1. Allegro ma non troppo
2. Andante con espressione
3. Allegretto
4. Allegro moderato con variazioni

• Year of composition: 1st movement begun in 1916 (revised in the 1920s), the entire quartet completed in 1928
• Work category: String quartet
• Dedication: To Charles Barkel
• First performed: Stockholm January 1930, Lilla salen, Stockholm Concert Hall (Folkkonsertförbundet), Barkelkvartetten (Charles Barkel, Per Carlsten, Einar Grönwall, Folke Bramme)
• Duration: 28 min
• Detailed duration: Briokvartetten: 1: 7'36'', 2: 6'30'', 3: 6'38'', 4: 7'19'' (28'11'')

Examples of printed editions

Musikaliska Konstföreningen, Stockholm, 1931. (Score and parts.)

Location for score and part material

Statens musik- och teaterbibliotek

Description of work

1. Allegro ma non troppo A minor 4/4 (also 3/4, 5/4, 6/4)
2. Andante con espressione C-sharp minor 3/4 (also E minor as well as 2/4 and 4/4)
3. Allegretto D major 3/4 (also 2/4, 4/4, trio in B minor)
4. Allegro moderato con variazioni A minor 2/4 (also in A major, F major as well as 3/4, 6/8 and 9/8)