Fredrik Wilhelm Klint (1811−1894)

Qvartett för två Violiner, Viola och Violoncell. Quartetto 6 (A-dur) [Quartet for two Violins, Viola and Violoncello. Quartetto 6 (in A major)]

op. 25 no. 2

Print

1. Allegro con spirito, attacca
2. Menuetto: Tranquillo e molto moderato, Trio, Menuetto D.C.
3. Andante con variazioni, attacca
4. Finale: Allegro

  • Year of composition: Year of composition unknown
  • Work category: String quartet
  • Duration: Approx. 20-25 min

Examples of printed editions

Musikaliska konstföreningen, Stockholm, 1882 (parts), 'Stich und druck der Röder'schen Officin in Leipzig'. (The sheet music is also available online from the University of Rochester; see below)

Location for score and part material

Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

Literature

Wallner, Bo: 'Den svenska stråkkvartetten' I: Klassicism och romantik, Kungl. Musikaliska Akademiens skriftserie no. 24 [The Swedish String Quartet. In: Classicism and Romanticism, the publication series of the Royal Swedish Musical Academy, no. 24], Stockholm 1979, p. 90.

Description of work

1. Allegro con spirito A major 4/4 (C) /:68 bars:/110 bars, in total 178 bars, Attacca subito
2. Menuetto: Tranquillo e molto moderato A major 3/4/:28 bars:/40 bars:/ 1 bar, Trio D major /:8 bars://:20 bars:/5 bars, Menuetto D.C. s. repl. s. al Fine, 68 bars, in total 239 bars (inkl. D.C.).
3. Andante con Variazioni D major 4/4 (C) /:10 bars://:10 bars:/, Var. I. Poco più mosso /:10 bars://:10 bars, Ritornello più lento 2 bars, Var. II. Molto moderato /:10 bars://:10 bars:/, Ritornello 2 bars, Var. III. Allegro moderato /:10 bars://:10 bars:/7 bars, attacca Var. IV. Andante patetico /:10 bars://:10 bars:/5 bars, attacca Var. V. Allegro scherzoso 6/8 /:10 bars://:10 bars:/17 bars, in total 153 bars, attacca
4. Finale: Allegro A major 6/8 252 bars, Più vivo 10 bars, in total 262 bars

Links

Sheet music from the University of Rochester (for download)

Work comment

According to Bo Wallner's commentary in the score, Ludvig Norman was not the sole composer of string quartets at the middle of the 19th C. Fredrik W Klint (1811-94) - organist and piano teacher, periodically working on the island of Gotland, was the most prolific one. He wrote 6 Quartets, the last of which (the one in A major Opus 25 no 2) was printed by the Musikaliska Konstföreningen [Swedish Art Music Society] and the first Quartet (in G minor Opus 10 no 1) received acclaim from Court Kapellmeister [Julius] Rietz in Dresden, Kapellmeister [Niels W.] Gade in Copenhagen, and from the Swedish Art Music Society in Stockholm. Each of these works shows a more classical than romantic style, with an expression and form that scarcely surpass a modest level.