Gunnar de Frumerie (1908-1987)

Pianotrio nr. 2 [Piano trio no. 2]

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1. Allegro
2. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
3. Andante doloroso
4. Allegretto grazioso — Allegro energico

  • Year of composition: 1952
  • Work category: Piano trio
  • Dedication: To the Berwaldtrion [the Berwald trio]
  • Duration: 18 min
  • Detailed duration: Bodin/Saulesco/Winland: 1: 4'11''; 2: 4'59''; 3: 4'13''; 4: 4'30''

Examples of printed editions

Musikaliska Konstföreningen [the Swedish Art Music Society], Stockholm, M.K. 155, publ. 1956.

Location for score and part material

Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

Literature

Axel Helmer i Nutida Musik no. 9 annual volume 1962/63 (pp. 30-32).

Text (liner notes) by Nils L. Wallin for the Caprice LP edition (1980).

Svenska pianotrios (violin, violoncell och piano) under 1900-talet [Swedish piano trios (for violin, violoncello, and piano) in the 1900s] by Gunnar Sahlin, 60 credits/C paper at the Stockholms universitet, Musikvetenskapliga institutionen [Stockholm University, Department of musicology], spring 1986.

Description of work

Detailed version:

1. Allegro C major 3/4, 56 bars, Poco animato 4/4 (C), 6 bars, 3/4, 4 bars, 4/4 (C), 6 bars, 3/4, 3 bars, 4/4 (C), 1 bar, 3/4, 3 bars, 4/4 (C), 1 bar, 3/4, 20 bars, Più mosso, 24 bars, Allargando 4/4 (C), 2 bars, Tempo I, 9 bars, 3/4, 23 bars, 4/4 (C), 2 bars, 3/4, 8 bars, 4/4 (C), 1 bar, 3/4, 2 bars, 4/4 (C), 1 bar, 3/4, 2 bars, 4/4 (C), 3 bars, 3/4, 4 bars, 4/4 (C), 2 bars, in total 183 bars
2. Scherzo: Allegro vivace C major 2/4, 65 bars, 3/4, 1 bar, 2/4, 15 bars, 3/4, 1 bar, 2/4, 296 bars, in total 378 bars
3. Andante doloroso C major 3/4, 13 bars, 4/4 (C), 1 bar, 3/4, 5 bars, 4/4 (C), 1 bar, 3/4, 11 bars, 4/4 (C), 1 bar, 3/4, 6 bars, 2/4, 1 bar, 3/4, 3 bars, 4/4 (C), 1 bar, 3/4, 1 bar, 4/4 (C), 2 bars, 3/4, 1 bar, 4/4 (C), 12 bars, Un poco meno lento 3/4, 15 bars, in total 74 bars
4. Allegretto grazioso C major 4/4 (C), 27 bars, Allegro energico 3/4, 4 bars, 4/4 (C), 1 bar, 3/4, 4 bars, 4/4 (C), 1 bar, 3/4, 3 bars, 4/4 (C), 1 bar, 3/4, 3 bars, 4/4 (C), 2 bars, 3/4, 2 bars, 4/4 (C), 2 bars, 2/4, 1 bar, 4/4 (C), 9 bars, 3/4, 1 bar, 4/4 (C), 1 bar, 3/4, 11 bars, 2/4, 1 bar, 4/4 (C), 1 bar, 3/4, 4 bars, 4/4 (C), 1 bar, 3/4, 4 bars, 4/4 (C), 1 bar, 3/4, 4 bars, 2/4, 3 bars, 3/4, 2 bars, 4/4 (C), 3 bars, 3/4, 2 bars, 4/4 (C), 2 bars, 3/4, 6 bars, 4/4 (C), 6 bars, 3/4, 1 bar, 2/4, 1 bar, 3/4, 1 bar, 2/4, 1 bar, 3/4, 2 bars, 4/4 (C), 2 bars, Allegretto grazioso (tempo I), 24 bars, 3/4, 3 bars, 4/4 (C), 2 bars, in total 150 bars

Simplified version:

1. Allegro C major 3/4, Poco animato, Più mosso, Allargando, Tempo I (also 4/4 (C)), in total 183 bars
2. Scherzo: Allegro vivace C major 2/4 (also 3/4), in total 378 bars
3. Andante doloroso C major 3/4, Un poco meno lento, (also 4/4 (C)), in total 74 bars
4. Allegretto grazioso C major, Allegro energico, Allegretto grazioso (tempo I) (also 2/4, 3/4), in total 150 bars