Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974)
Sinfonia piccola
Symfoni IV (Symfoni nr 4 g-moll) [Sympony IV (Symphony no. 4 in G minor)]
opus 14
1. Con forza
2. Andante
3. Scherzo: Allegro molto
4. Rondo-Finale: Allegro molto
- Year of composition: 1918, revised in 1945
- Work category: Symphony
- First performed: 1st March, 1919
- Duration: 20 min
- Detailed duration: The Scherzo was extended in 1945, which made the playing time c. 22 mins.
Instrumentation
2*.2.2.2 /4.2.2.1 / timp, 1 perc, hp / str
(picc)
NB: ob 2, hn 3, 4, tbn 1, tuba and hp ad lib. The percussion part consists of a triangle beat (or suspended cymbal) and can be played by the kettle-drummer.
Examples of printed editions
Version 1918: Leuckart, Leipzig 1922, now available from Breikopf & Härtel
Location for score and part material
Version 1945 available for rent from Svensk Musik
- Location autograph: Svensk Musik (STIM)
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: The available score of the 1945 version consists of Atterberg's autograph
Description of work
1. Con forza G minor 3/4 54 bars, Tempo commodo 28 bars, Tempo I 21 bars, Vivo 6 bars, Poco tranquillo 13 bars, Vivo 74 bars, Commodo G major 28 bars, Stretto poco 22 bars, in total 246 bars
2. Andante B minor 4/4 (C) 100 bars
3. Version of 1918: Scherzo: Allegro molto G minor 3/4 26 bars, Meno mosso D major 24 bars, G minor 4 bars, Molto allegro 24 bars, in total 78 bars, attacca
Version of 1945: Scherzo: Allegro molto G minor 3/4 26 bars, Meno mosso D major 24 bars, A tempo I, Molto allegro 80 bars, Meno mosso D major 24 bars, G minor 4 bars, Molto allegro 24 bars, in total 182 bars, attacca
4. Rondo-Finale: Allegro molto G major 3/4 51 bars, Poco meno mosso 9 bars, Più mosso 17 bars, Tempo I 29 bars, Poco tranquillo 77 bars, A tempo I 28 bars, Poco meno mosso 9 bars, Più mosso 13 bars, A tempo [Tempo I] 51 bars, Molto stringendo 20 bars, Doppio movimento 30 bars (version of 1945: 26 bars), in total 334 bars in the version of 1918 and 330 in the version of 1945
Work comment
In the revision of 1945, Atterberg extended the extremely short Scherzo, as well as some minor changes of composition and instrumentation.