Ludvig Norman (1831−1885)

Vier Charakterstücke für Pianoforte
Four Character Pieces for Piano

opus 2

Print

1. Con moto
2. Andante cantabile
3. Vivace con fuoco
4. Andante sostenuto

  • Year of composition: no. 1: 16 December, 1850; no. 2: 8 June, 1850; no. 3: Berlin, 8 January, 1851; no. 4: Leipzig, February 1851
  • Work category: Piano
  • Dedication: 'Fräulein Aurore Örnberg zugeeignet'
  • Duration: Approx. 10-15 min

Examples of printed editions

• Levande musikarv/Swedish Musical Heritage. Emended edition nos. 821-824, Stockholm 2015
• Leipzig, Fr. Kistner, no. 1780, publ. 1851.
• Julius Bagge, Stockholm.

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
  • Possible call no. and autograph comment: Normans samling [the Ludvig Norman collection] M-Å, in an album with the title 'Normansches Schatz-Kästlein für Clavier', pp. 18-19, 28-36

Literature

Bagge, Julius: Förteckning öfver Ludvig Normans tonverk, upprättad af Julius Bagge [List of Ludvig Norman's compositions, established by Julius Bagge]. Stockholm, 1886, p. 3

Description of work

1. Con moto [in the autograph: Allegro molto] A major 4/4 (C) 54 bars
2. Andante cantabile [in the autograph: Melodie à la Schumann. Langsam aber nicht schleppend] G minor 3/4 36 bars
3. Vivace con fuoco F major 2/4 134 bars [not including 6 bars which have been crossed out in the autograph]
4. Andante sostenuto [in the autograph: Tranquillo e con molto espressione] A major 12/8 30 bars [34 bars in the autograph]