The Seven Songs, Op. 17, is a collection of five Swedish-language and two Finnish-language art songs for vocal soloist and piano written from 1891 to 1904 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
Constituent songs
Ordered by catalogue number, the Op. 17 songs are as follows:
- "" ("Since Then I Have Questioned No Further"), Op. 17/1 (1891âÂÂ92); text by the Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg
- "" ("Go to Sleep!"), Op. 17/2 (1891âÂÂ92); text by the Finnish poet
- "" ("Play of the Birds"), Op. 17/3 (1891); text by Tavaststjerna
- "" ("Astray"), Op. 17/4 (1898, revised 1902); text by Tavaststjerna
- "" ("A Dragonfly"), Op. 17/5 (1904); text by the Swedish poet Oscar Levertin
- "" ("To Evening"), Op. 17/6 (1898); text by the Finnish poet August Valdemar Koskimies (né Forsman)
- "" ("Driftwood"), Op. 17/7 (1902); text by the Finnish poet Ilmari Kianto (né Calamnius)
Orchestral version of No. 1
In 1903, Sibelius arranged "" for vocalist and orchestra.
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