Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779−1813)

Quatuor C major [String quartet opus 1:1]

opus 1 no. 1

Print

1. Allegro con brio
2. Adagio
3. Menuetto
4. Allegretto

  • Year of composition: Before 1807
  • Work category: String quartet
  • Dedication: '...par J.G.N. Eggert composès [sic] & dediés [sic] à Mr E. M. Stenberg & Mme Charlotte Stenberg née de Westman'
  • First performed: 14 May 1807, Kungliga Operan, Stockholm
  • Arrangement/revision: Critical edition by Cristian Marina
  • Duration: Approx. 30-40 min
  • Detailed duration: ca 30 min

Examples of printed editions

Levande musikarv/Swedish Musical Heritage

Location for score and part material

Musik- och Teaterbiblioteket
Lunds Universitetsbibliotek (Wenster Ab 11)

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

Literature

Nisser, Carl: Svensk Instrumentalkomposition 1770-1830 - Nominalkatalog (Bokförlaget Gothia, Stockholm 1943)
Norlind, Tobias/Broman, Sten: Eggert och Küster, konsertverksamhet och kompositioner (Svensk Tidskrift för Musikforskning 1925, pp. 49-63)
Tyboni, Börje: Något om J N Eggerts kammarmusik (bachelor's thesis, Uppsala 1951, unpubl.)

Description of work

1. Allegro con brio C major 4/4
2. Adagio F major 4/4
3. Menuetto C minor 3/4
4. Allegretto C major 2/4

Links

Listen to the 1:st movement performed by Vadstenasolisterna on YouTube.


Media files

Edition Swedish Musical Heritage