The composer weaves the text in long lines which are often supported by rhythmically faster wordless melismas

Leigh Hunt (1784-1859)

Johsefins dopvals/Josefine’s Waltz – Roger Tallrot

I dream of peace consists of two parts

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Un oiseau chante Sven-David/Purcell The composer weaves the textFrom Calligrammes Commentary I have been an avid reader of Guillaume Apollinaire's surrealistic poetry ever since I traveled to Paris as a teenager in the late 1970s. There I discovered his poetry and brought it back with me when I returned home to my native Sweden. I immediately fell for the blend of humor, sorrow, longing for love and peace and innovation that I found in Apollinaire's poems. He was at the forefront when modernism was established in