Elfrida Andrée (1841−1929)

Quartette (d-moll) [Quartet (in D minor)]

Print

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegro grazioso pastorale
4. Allegro

  • Year of composition: 1887
  • Work category: String quartet
  • First performed: Performed in 1895 at the Kvindernes Udstilling fra Fortid og Nutid in Copenhagen [i.e., The 1895 Copenhagen Women's Exhibition from the Past and Present]
  • Arrangement/revision: The 1909 version for string orchestra with the title "Sommarminnen från Bjurslätt" [Summer memories from Bjurslätt (a district in Gothenburg)] was performed on 24 March the same year. It has the addition of a double bass part, otherwise it is identical to the Quartet in D minor
  • Duration: 18 min
  • Detailed duration: Movement no. 1: 5'33" , movement no. 2: 4'43", movement no. 3: 3'04", movement no. 4: 4'51" (Caprice Records CAP 21530 [2002])

Examples of printed editions

Viola i väst 'Sommarminnen från Bjurslätt' [Summer memories from Bjurslätt], score and parts

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

Description of work

1. Allegro D minor 2/4
2. Andante F major 4/4
3. Allegro grazioso pastorale B-flat major 3/8
4. Allegro D minor, D major 2/4