1. Introduzione: Adagio — Allegro, attacca
2. Adagio, attacca
3. Scherzo: Allegro, attacca
4. Finale: Allegro molto

• Year of composition: Stockholm, 28 October 1849.
• Work category: String quartet
• First performed: 16 October 1902, Aulinkvartetten [The Aulin Quartet]
• Duration: 22 min

Examples of printed editions

Score: Monumenta Musicae Svecicae. Franz Berwald, Sämtliche Werke/Complete Works, Vol. 11. Bärenreiter BA 4911, eds. Nils Castegren, Lars Frydén, and Erling Lomnäs. Kassel, Paris, London, New York, 1966
Parts: Bärenreiter-Verlag Karl Vötterle GmbH & Co. KG. Kassel, publ. 1966.

Literature

Robert Layton: Berwald, translation into Swedish by Folke H. Törnblom, Sthlm 1956, pp. 69, 81, 109, 111, 128, 133, 161f

Bo Wallner. 'Den svenska stråkkvartetten' [The Swedish string quartet] In: Klassicism och romantik (Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien's series no. 24, Stockholm 1979, pp. 51-71 passim.) [in Swedish, only]

Description of work

1. Introduzione: Adagio A minor 4/4 (C) 20 bars, Allegro 40 bars, un poco meno Allegro 8 bars, tempo I 82 bars, un poco meno Allegro 8 bars, tempo I 70 bars, in total 227 bars, attacca
2. Adagio B-flat major 58 bars, attacca
3. Scherzo: Allegro F major 6/8 206 bars, attacca
4. Finale: Allegro molto A major 4/4 (C) 212 bars