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 Franz Liszt (according to liner notes by Sven Kruckenberg)
  • Duration: 32 min

Examples of printed editions

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

Location for score and part material

Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

Literature

Layton, Robert: Berwald, Stockholm 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!)

Work comment

There are liner notes by Sven Kruckenberg accompanying the Naxos CD