Gunnar de Frumerie (1908-1987)
Ballad (Variationer och Fuga över en svensk folkmelodi [Näckens polska])
opus 61
Andante -
Var. I: Allegro inquieto -
[Var.] II: Andante affabile -
[Var.] III: Allegro -
[Var.] IV: Andante sostenuto, molto appassionato -
[Var.] V: Allegro moderato - Con fiero - Misterioso -
[Var.] VI: Andantino - Un poco meno lento - Andantino (tempo I) -
[Var.] VII: Andante (tempo primo) -
[Var.] VIII: Allegro moderato -
[Var.] IX: Un poco meno vivo, molto vigoroso - Tempo moderato, furioso -
Fuga: Allegro moderato - Maestoso, un poco meno mosso - Andante (Tempo I) - Un poco piu lento
- Year of composition: Roslags-Näsby, 10 mars, 1965
- Work category: Piano
- Duration: 15 min
- Detailed duration: 14 1/2 minutes
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Description of work
Andante D minor 3/4, 13 bars, 4/4, 1 bar, 3/4, 1 bar, 4/4, 1 bar, 3/4, 1 bar, 4/4, 1 bar, Var. I: Allegro inquieto 3/4, 8 bars, 4/4, 1 bar, 3/4, 4 bars, 4/4, 1 bar, [Var.] II: Andante affabile [no key signature] 3/4, 11 bars, 4/4, 1 bar, 3/4, 1 bar, 4/4, 1 bar, 3/4, 3 bars, 4/4, 1 bar, [Var.] III: Allegro, 4 bars, 3/4, 3 bars, 4/4, 1 bar, 3/4, 4 bars, un poco ritenuto 4/4, 3 bars, [Var.] IV: Andante sostenuto, molto appassionato F-sharp minor 3/4, 19 bars, 4/4, 1 bar, 3/4, 6 bars, 4/4, 1 bar, [Var.] V: Allegro moderato E-flat minor, 19 bars, Con fiero, 2 bars, [no key signature], 3 bars, 5/8, 1 bar, 3/4, 3 bars, 4/4, 1 bar, Misterioso E-flat minor, 7 bars, [Var.] VI: Andantino [no key signature], 13 bars, 6/4, 3 bars, Un poco meno lento, 4 bars, 4/4, 2 bars, Andantino (tempo I), 5 bars, [Var.] VII: Andante (tempo primo), B-flat minor 3/4, 10 bars, A major, 5 bars, F minor 4/4, 1 bar, 3/4, 1 bar, 4/4, 1 bar, 3/4, 1 bar, 4/4, 1 bar, 3/4, 2 bars, 4/4, 1 bar, D minor 3/4, 1 bar, 4/4, 1 bar, 3/4, 2 bars, [Var.] VIII: Allegro moderato 2/4, 29 bars, [Var.] IX: Un poco meno vivo, molto vigoroso, 22 bars, Tempo moderato, furioso, 29 bars, Fuga: Allegro moderato 4/4, 11 bars, [no key signature], 7 bars, 3/4, 4 bars, 4/4, 1 bar, B major, 9 bars, C major, 8 bars, 3/4, 7 bars, 4/4, 11 bars, Maestoso, un poco meno mosso, 13 bars, 2/4, Andante (Tempo I) D minor 3/4, 15 bars, 4/4, 1 bar, 3/4, 10 bars, Un poco piu lento, 3 bars, in total 362 bars