1. Allegro Moderato
2. Menuetto: Allegro
3. Adagio
4. Rondo: Allegretto Scherzando. Chanson Russe: Andantino quasi Allegretto

• Year of composition: 1822?
• Work category: String quartet
• Dedication: 'dedié à Mr. Edouard Du Puy. Professeur et Maître de la Chapelle de Sa Majesté le Roi de Suède & de Norvège'
• Duration: Approx. 15-20 min

Examples of printed editions

Stockholm, Imp. Lith. de C. Müller [1822, according to an annotation on the frontispiece, both on the copy at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket and the one at the Swedish Radio (’according to an advertisement in the Dagligt Allehanda newspaper, 1822’)

Location for score and part material

Parts material can be found at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket, Stockholm. There is also material at the Sveriges Radios musikbibliotek [the Music Library of the Swedish Radio] (however, the material is incomplete, with added early photocopies for the missing pages). The Musik- och teaterbiblioteket also holds a fair copy (made in the 1960s?) of the score.

Literature

Wallner, Bo: Den svenska stråkkvartetten, Del I, Klassicism och romantik [The Swedish string quartet, Part I, Classicim and Romance], pp. 26-29 (Kungl. Musikaliska Akademiens skriftserie nr 24 [No. 24 of the publication series of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music], Stockholm 1979) [in Swedish, only]

Description of work

1. Allegro Moderato g minor 4/4 (C) /:124 bars:/1 bar, F-sharp major 16 bars, G minor 35 bars, Majeur. G major 47 bars, in total 223 bars
2. Menuetto: Allegro G minor 3/4 /:8 bars://:42 bars:/Trio. G major /:16 bars://:16 bars:/[D.C. not indicated!], in total 132 bars [including an intended D.C.]
3. Adagio E-flat major 2/4 88 bars
4. Rondo: Allegretto Scherzando G minor 2/4 157 bars, Un poco più Lento G major 19 bars, Tempo 1mo 29 bars, Minore più moto G minor 11 bars, Chanson Russe: Andantino quasi Allegretto G major 3/4 15 bars, Allegro 4 bars, più lento 10 bars, in total 245 bars