Franz Berwald (1796−1868)

Duo für Pianoforte und Violoncello [or violin, in B-flat major]

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1. Allegro ma non troppo, attacca
2. Poco adagio quasi andante, attacca
3. Allegro agitato

  • Year of composition: 1857
  • Work category: Cello and piano
  • Dedication: 'für den Violoncellisten Herrn Bernhard Cossman'
  • First performed: January 1859 (Weimar?), Bernhard Cossman (cello)
  • Duration: 19 min
  • Detailed duration: Mats Lidström - Bengt Forsberg: 18'33''

Examples of printed editions

• Monumenta Musicae Svecicae. Franz Berwald, Sämtliche Werke/Complete Works. Vol. 14. Ed. Kathleen Kuzmick Hansell. Bärenreiter BA 4914. Kassel, Basel, London, New York (1987)
• Edition Suecia, Stockholm, revised by Sven Kjellström, 1946 (cello, violin and piano part)

Location for score and part material

Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

Literature

Layton, Robert: Berwald, Stockholm 1956, pp. 89, 109 ff, 115, 132

Stahmer, Klaus: 'Ein Beitrag Berwalds zur romantischen Sonatenform. Das Duo für Violoncello und Klavier' (1858). In Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 1977/2, pp. 23-33

Description of work

1. Allegro ma non troppo B-flat major 3/4, 256 bars, attacca
2. Poco adagio quasi andante G major 4/4 (C), 69 bars, attacca
3. Allegro agitato B-flat major alla breve, 238 bars, in total 562 bars


Media files

Edition Swedish Musical Heritage