Jakob Adolf Hägg (1850−1928)

Nordisk symfoni [Nordic symphony]
Nordische Symphonie Ess-dur [E-flat major]

opus 2

Print

1. Allegro
2. Adagio cantabile
3. Presto
4. Finale: Maestoso — Allegro vivace

  • Year of composition: 1871, probably orchestrated during the last years of the 1890s
  • Work category: Symphony
  • Duration: Approx. 15-20 min

Instrumentation

2.2.2.2 / 4.2.3.0 / timp / str

Examples of printed editions

Levande musikarv / Swedish Musical Heritage, Stockholm 2013. Critical edition by Finn Rosengren.
Utgåva för piano 4 h [Edition for piano four hands]: Det Nordiske Forlag, Köpenhamn [Copenhagen] / Hofmeister, Leipzig / Zapffe, Christiania (Oslo) cop 1899

Location for score and part material

Handwritten material at Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
  • Possible call no. and autograph comment: Autograph only exists for a version for piano four hands

Description of work

1. Allegro E-flat major 3/4, 204 bars
2. Adagio cantabile A-flat major 2/4, 61 bars
3. Presto C minor 9/8, 200 bars
4. Finale: Maestoso E-flat major 4/4 (C), Allegro vivace E-flat major 2/2, 355 bars

Work comment

This symphony was composed in the spring of 1871 as a Sonata for piano four hands, and it is that version which was printed under the title 'Nordische Symphonie'. The orchestration was probably made towards the end of the 1890s.

Finn Rosengren, 2011

Media files

Edition Swedish Musical Heritage