1. Adagio — Allegro con brio
2. Andante
3. Menuetto: Allegretto
4. Allegro

• Year of composition: Before 1806, but not after the symphony in C minor
• Work category: Symphony
• Dedication: To A.F. Skjöldebrand [probably referring to Anders Fredrik Skjöldebrand (1757-1834)]
• First performed: 20 February 1807
• Duration: 25 min
• Detailed duration: Durata estimated on the basis of the score

Instrumentation

2.2.2.2 / 4.3.0.0 / timp /str

Examples of printed editions

Musikaliska konstföreningen [the publishing house of the Swedish Art Music Society], Stockholm 2011 (editors Avishai Kallai and Jari Eskola)

Location for score and part material

Print on demand, Musikaliska konstföreningen [the publishing house of the Swedish Art Music Society]

• Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

Literature

Lennart Hedwall on Eggert in Den svenska symfonin (1983); problematising various musicologists' assumtions about Eggert's symphonies and their conception

Description of work

1. Adagio G minor 4/4 (C) 26 bars, Allegro con brio G minor 4/4 (C) 218 bars (4/:105:/109), A tempo G major 70 bars, in total 314 bars
2. Andante G major 3/8 49 bars, G minor 25 bars (/:8:/17), G major 16 bars, G minor 25 bars (/:8:/17), G major 53 bars, in total 168 bars
3. Menuetto: Allegretto G minor 3/4 42 bars (/:10:/:32:/), Trio G minor 3/4 27 bars (/:8:/18:/1), in total 69 bars
4. Allegro G minor alla breve 308 bars (/:164:/143), G major 125 bars, in total 432 bars

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