1. Allegro con moto — Allegro molto quasi Presto
2. Andante sostenuto
3. Scherzo: Presto
4. Allegretto con moto — Allegro ma non troppo

• Year of composition: 1854
• Work category: String sextet
• Arrangement/revision: In Norman's coll. opus 18 the sextet exists in an arrangement for piano 4 hands by L.G. Bratt
• Duration: 26 min
• Detailed duration: 26 mins. (Sju äss i leken)

Instrumentation

2 vn, 2 vla, 2 vc

Examples of printed editions

Levande musikarv/Swedish Musical Heritage no. 2202, Stockholm 2019. Critical edition by Michael Bartosch

• Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
• Possible call no. and autograph comment: This Sextet is included in the Normans samling [Ludvig Norman’s collection] opus 18 as an arrangement for piano four hands by L.G. Bratt, made in Carlsbad on 4 July, 1884, revised June-July 1891 on Marstrand. (The volume also includes an arrangement for piano four hands of Norman’s Ouverture [Overture] opus 60)

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. 28.

Description of work

1. Allegro con moto A major 3/4, 60 bars, Allegro molto quasi Presto alla breve, 547 bars, in total 607 bars
2. Andante sostenuto A minor 2/4, 110 bars
3. Scherzo: Presto F major 6/8, 16 bars, /:48 bars:/, L'istesso Tempo 2/4, 32 bars, /:32 bars:/, 24 bars, 6/8, 56 bars, L'istesso Tempo 2/4, 16 bars, 6/8, 24 bars, in total 248 bars
4. Allegretto con moto A minor 3/4, 47 bars, Allegro ma non troppo A major, /:114 bars:/, 166 bars, in total 327 bars