Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Sov du lilla vide ung (English: \"Sleep, you little willow young\"), otherwise known as Videvisan (\"Willow song\") or Solskenets visan (\"Sunshine's song\") is a poem by the author Zachris Topelius which was first published in the ninth issue of the children's magazine Trollsländan (\"Dragonfly\") on February 27, 1869.Topelius is considered to be the first author of Swedish-language literature specifically intended for children. From the 1840s till his death he wrote some 230 poems, songs, stories and fairy tales. He was also the first in Scandinavia to write plays for children. He appeared widely, including in Trollsländan, with columns under the heading Vinterlek (\"Winter play\"). He intended the pieces he wrote to become a part of children's play, not to be used as theatrical performances.Sov du lilla vide ung was part of just such a small children's play entitled Stormen och Solskenet (\"The storm and the sunshine\"). The introduction describes the main role of the \"Sunshine\" character:Sunshine is a small white-clad girl with pink cloth or veil. She sits on a rock and eats away at the snow all around her. In her hand she carries a spindle, onto which she spins red silk. She seems kind, and her eyes are filled with delight.The most famous musical setting for the poem is by the Swedish composer Alice Tegnér (1864–1943)."@en }
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- Sov_du_lilla_vide_ung abstract "Sov du lilla vide ung (English: \"Sleep, you little willow young\"), otherwise known as Videvisan (\"Willow song\") or Solskenets visan (\"Sunshine's song\") is a poem by the author Zachris Topelius which was first published in the ninth issue of the children's magazine Trollsländan (\"Dragonfly\") on February 27, 1869.Topelius is considered to be the first author of Swedish-language literature specifically intended for children. From the 1840s till his death he wrote some 230 poems, songs, stories and fairy tales. He was also the first in Scandinavia to write plays for children. He appeared widely, including in Trollsländan, with columns under the heading Vinterlek (\"Winter play\"). He intended the pieces he wrote to become a part of children's play, not to be used as theatrical performances.Sov du lilla vide ung was part of just such a small children's play entitled Stormen och Solskenet (\"The storm and the sunshine\"). The introduction describes the main role of the \"Sunshine\" character:Sunshine is a small white-clad girl with pink cloth or veil. She sits on a rock and eats away at the snow all around her. In her hand she carries a spindle, onto which she spins red silk. She seems kind, and her eyes are filled with delight.The most famous musical setting for the poem is by the Swedish composer Alice Tegnér (1864–1943).".