 Title page of first edition | |
| Author | Carl Michael Bellman |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Elias Martin |
| Language | Swedish |
| Genre | Song collection |
| Publisher | Kongliga Tryckeriet |
Publication date | 1783 |
| Publication place | Sweden |
Bacchi tempel öppnat vid en hjältes död ('The Temple of Bacchus Opened at a Hero's Death'), commonly known as Bacchi Tempel, is a song play, a long poem in two thousand alexandrines, written by Carl Michael Bellman. It was published by Sweden's royal printing press in 1783.[1] The illustrator was Elias Martin. The work had been preceded by a version from 1779 titled "Bacchi Temple opened at the death of Corporal and Order Oboist Father Movitz", but had been reworked and expanded several times.
The work has probably never been performed in its entirety, but individual songs are sometimes performed by the Par Bricole society.[2] It has been described as a curious hybrid, a combination of comic opera and mock-heroic verse, and as a not very satisfactory work, despite the "lovely" song[1] Böljan sig mindre rör ('Still'd is the hasty wave').
- ^ a b Britten Austin 1967, pp. 132–133.
- ^ Lönnroth 2005, pp. 242–243.