Drottningholm Music

The Drottningholm Music (Swedish: Drottningholmsmusiken or Bilägers Musiquen) is the popular name of the music that was composed by Johan Helmich Roman. Composed for the wedding of Prince Adolf Frederick and Princess Louisa Ulrika of Prussia in August 18th of 1744, the work spans 24 movements of various lengths.[1]

The work reflects the Swedish interpretation of the galant style, popularized during the Baroque period,[2] affirmed by Roman's inspiration from other event-oriented works like George Frideric Handel's Water Music (1718) and Georg Philipp Telemann's Water Music (1723).[3]

The premiere was under Roman's guidance, and were used for various aspects during the wedding' s four-day duration.[1] The manuscript is kept in two locations, the first being the Alströmer Collection of the Stockholm Music and Theatre Library, the second being within the Kraus collection of the Lund University Library.[4] The work is categorized as BeRI 2 within Swedish musicologist Ingmar Bengtsson's system.[5]

Movements

In total, the work has a total of 24 movements, often ranging in length and key. Although beginning and ending in D major, it often uses G minor and G major (subdominant), D minor (parallel minor), and A minor (dominant).

  1. Allegro assai
  2. Allegretto
  3. Andante
  4. Allegro non troppo
  5. Andante
  6. Poco allegro
  7. Allegro
  8. Lento
  9. Allegro
  10. Allegro assai
  11. Allegro
  12. Presto
  13. Minuet
  14. Trio
  15. Grave
  16. Presto
  17. Lento
  18. Andante
  19. Allegro molto
  20. Allegro
  21. Allegro
  22. Allegro
  23. Vivace
  24. Allegro

Further reading

  • Rangström, Lena (2010). En brud för kung och fosterland: kungliga svenska bröllop från Gustav Vasa till Carl XVI Gustaf (in Swedish). Stockholm: Livrustkammaren. p. 236. ISBN 978-91-87594-34-2.

References

  1. ^ a b "Levande musikarv - Johan Helmich Roman: Bilägers Musiquen (Drottningholmsmusiken)". levandemusikarv.se. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  2. ^ Bengtsson, Ingmar (2019), Likt ett skeleton: Johan Helmich Roman - hans liv, Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag, p. 500
  3. ^ van Boer, Bertil (1997). "Toward a Stylistic Chronology of Johan Helmich Roman's Symphonies". The Journal of Musicology. 15 (4): 487. doi:10.2307/764004. ISSN 0277-9269.
  4. ^ Andersson, Greger (1996-11-30). "Music by Johan Helmich Roman and his contemporaries in Lund University Library". Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning / Swedish Journal of Music Research (in Swedish). 76–77: 9–30. ISSN 2002-021X.
  5. ^ "JOHAN HELMICH ROMAN". geocities.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2025-06-22.


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