Jakob Adolf Hägg (1850−1928)
Fantasi-Stycken för Pianoforte [Fantasy pieces for the pianoforte]
opus 11
1. Andante
2. Allegretto
3. Andantino
4. Allegretto scherzando
5. Allegretto quasi Andante
- Year of composition: In both the complete autograph and the printed edition the dating 23 Jan. 1869 is indicated after movement 4. Movement 5 is probably composed much later
- Work category: Piano
- Duration: Approx. 10-15 min
Examples of printed editions
Self-published, printed in Gävle 1909, by Ahlström & Cederberg
- Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
Description of work
1. Andante G minor 6/8 30 bars
2. Allegretto E-flat major 3/8 53 bars
3. Andantino A.flat major 2/4 32 bars
4. Allegretto scherzando G major 2/4 22 bars, Poco marziale [erroneously indicated 'margiale' in the printed music] C major 28 bars, G major 28 bars, in total 78 bars
5. Allegretto quasi Andante E minor 2/4 25 bars (/:8:/:17:/)
Work comment
In the complete autograph, the hand in nos. 1-4 differs much from the one in no. 5, which makes it obvious that Hägg composed the fifth piece much later, possibly close to the work being printed. (There is also an empty sheet of stave paper in the manuscript.) Supporting this theory is also the fact that the dating is placed after the fourth piece instead of the fifth, and not least the fact that one of the autographs bears the title Fyra Fantasistycken [Four fantasy pieces]. In that autograph, movement no. 4 has the title Scherzo-Arabeske [Scherzo-Arabesque]