Music
This is the section where you will find Music, Lyrics, and Notes. Explore this section and listen to how poetry by Kaj Granholm was put to music by Lars Granholm, as well as Lars’s own compositions.
Here you can call up the Lyrics and/or the Notes, and while following them, call up and listen to the Music Kaj and I have created. Also, we invite other relatives to comment on and suggest revisions to what I have done. Additionally, we encourage you to add your own creativity to this site to share with everyone.
Kaj’s friends, Eric and Kim Thorson, arranged and recorded four songs, which I wrote the music for by computer. I hope somebody else with their talent would be interested in arranging and recording some of this music in Swedish or Finnish.
Kaj seems to have another talent – poetry, and that inspired me to write some music to go with his lyrics. Note that I have no musical education, but with the help of a computer program, “Music Time Deluxe,” I have also done some compositions in addition to the four songs Kaj and I have collaborated on.
- Narrative introductions and lyrics (taken from his poems) by Kaj Granholm
- Music compositions by Lars Granholm
- Musical arrangements and vocals by Kim and Eric Thorson
Music, Lyrics, and Notes
Tue, 10/19/2010 – 10:37 | Lars Granholm
The music and notes presented here are in .PDF, .MP3, .MID format. You will need a PDF viewer to view them, and Quicktime for the .MID files and any .MP3 player for the MP3 files (Windows Media Player works fine for MP3 files). You can also download the music and notes by choosing the Save As option in your PDF viewer as you are viewing the article, or you can right click the link and choose Save As or Save Link As to save the music or PDF files. (Note: Different browsers may have different save functions).
Click on the highlighted links below to access the music, lyrics and notes. Titles are in English, followed by the Swedish translation.
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Forest Dance-Skogens Dans ~ Listen how the forest plays and dances. See the Lyrics in English and Swedish, listen to the Thorson’s Arrangement or to my Granholm Arrangement. You can also see my Music Notes.
Forest Pine-Granholmen ~ Listen how the forest pine (the Swedish lyrics about Granholmen) pictures us as a family. See the Lyrics in English and Swedish, listen to the Thorson’s Arrangement or to my Granholm Arrangement. You can also see my Music Notes. Jussi Törnwall has provided the Lyrics in Finnish.
Summer Night in Finland – Sommarnattens Klarhet ~ Listen to the music about the clearness of the summer night in Finland. See the Lyrics in English and Swedish, listen to the Thorson’s Arrangement or to my Granholm arrangement. You can also see my Music Notes.
Shore-Villa Stranden i Öja ~ Listen how Kaj and I remember the shore where we played as children while living on the lake during the short Finland’s summer. See the Lyrics in English and Swedish, listen to the Thorson’s Arrangement or to my Granholm Arrangement. You can also see my Music Notes.
Fairy Woods-Älv Skogen ~ Listen how the fairies were rediscovered in the forest. See the Lyrics in English and Swedish, listen to my Granholm Arrangement. You can also see my Music Notes. Jussi Törnwall has provided the Lyrics in Finnish.
My Home-Mitt Hem ~ Listen to how Kaj remembers a distant home. Poem narrated by Eric Thorson. See the Lyrics in English and Swedish, listen to my Granholm Arrangement. You can also see my Music Notes.
Dear Ancestor ~ Author unknown, but this seemed to be a fitting tribute to grandfather Karl-Johan Granholm, who died before most of us cousins were born. See his tombstone below, and the Lyrics in English and Swedish and Music Notes and listen to Dear Ancestor.
Three Finger Waltz ~ This is what I wrote for my grandson Erik when he began to take piano lessons. You can also see my Music Notes.
Anna’s Swing ~ This is what I wrote for my granddaughter Anna when she became USA National Champion in cheerleading. You can also see my Music Notes.
Leena’s Song ~ This pictures Leena in three places; when she went to school in Karleby, worked in Chicago and was the sophisticated lady in Washington. You can also see my Music Notes.
I Juninatt ~ This is a song with the Swedish lyrics written by my cousin Inge Pasanen (Granholm) and the music composed by Jussi Törnwall. You can see the Lyrics and Music Notes. It will always remind me of the June midsummer evenings we celebrated with her and her family and our friend Jussi at “Villa Inge.”
