under blågulfana
Öga för öga
Tand för tand

Interesting!
I never seen lyrics to this march before... but actually I doupt it (the text) has anything to do with the march "Under blågul fana" by Victor Widquist.
Mainly because "Under blågul fana" is a military march, always played by a military band and never sung, and its the "Army marching salute" of the Royal Swedish Armed Forces... Google Översätt

and I doupt it basicly because its impossible to sing the lyrics to the march
Beleve me, I tried! Try it for yourself:

YouTube - Arméns Musikkår 2009 - Under blågul fana

!!! LATHER: now Ive done som research on the web and found this text on several xenophobic sites, like "white aggression" and stuff like that.... and that´s the sort of guys the Armed Forces of Sweden try to avoid (and the rest of us too), so the text above has nothing to do with the military marsch by Victor Widqvist!! And the text has nothing to do with the royal house of Sweden nor the Armed Forces of Sweden!! And if you read the text closely you will find it nationalistic and quite unpleasant " vi ska skydda våra seder, våran ras och nation" " we must protect our customs, our race and nation"

[Olovlig]

My goodness! This thread is awesome! I've been hoping for it to be something like this.


Of course. One of the well known examples of royal music, not made BY royals but FOR them, is Johan Helmich Roman, who was a student of Händel. Perhaps the most famous piece is Drottningholmsmusiken. Music written for the wedding between Adolf Fredrik and Lovisa Ulrika. In my opinion Roman wrote great baroque music. You can find the handwritten sheet music of Drottningholmsmusiken here: http://www.muslib.se/ebibliotek/roma...d&volymid=Ro+2

Check out other things as well. Youtube it or browse his works on spotify.

[Olovlig]

I didn't know until recently that Studentsången was written by Prince Gustav. It's actually a great choral piece.

[Meraude]

Originally Posted by Olovlig

I didn't know until recently that Studentsången was written by Prince Gustav. It's actually a great choral piece.

He has also written "Glad såsom fågeln" which is often sung by the Valborg student choirs, as well as other musical compositions. His sister Eugénie have also written several musical compositions.

[Olovlig]

I know! And think these choral pieces are some of Swedens finest treasures in music, sångskatter. That lives on today

[Olovlig]

I also found some music by Princess Eugénie, Prince Gustaf's sister.

There's an album recorded and I saw that it was on on Spotify!
Search for: Prinsessan Eugenie

[LadyFinn]

Mats Janhagen - Kronprinsessan Victorias Festmarsch (Crown Princess Victoria's Celebratory March).
Composed by the Armed Forces Music Corps' Musical Director Mats Janhagen, and was first performed on Victoria's 18th birthday. The March is normally played at Victoria's Name Day celebrations on the courtyard 12th March.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b5jdCV-81M

Brudmarsch tillägnad Kronprinsessan Victoria och Prins Daniel (Wedding march dedicated to Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel).
Composed and arranged by Victoria's piano teacher Ingemar Thorell and Ingemar Ihlis. Performed for the first time at the governments's reception for Victoria and Daniel on 18th June 2010.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkX3va8pLWk

Prinsessan Estelles vaggvisa "Vad du än i världen bär" (Princess Estelle's lullaby)
Composed by Victoria's piano teacher Ingemar Thorell, text Daniel Hemberg. Song: Sofia Geidvik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN3bYelirM0

[LadyFinn]

The Armed Forces Music Corps' organized a marching music composition competition this spring. The winner was was Andreas Holmlund's "Hyllningsmarsch till Carl XVI Gustaf" (Homage march to Carl XVI Gustaf), first performed on the king's 70th birthday by the three professional military bands of the Armed Forces.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFi3zB27vNA

[LadyFinn]

Music for a royal wedding

Drottningholmsmusiken
Drottningholmsmusiken was composed by Johan Helmich Roman and premiered at Drottningholm Palace in connection with the wedding between Adolf Fredrik and Lovisa Ulrika of Prussia in 1744. Drottningholmsmusiken consists of 33 movements, here the first is performed by Drottningholms Barockensemble.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CC0cjkAJ7ZI/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9rzix8BtJY

[LadyFinn]

Crown Princess Victoria's Fanfare, composed by Ingvar Lidholm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSKBEojmc9Y

[LadyFinn]

Hertigen av Västerbotten - Kavalleriets defileringsmarsch (The Duke of Västerbotten, march dedicated to king Carl Gustaf's father Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzw0p77J8kc

[LadyFinn]

"Vilar glad. I din famn" (Resting blissfully in your arms), music by Benny Andersson and text by Kristina Lugn, was made to Victoria and Daniel's wedding. It was performed by Gustaf Sjökvist's Chamber Choir, The Choir of the Stockholm Cathedral, Orsa spelmän and Kalle Moraeus. The song starts at 8.15 at the wedding video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYb6CQ4WALc

"Vilar glad. I din famn" was also performed at Estelle's christening, by Court Singer Elin Rombo, harpist Margareta Bengtson and flutist Jan Bengtson. A part of the song, starts at 1.23 at the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmD4ILHClmU

"Vilar glad. I din famn" was also performed at Oscar's christening, by Court Singer Elin Rombo and pianist Magnus Svensson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=minLxSB8zQY

[LadyFinn]

Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable" was prince Bertil's and princess Lilian's favourite song. Lisa Nilsson sang it at prince Bertil's funeral.

[LadyFinn]

At the website of the Royal House, about the Bernadotte Dynasty and music.
Musik - Sveriges Kungahus
Translation

[LadyFinn]

Julvisa (Christmas Song), composed by prince Gustaf on Christmas Eve 1846.
From the archive of The Bernadotte Library.
https://www.kungligaslotten.se/image...ustaf-1846.jpg

[LadyFinn]

At the new website of the Swedish Royal Court
The Bernadotte Library's collections include an extensive collection of sheet music, made up of approximately 6,000 printed and handwritten pieces of music. It includes compositions by several of the second and third generations of the Bernadotte family. King Oskar II was a talented singer who liked to perform music on his pump organ, and many of the collection's printed works belonged to him and to Queen Victoria.
Musikalier _ Kungahuset
Translation

[LadyFinn]

Prins Bertil march

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvqfkNoFAKo