Franz Berwald (1796−1868)

Quintetto N:r 2 (A-dur) för 2 violiner, viola, violoncell och piano] Quintetto no. 2 (in A major) for 2 violins, viola, violoncello, and piano]

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1. Allegro con gusto, attacca
2. Allegro vivace, attacca
3. Poco Andante, attacca
4. Allegro molto

  • Year of composition: 1850-1857 (according to Kruckenberg)
  • Work category: Piano quintet
  • Dedication: To Liszt (according to Sven Kruckenberg)
  • Duration: 32 min

Examples of printed editions

• Monumenta Musicae Svecicae, Franz Berwald, Sämtliche Werke/Complete Works, Vol. 13. Bärenreiter BA 4913, eds. Ingmar Bengtsson, Bonnie Hammar. Kassel, Paris, London, New York, 1973
• Edition Suecia, Stockholm, revised by Sven Kjellström (Firma Nottryck, Stockholm 1944).

Location for score and part material

Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

Literature

Robert Layton: Berwald, Sthlm 1956, pp. 27, 85 f, 131 f

Description of work

1. Allegro con gusto A major, 4/4 (C) 306 bars, attacca
2. Allegro vivace D major 3/4 521 bars, attacca
3. Poco Andante F major 3/4 115 bars, attacca
4. Allegro molto D major alla breve 429 bars (clearly ending in A major, albeit the fixed key signature remains unchanged!)