A.
Uverture Allegro marziale e maestoso - Andantino grazioso - Tempo 1mo - Allegro ma non troppo Presto - Un poco piu tranquillo - Un poco piu Lento - Tempo 1mo - un poco piu tranquillo - Allegro marziale e maestoso come l'introduzione - Allegro molto - tempo 1mo - Un poco piu tranquillo
No 1. Act II, scene 11: Allegro giocoso
No 2. The same scene, at the end of the Act: Listesso Tempo
No 3. Act V, scene 9: Melodrama. Moderato
No 4. Act V, scene 10: Allegro

B. Teatermusik.
1. Act I, scene 1. Allegretto maestoso
2. Act II. Allegro giocoso
The same scene. [no tempo marking]
No 1. Act I, scene 1. Allegretto commodo
Scene 5. Bugle [trumpet] signal
No 2. Act II, scene 1. Bugle [trumpet] signal
Scene 11. Music from the hold below. Allegro vivace
No 3. Act III, scene 1 just after the rise of the curtain. Andantino grazioso
No 4. Act III, final scene. Bugle [trumpet] signal
No 5. Act IV, scene 7. Music from the banquet hall. The same music as in Act I. Scene 8. Allegretto con moto
No 6. Shortly thereafter. From the height. Listesso Tempo - Shortly thereafter. Below the theatre floor. Allegretto (Listesso Tempo)
No 7. Scene 10. [no tempo marking]

• Year of composition: Score A:
  On the front endpaper there is an annotation stating ’1881. March, April’.
  An annotation at the end of the score states ’2nd February, 1881. L.N.’
  No. 2: ’15 March, 1881’
  No. 4: ’18 March, 1881’
• Work category: Incidental music
• Duration: Approx. 15-20 min

Instrumentation

3*.2.2.2 / 4.2.3.1 / timp, 5 perc, hp / str
(picc)

Solo voices/choir

T.T.B.B.

• Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
• Possible call no. and autograph comment: KT 152:2 (Operetter [Operettas] A 29) Microfilmed as no. 152:2, Score A (orchestral music), and [score] B (theatre music).
  
  Some performances are indicated on the cover of score:
  1. Premiered at the Royal Theatre, Stockholm, 1881, under the baton of … [difficult to decipher]
  
  2. First performance in Gothenburgh on 2nd April, 1898
  
  3. At the Musikföreningen [?, it is difficult to decipher, but it probably refers to the Stockholm Music Society] on 21st February, 1899.
  
  [4] Paris on 9 June, 1900, with the Orchestre des auditions musicales officielles du Trocadéro, Chef d'orchestre: Conrad Nordqvist.
  
  The Stiftelsen Musikkulturens främjande in Stockholm holds an unfinished piano sketch of 254 bars for the overture dated ’28 February, 1881. L.N.’ (MMS 1053).

Description of work

A.
Uverture Allegro marziale e maestoso D major alla breve [M.M. minim = 63], 37 bars, Andantino grazioso B-flat major 2/4 [crotchet = 56], 21 bars, Tempo 1mo D major alla breve, 20 bars, Allegro ma non troppo Presto G minor alla breve [minim = 88], 48 bars, Un poco piu tranquillo, 51 bars, Un poco piu Lento, 12 bars, Tempo 1mo, 43 bars, un poco piu tranquillo, 10 bars, D major, 43 bars, Allegro marziale e maestoso come l'introduzione alla breve, 18 bars, Allegro molto, 20 bars, tempo 1mo, 8 bars, Un poco piu tranquillo, 30 bars, in total 361 bars
No. 1. Act II, scene 11. Cue: Vi sjunga med i Kören så godt som starka lungor det förmå. Allegro giocoso D major 2/4, 8 bars, /:26 bars:/, 12 bars, in total 46 bars
No 2. The same scene, at the end of the Act. Cue: Hej, gossar, än en gång vår muntra dans, som afskedshyllning åt triumviratet. Listesso Tempo D major 2/4, 46 bars
No 3. Act V, scene 9. Melodrama. Cue: "Nu önskar jag dig mig Men trefnad med din orm" [the line has been crossed out] Moderato D minor alla breve, 26 bars
No 4. Act V, scene 10, after the last words: Hela hären må i krigisk ståt vid deras liktåg gå. Sen tåga vi till Rom. Allegro D major alla breve, 12 bars

B. Theatre music
1. Act I, scene 11. Cue: Dem, Tro mig, Antonius, hans arm, hans öga behöfvas väl. Banda behind the backdrop. Allegretto maestoso E-flat major 2/4 [piano reduction], 51 bars
2. Act II. Cue: Vi sjunga med i Kören, så godt som starka lungor det förmå. Allegro giocoso D major 2/4 [piano reduction] 30 bars [unfinished]
The same scene: Hej, gossar, än en gång vår muntra dans som afskedshyllning åt triumviratet. [no tempo marking] D major 2/4, 46 bars
No 1. Act I, scene 1. Cue: Tro mig, Antonius, hans arm, hans öga behöfvas väl. Allegretto commodo E-flat major 2/4 [score, here there are 6 percussionists], 52 bars
Scene 5. Bugle [trumpet] signal E-flat major alla breve, 5 bars
No 2. Act II, scene 1. Bugle [trumpet] call D major alla breve, 4 bars
Scene 11. Music can be heard from the hold below. Allegro vivace E-flat major 4/4 (C), 2 bars [2 fl, 2 cl, 4 hn, sn dr]
No 3. Act III, scene 1, just after the rise of the curtain. "Låt strängaspelet klinga". Andantino grazioso B-flat major 2/4, 24 bars [2 fl, 2 cl, 2 fg, hp]
No 4. Act III, final scene. Bugle [trumpet] signal D major alla breve, 4 bars, [New signal: 2 trp, 4 hn, 2 sn dr], D major alla breve, 9 bars [The curtain falls]
No 5. Act IV, scene 7. Music from the banquet hall. The same music as in Act I.
Scene 8. "En underbar musik, högtidlig, sorglig." [Wonderful music, solemn, mournful] "Lyss, hör hvad dofva ljud från djupet stiga", Allegretto con moto B-flat major 2/4 [2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl], 31 bars
No 6. Shortly thereafter. From the height. Listesso Tempo B-flat minor 3/4 [2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl], 7 bars. Shortly thereafter. Below the theatre floor. Allegretto (Listesso Tempo) B-flat minor 3/4 [2 cl, 2 bsn, tamtam], 7 bars
No 7. Scene 10. [2 hn lontano, no tempo marking] E-flat major 4/4 (C), 2 bars