• Year of composition: 1960
  • Work category: Incidental music
  • Text author: William Shakespeare (translated by C.A Hagberg, Per Hallström)
  • First performed: 3 November, 1960
  • Duration: Approx. 20-25 min

Instrumentation

1*.1.1.1. / 2.2.2.0. / timp, 1 perc, guit
(picc)
Perc: sn dr, cymb, trgl

  • Location autograph: Sveriges Radios Musikbibliotek
  • Possible call no. and autograph comment: T 225, photokopy of autograph

Description of work

Music for originally 21 numbered scenes, some of which were deleted; score in C major, alternating time signatures
1. Inledningsmusik [Introduction]
2. Gå du den väg
3. Lyft liket upp
4. Fanfar [Fanfare]
5-6. Utan beteckning [no titles]
7-8. Ja båda herrarna
9. Till rådhuset
[10. deleted]
11. Jag går
12. Det strax skall vara gjort
13-14. No tempo marking
15. Fanfar [Fanfare]
16-17. Ni andra, följ mig
18-19. Dröm- och skräckmusik [Dream and horror music]
20. Stridsmusik [War music]
21. Avslutningsmusik [Ending music]