1. Introduction: Andante con moto e cantabile
2. Scherzo: Presto - Trio: Un poco più lento
3. Romance: Andante
4. Finale: Allegretto grazioso
- Year of composition: Written in Marstrand summer 1871
- Work category: Piano
- Dedication: Mrs Ottilia Berg née Åberg, dedicated amicably
- Arrangement/revision: The Suite also exists in an orchestral version by the composer
- Duration: Approx. 15-20 min
Examples of printed editions
Elkan & Schildknecht, Stockholm [1896]
Hans Ahlborg Musik, Farsta [ca 2007], reprint of above mention edition
Movement 3 also published separately as Romanze from Suite op. 3 no. 3, Elkan & Schildknecht, Stockholm [1898]
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: The autograph has been lost
Description of work
1. Introduction: Andante con moto e cantabile G minor 4/4 (C) 69 bars (/:10:/59)
2. Scherzo: Presto E-flat major 6/8 139 bars (/:40:/:99:/), Trio: Un poco più lento A-flat major 2/4 84 bars (36/:48:/), Scherzo da capo, in total 223 bars
3. Romance: Andante B-flat major 31 bars (2/:8:/:19:/2), Adagio 2 bars, in total 33 bars
4. Finale: Allegretto grazioso G major 244 bars (4/:50:/190), Più mosso 11 bars, in total 255 bars
Work comment
This suite was originally composed for piano in Marstrand in the summer of 1871. Hägg performed it in the Tonkünstlerverein in Dresden on 8 January 1872. (His Sonata for violoncello was premiered at the same concert.) Wilhelm Stenhammar performed the suite in spring 1896.
The version for orchestra came much later, in the autograph the scherzo is dated 18 February 1916
Media files
References
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Piano scores
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Suite [g-moll] - Piano (23 pages, pdf - 1.3 MB | Downloaded 2063 times)
Edition: Elkan & Schildknecht (E & S 1631)
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Suite [g-moll] - Piano (23 pages, pdf - 1.3 MB | Downloaded 2063 times)