Emil Sjögren (1853-1918)

Preludium och fuga a-moll [Prelude and Fugue in A minor]

opus 49

Print
  • Year of composition: 1906
  • Work category: Organ
  • Dedication: à monsieur Alexandre Guilmant
  • Duration: 9 min
  • Detailed duration: 9'05 according to Swedish Society Discofil's Emil Sjögren. The Complete Works For Organ. Ralph Gustafsson, organ. SCD 1083-84 (1997)

Examples of printed editions

• Levande Musikarv/Swedish Musical Heritage. Emended edition no. 1882 (2018)
• Wilhelm Hansen nr 14329
• Cantorgi förlag, 2012, CF-5009
Emil Sjögren Samtliga orgelverk volym I [Complete works for organ, Volume I]

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
  • Possible call no. and autograph comment: The autographs exist; 1 at Musik- och teaterbiblioteket, 1 at Uppsala University Library and 1 at Wilhelm Hansen's archive.

Description of work

1. Prelude: Andante con elevazione A minor, A major 4/4 (C) 86 bars
2. Fugue: in tempo ordinario A minor 4/4 (C) 64 bars

Work comment

This work was dedicated to French organist and composer Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911), who premiered it in 1908 in the Salle Gaveau, Paris.

There are three known autographs, the earliest of which is … Read more