Jakob Adolf Hägg (1850−1928)

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

Print
  • Year of composition: Year of composition unknown
  • Work category: Other chamber music with winds
  • Arrangement/revision: The piece is originally composed for organ, but also exists in this version and in another for orchestra.
  • Duration: 5 min

Instrumentation

e-flat cornet, b-flat cornet, alto horn, 2 tenor horns, tuba

Examples of printed editions

Version for organ 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 A-flat major 25 bars (/:9:/16), Da capo bars 1-32, in total 57 bars (not including repetitions or the Da capo)


Work comment

In one of the autographs for the version for organ there is the annotation 'Zum Andenken Emil Hartmanns'. Hartmann died in 1898, and it is possible that Hägg composed this piece in connection with Hartman's demise