1. Overtura: Allegrissimo
2. Canzonetta: Tempo di valse, un poco tranquillo
3. Scherzo: Presto
4. Notturno: Andante sostenuto
5. Finale: Tempo moderato

  • Year of composition: Mellanklef (Halland) 1908, Särö and Vestanå 1912-13, rev. 13 August 1919
  • Work category: Orchestral works in several movements
  • Dedication: To my wife [Helga Marcia]
  • First performed: First version performed on 20 January 1914, Stockholm, the Royal Court Orchestra, cond. the composer — The revised version: 3 March 1920, Gothenburg, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, cond. the composer.
  • Duration: 34 min

Instrumentation

2.2.2.2 / 4.2.3.0 / timp, 2-3 perc / str

Examples of printed editions

• Edition Suecia, Stockholm 1936 (score)
• Nordiska Musikförlaget, Stockholm 1951 (study score)

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
  • Possible call no. and autograph comment: Wilhelm Stenhammar's archive

Literature

Wallner, Bo: Wilhelm Stenhammar och hans tid, vols. 1-3 (Norstedts Förlag, Stockholm, 1991)

Description of work

1. Overtura: Allegrissimo F major 2/2
2. Canzonetta: Tempo di valse, un poco tranquillo E minor 3/4
3. Scherzo: Presto C major 6/8
4. Notturno: Andante sostenuto A minor 6/4
5. Finale: Tempo moderato F major 4/4

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