Five Songs, Op. 37 (Sibelius)

The Five Songs, Op. 37, is a collection of Swedish-language art songs for vocal soloist and piano written from 1900 to 1902 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

Constituent songs
Ordered by catalogue number, the Op. 37 songs are as follows:


 * "Den första kyssen" ("The First Kiss"), Op. 37/1 (1900); text by the Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg
 * "Lasse liten" ("Little Lasse"), Op. 37/2 (1902); text by the Finnish poet Zachris Topelius
 * "Soluppgång" ("Sunrise"), Op. 37/3 (1902); text by the Swedish poet Tor Hedberg
 * "Var det en dröm?" ("Was It a Dream?"), Op. 37/4 (1902); text by the Finnish poet Josef Julius Wecksell
 * "Flickan kom ifrån sun älsklings möte" ("The Girl Returned Home from Meeting Her Lover"), Op. 37/5 (1901); text by Runeberg

The collection was first published by the Helsinki-based firm Fazer & Westerlund (Helsingfors Nya Musikhandel) from 1901 to 1902. The table below provides additional information about song:

Orchestral version of No. 3
In 1913, Sibelius arranged "Soluppgång" for vocalist and orchestra.