1. Con moto
2. Allegro molto
3. Tranquillo
4. Allegro molto e ritmico

• Year of composition: 1951-53 (Movement no. 1: 16 November 1952; Movement no. 2: 5 September 1953; Movement no. 3: 1st May 1953; Movement no. 4: Tyresö 2nd July 1953)
• Work category: String quintet
• First performed: 3 February 1955, Hochschule für Musik, Dresden, (Heinz Rudolf, Wolfgang Krutzsch, Wilfried Hartung, Gertraut Chemnitzer, Eberhard Felber)
• Duration: 29 min
• Detailed duration: (according to the composer) 7 mins., 6 3/4 mins., 6 1/2 mins., 8 mins.

Instrumentation

2 vn, vla, 2 vc, cb ad lib.
The double bass part should only be played if the work is performed in the version for string orchestra. (Composer's note)

Examples of printed editions

Edition Eulenburg, EE6171, 1960

Description of work

1. Con moto 3/4 242 bars
2. Allegro molto 6/8 /:8 bars://:8 bars:/36 bars Trio I 39 bars, [Allegro molto] 52 bars, Trio II: Poco meno mosso alternating time signatures (6/8, 9/8) 57 bars, Allegro molto 53 bars, in total 253 bars.
3. Tranquillo 3/4 73 bars, Molto tranquillo 22 bars, Tempo primo 54 bars, in total 149 bars.
4. Allegro molto e ritmico A minor 6/8 155 bars, E major 53 bars, C major 199 bars, in total 408 bars