Jakob Adolf Hägg (1850−1928)

(Sorgmarsch c-moll [Funeral march in C minor])

Print
  • Year of composition: Year of composition unknown
  • Work category: Orchestral works in one movement
  • Arrangement/revision: The piece is originally written for organ. Autograph of the orchestral version is probably dated Skåndal February [19]23 (difficult to decipher)
  • Duration: 5 min

Instrumentation

2.2.2.2 / 4.2.3.0 / timp / str

Examples of printed editions

The orchestral version is unprinted.
Organ version printed in Organistens Favoritalbum, book 2, publ. N. E. Anjou, n.d., tr: Leipzig, Röder, pp. 64–65, no. 35 in the book.

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

Description of work

[no tempo marking] C minor 4/4 (C) 32 bars (/:12:/:20:/), Trio Ass major 25 bars (/:9:/16), Da capo bars 1-32, in total 57 bars (not including repetitions or the Da capo)


Work comment

One of the autograhps shows the inscription 'Zum Andenken Emil Hartmanns'. Hartmann died in 1898, which may indicate when this piece was composed.