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Fredmans epistlar
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Fredmans epistlar is a collection of 82 poems set to music by Carl Michael Bellman, a major figure in Swedish 18th century song. Though first published in 1790, it was created over a period of twenty
Frontispiece to the first edition by Johan Tobias Sergel, engraved by Johan Fredrik Martin
Frontispiece to the first edition by Johan Tobias Sergel, engraved by Johan Fredrik Martin
Bellman's artistry in the songs of Fredman's Epistles has been compared with William Hogarth's work as a painter, as here in Gin Lane, 1751.
Bellman's artistry in the songs of Fredman's Epistles has been compared with William Hogarth's work as a painter, as here in Gin Lane, 1751.
Detail of watercolour by Johan Fredrik Martin of a scene reminiscent of Ulla Winblad's journey back from Lake Mälaren to Stockholm in Epistle No. 48,
Detail of watercolour by Johan Fredrik Martin of a scene reminiscent of Ulla Winblad's journey back from Lake Mälaren to Stockholm in Epistle No. 48, Solen glimmar blank och trind
Ep. 45: Mollberg is beaten, his harp broken in the Rostock tavern [sv]
Ep. 45: Mollberg is beaten, his harp broken in the Rostock tavern [sv]
Ulla Winblad
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Ulla Winblad is a semi-fictional character in many of Carl Michael Bellman's musical works. She is at once an idealised rococo goddess and a tavern prostitute, and a key figure in Bellman's songs of F
Fredmans epistlar
…lying drunk in the gutter and then recovering in the Crawl-In Tavern, was described by Oscar Levertin as "the to-be-or-not-to-be of Swedish literature". Ulla Winblad, based on one of Bellman's friends, is the chief of the fictional "nymphs". She is half goddess, half prostitute, a key figure among the demimonde…
Detail from etching "The steps on Skeppsbro" depicting a scene in Stockholm's harbour by Elias Martin, 1800. The central figure is popularly supposed
Detail from etching "The steps on Skeppsbro" depicting a scene in Stockholm's harbour by Elias Martin, 1800. The central figure is popularly supposed to represent Ulla Winblad.
Carl Michael Bellman sang of Ulla Winblad in Fredman's Epistle 25, which seems to depict a Rococo scene like François Boucher's 1740 Birth of Venus, w
Carl Michael Bellman sang of Ulla Winblad in Fredman's Epistle 25, which seems to depict a Rococo scene like François Boucher's 1740 Birth of Venus, which then hung in Drottningholm Palace, near Stockholm
Illustration for "Ulla Winblad kära syster. Du är eldig, qvick och yster...". Fredman's Epistle No. 3, by Carl Wahlbom (d. 1858)
Illustration for "Ulla Winblad kära syster. Du är eldig, qvick och yster...". Fredman's Epistle No. 3, by Carl Wahlbom (d. 1858)
"Ulla dansar menuett": Ulla Winblad dances a minuet. Lithograph by Wilhelm Wallander [sv] (d. 1888)
"Ulla dansar menuett": Ulla Winblad dances a minuet. Lithograph by Wilhelm Wallander [sv] (d. 1888)