{"id":3773,"date":"2025-03-12T19:55:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T18:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/?page_id=3773"},"modified":"2025-03-12T19:55:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T18:55:36","slug":"universe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Universe, for mixed choir<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A short piece on a huge theme<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Text and music by Karin Rehnqvist (2022)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Duration 2 min<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Carus Verlag<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Text:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Universe<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Two hundred billion trillion stars<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My mind reels, <\/span><\/span>my head swims<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, I feel dizzy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Two thousand billion galaxies – <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Two trillion galaxies!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Meteoroids,<\/span><\/span><\/span> asteroids,<\/span><\/span><\/span> comets,<\/span><\/span><\/span> planets,<\/span><\/span><\/span> nebulae<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My mind reels, <\/span><\/span>my head swims<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, I feel dizzy!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Karin Rehnqvist<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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