Requiem över en död diktare (opus 67), translated: Requiem for a dead poet, is for baritone, mixed choir and instrumental ensemble (2 trumpets, 2 trombones, percussion (2 players), organ. Duration: 16'. Commissioned by the Stockholm Church Opera Society. In memoriam the Finnish poet Gunnar Ekelöf (1907 - 1968)
Sela is usually said to mark the end of Bergman's dodecaphonic period, but his idiom continued to be founded on the rich use of chromaticism. The 1960s were in a way a long transition towards the new stylistic period beginning in the 1970s. This transition was dominated by vocal works using the most varied of subjects and scorings. Examples are The Birds (1962) – a setting of a poem by his wife, Solveig von Schoultz – (1970), Requiem över en död diktare (1970), Missa in honorem Sancti Henrici (1971) in medieval mood, Samonthrake (1971) with its dramatic element, and the Hathor Suite (1971) drawing on ancient Egyptian texts.