THE BELLS
FOR MIXED CHOIR (SAB) & PIANO
FREDRIK SIXTEN
THE BELLS
for mixed choir (SAB) & piano
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1st edition 2025 / 1st Print run 2025
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The Bells
for mixed choir (SAB) & piano
Music: Fredrik Sixten, 2025
Lyrics: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) (The first stanza)
Bells,
Bells,
Bells,
Bells,
Fredrik Sixten (b. 1962) is one of the leading Swedish composers of his generation. He studied composition with Sven-David Sandström at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Before becoming a full-time composer, he worked as a cathedral organist in Sweden and Norway. He is known internationally for his many sacred choral works for unaccompanied voices or with orchestra. These works include a Requiem, Christmas Oratorio and settings of the passions according to St. Matthew, St. Mark & St. John and a Stabat Mater. In addition to sacred music, Fredrik Sixten has composed a full-length opera, a concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra, chamber music, and numerous works for organ. The majority of his works are published, and his music is programmed all over the world. Fredrik Sixten signed with Norsk Musikforlag in 2018.