Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779−1813)

2:1 Quartette from Trois Quartettes pour deux Violons, Alte & Violoncelle (Stråkkvartett B-dur [String quartet in B-flat major])

opus 2 no. 1

Print

1. Adagio - Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Menuetto. Allegro
4. Allegro

  • Year of composition: About 1800-1810
  • Work category: String quartet
  • Dedication: "composées & dediées à mes Amis Mrs [Messieurs] Erik Drake & Leonard Rääf" (according to the autograph)
  • 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] (Wenster Ab 11), respectively

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
  • Possible call no. and autograph comment: Eggerts samling [Eggert's collection] (the autograph bears the stamp reproducing Drake's signature)

Literature

Nisser, Carl: Svensk Instrumentalkomposition 1770-1830 - Nominalkatalog (Bokförlaget Gothia, Stockholm 1943)
Norlind, Tobias/Broman, Sten: Eggert och Küster, konsertverksamhet och kompositioner [concerts 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 kand.-uppsats, Uppsala 1951, opublicerad) [Bachelor's thesis, Uppsala 1951, unpublished]

Description of work

1. Adagio - Allegro B-flat major 3/4 - 4/4 (C)
2. Adagio B-flat major 3/4
3. Menuetto. Allegro B-flat major - G minor - B-flat major 3/4
4. Allegro B-flat major alla breve


Media files

Edition Swedish Musical Heritage