Ludvig Norman (1831−1885)
Qvartett för 2 Violiner, Altviol och Violoncell (a-moll) [Quartet for 2 violins, viola, and violoncello (in A minor)]
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1. Allegro agitato
2. Andante sostenuto e cantabile
3. Tempo di Menuetto
4. Finale: Allegro molto vivace
- Year of composition: 1884
- Work category: String quartet
- Duration: 23 min
Examples of printed editions
Stockholm, Julius Bagge (132), Score and parts. (Stich und Druck der Röder'schen Officin in Leipzig.) n.d.
Location for score and part material
Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: At the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket there is only an arrangement for piano four hands by L.G. Bratt
Literature
Bagge, Julius: Förteckning öfver Ludvig Normans tonverk, upprättad af Julius Bagge [List of Ludvig Norman's compositions, established by Julius Bagge]. Stockholm, 1886, p. 29. (This Quartet can be found under the heading 'Outgifna verk' [unpublished works])
Wallner, Bo: 'Den svenska stråkkvartetten' [The Swedish string quartet]. In: Klassicism och romantik. Kungl. Musikaliska Akademiens skriftserie nr. 24 [Classicism and romance. No. 24 of the publication series of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music], Stockholm 1979, pp. 78−81 (pp. 71-86 on Norman's Quartets)
−−−: Wilhelm Stenhammar och hans tid, [Wilhelm Stenhammar and his time] vol. I, Stockholm 1991, p. 79-, vol. III, Stockholm. 1991, p. 16
Rotter, Signe: Studien zu den Streichquartetten von Wilhelm Stenhammar, Bärenreiter 2001, pp. 233−237
Description of work
1. Allegro agitato A minor 4/4 (C), 42 bars, L'istesso tempo ma agitato, /:78 bars:/, 96 bars, A major, 12 bars, A minor, 45 bars in total 273 bars
2. Andante sostenuto e cantabile F major 3/4, 126 bars
3. Tempo di Menuetto A minor 3/4, 52 bars, Trio A major, 49 bars, Menuetto da capo, A minor, 58 bars, in total 159 bars
4. Finale: Allegro molto vivace A major alla breve, 244 bars