Ludvig Norman (1831−1885)

Overture [A major]

Print

Andantino - Allegro appassionato - Allegretto - Allegro molto

  • Year of composition: Leipzig January 1849
  • Work category: Orchestral works in one movement
  • First performed: Easter 1849, in connection with a final performance at the Leipzig Conservatory; it was performed in Sweden for the first time on 24 May, 1851 in the De la Croix's Salon, Stockholm, with the Kungliga Hovkapellet [i.e, the orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera] under the baton of Jacopo Foroni (according to Gunhild Karle)
  • Duration: 10 min
  • Detailed duration: 10'28 (computer printout)

Instrumentation

3*.2.2.2 / 4.2.3.0 / timp / str
(picc)

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
  • Possible call no. and autograph comment: Norman's collection M-Å. One hardcover copy (complete score) and one incomplete score (the latter submitted by Prof. Ernst Ellberg in 1922), and parts

Literature

Karle, Gunhild: Ludvig Norman och Kungl. Hovkapellet i Stockholm 1861-90. Med flera., pp. 113-14 (Uppsala 2006)

Description of work

Andantino A minor 6/8, 48 bars, Allegro appassionato, 38 bars, A major, 290 bars, Allegretto, 19 bars, Allegro molto, 66 bars, in total 461 bars