1. Andante sostenuto — Allegro alla breve
2. Andante
3. Scherzo: Allegro vivace ma non troppo Presto
4. Finale: Allegro con fuoco

• Year of composition: movements no. 1: 29 November 1866; 2: 12 December 1866; 3: 18 December 1866; 4: 11 January 1867
• Work category: String octet
• Duration: Approx. 25-30 min

Instrumentation

4 vn, 2 vla, 2 vc

Examples of printed editions

Merton Music, 8 Wilton Grove, London SW19 3QX England, no. 8013 (© Krister Persson 2004).

Location for score and part material

Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

• Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
• Possible call no. and autograph comment: Normans samling [the Ludvig Norman collection], opus 30, score as well as two sets of parts, and there is also a sketch for movement no. 3. ’Angefangen Nov. 66.’, and ’Am 19ten November 1872 in der 'Königl. Hochschule für Musik' zu Berlin und unter Professor Jos. Joachims Leitung gespielt’, according to annotations (in the score), another of which conveying that this work was performed under the baton of Prof. N.W. Gade at one of the Musikföreningen’s [Musical society] public concerts in Copenhagen

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. 28

Description of work

1. Andante sostenuto C major 4/4 (C), 35 bars, Allegro alla breve, 325 bars, in total 360 bars
2. Andante F major 3/4, 119 bars
3. Scherzo: Allegro vivace ma non troppo Presto A minor 3/4, 122 bars, F major, 112 bars, A minor, 148 bars, in total 382 bars
4. Finale: Allegro con fuoco 4/4 (C), C major 288 bars