1. Allegro moderato con spirito
2. Andante sostenuto
3. Allegro energico — Trio: Canon — Tranquillo et con espressione — Scherzo D.C.
4. Rondo: Allegro moderato

• Year of composition: 1907, revised 1964
• Work category: String quintet
• First performed: 1907 at the Royal Opera(?). Members from the Royal Court Orchestra: Carlborg, Enstedt, Larsén, Bengtsson, Lindgren
• Duration: Approx. 20-25 min

Instrumentation

2 vn, 2 vla, vc

Examples of printed editions

Merton Music, London 2005 (ed. Krister Persson)

Location for score and part material

Handwritten manuscript owned by the grandson Fredrik Bengtsson

Literature

Persson, Krister: Gustaf Bengtsson, String Quintet A minor (pp. I-III)

Description of work

1. Allegro moderato con spirito A minor 4/4
2. Andante sostenuto C major 3/4
3. Allegro energico A minor - Trio: Canon. Tranquillo et con espressione A major. Scherzo D. C., 3/4
4. Rondo: Allegro moderato A major 2/4

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