Blåsen nu alla
| "Blåsen nu alla" | |
|---|---|
| Art song | |
| English | All blow now! |
| Written | 1770 |
| Text | poem by Carl Michael Bellman |
| Language | Swedish |
| Published | 1790 in Fredman's Epistles |
| Scoring | voice and cittern |
Blåsen nu alla, "All blow now!", is one of the Swedish poet and performer Carl Michael Bellman's best-known and best-loved songs, from his 1790 collection, Fredman's Epistles, where it is No. 25. It is a pastorale, based on François Boucher's rococo 1740 painting Triumph of Venus.
The epistle is subtitled "Som är ett försök till en pastoral i bacchanalisk smak, skriven vid Ulla Winblads överfart till Djurgården" (Which is an attempt at a pastorale in Bacchanalian taste, written on Ulla Winblad's crossing to Djurgården)