Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871−1927)
Serenad C-dur (Stråkkvartett Nr. 5 ) [Serenade in C major (String Quartet No. 5)]
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1. Allegro molto con spirito
2. Ballata: Allegretto scherzando (variations over the song about Finn Komfusenfej)
3. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
4. Finale: Allegro molto
- Year of composition: July 1910, Vestanå, Gränna
- Work category: String quartet
- First performed: 24 January 1916 by the Göteborgskvartetten [the Gothenburg Quartet] in the banquet hall of the Palace Hotel, Gothenburg
- Duration: 19 min
- Detailed duration: movement no. 1: 5'07", movement no. 2: 7'30", movement no. 3:1'54, movement no. 4: 4'14"
Examples of printed editions
• Abraham Hirsch (5131) /
• Carl Gehrmans Musikförlag (2624) - score with introduction by the composer about the song variation in movement 2
- Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: Deposition from Carl Gehrmans Musikförlag
Literature
Rotter, Signe: Studien zu den Streichquartetten von Wilhelm Stenhammar (Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 2001)
Wallner, Bo: Wilhelm Stenhammar och hans tid, vols. 1-3 (Norstedts Förlag, Stockholm, 1991) [in Swedish, only]
Description of work
1. Allegro molto con spirito. C major 3/4, 224 bars
2. Ballata: Allegretto scherzando (variations over the song about Finn Komfusenfej) A minor (C major/ F major/ A minor) 6/8, 301 bars
3. Scherzo: Allegro vivace. F major (A major) 3/4, 191 (= /: 39:/ 6/ 92/ 54)
4. Finale: Allegro molto. C major 2/2, 288 bars