• Year of composition: Rindön September - 6 October - Skagen 21 October - 18 November 1904
• Work category: Orchestral works in one movement
• Dedication: To my brother Johannes Alfvén
• First performed: Stockholm, the Royal Opera , 31 March 1905, the Royal Court Orchestra cond. Hugo Alfvén
• Duration: 16 min
• Detailed duration: 16-18 minutes

Instrumentation

3*.3*.4*.4* / 4.2.3.1 / timp, 2 perc, 2 hp / str: 16.16.12.10.8
(picc, cor angl, bass clar, dbn)

Examples of printed editions

Score and parts Stockholm [1909]. Hirsch 2778.
Study score Stockholm 1948. Gehrmans, CG 4286

Location for score and part material

Gehrmans

• Location autograph: Stiftelsen Musikkulturens främjande
• Possible call no. and autograph comment: Composition sketch in pencil, Score in pencil, Parts: Gehrmans

Literature

Hedwall, Lennart: Hugo Alfvén. Stockholm 1973, pp. 201−203
Bucht, Gunnar: En skärgårdssägen − hundra år senare, in Alfvéniana, 3-4/04, pp. 14−16.
Dicander, Jörgen: Alfvéns 'En skärgårdssägen' i myt och verklighet, in  Alfvéniana 2/99, p. 14.
Tillman, Joakim: 'Den strukna delen av genomföringen i Hugo Alfvéns En skärgårdssägen'. Alfvéniana 1−2/09, pp. 18−24.

Description of work

Andante G minor 4/4