[Movement] 1: Allegro con expressione
[Movement] 2: Adagio
[Movement] 3: Menuetto. Allegretto
[Movement] 4: Allegro

• Year of composition: Probably before 1807
• Work category: String quartet
• Dedication: "... dediée à Mr E. M. Stenberg & Mme Charlotte Stenberg née de Westman" (according to the autograph)
• First performed: Possibly on 14 May, 1807 at the Kungliga Operan [Royal Swedish Opera], Stockholm (a quartet from opus 1:1-3 was performed at a symphony concert)
• Duration: Approx. 30-40 min
• Detailed duration: Approx. 36 minutes

Examples of printed editions

Swedish Musical Heritage, Stockholm 2020. Critical edition by Tomas Gunnarsson

Location for score and part material

Parts material can be found at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket and the Lunds Universitetsbibliotek [Lund University Libraries], respectively

• Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
• Possible call no. and autograph comment: Z/Sv

Literature

Nisser, Carl: Svensk Instrumentalkomposition 1770-1830 - Nominalkatalog (Bokförlaget Gothia, Stockholm 1943)
Norlind, Tobias/Broman, Sten: Eggert och Küster, konsertverksamhet och kompositioner [… Read moreconcerts and compositions] (Svensk Tidskrift för Musikforskning 1925, pp. 49-63)
Tyboni, Börje: Något om J N Eggerts kammarmusik (Fil. kand.-uppsats, Uppsala 1951, opublicerad) [Bachelor's thesis, Uppsala 1951, unpublished] Collapse

Description of work

[Movement] 1: Allegro con expressione F minor - E major - F major - F minor 4/4 (C)
[Movement] 2: Adagio A-flat major 4/4 (C)
[Movement] 3: Menuetto. Allegretto F minor - F major - F minor 3/4
[… Read moreMovement] 4: Allegro F minor alla breve Collapse