1. Idyll: Allegretto con moto
2. Humoresk: Allegro molto vivace
3. Sång/Lied: Andantino espressivo
4. Impromtu: Moderato — Allegro moderato (Doppio movimento)
5. Vårjubel/Frühlingsjubel: Allegro vivace ed apassionato
6. Cavatina: Allegretto moderato
7. Vaggvisa/Wiegenlied: Andantino sostenuto — un poco più vivo — a tempo Imo
8. Feberfantasi/Nachtstück: Allegro agitato
9. Elegi: Andante mesto — a tempo, un poco animato — Tempo I — un poco più Lento
10. Resignation: Andante sostenuto

• Year of composition: no. 1: 2nd August, 1863 // no. 2: Stockholm, 28 February, 1866 // no. 3: 1883 // no. 4: 4 March, 1866 // no 5: 19 March, 1866 // no. 6: 3 March, 1866 // no. 7: 1866 // no. 8: 1866 // no. 9: 1867 // no. 10: 28 June, 1883
• Work category: Violin and piano
• Dedication: 'Wilhelmina Norman-Neruda zugeeignet.'
• Duration: 36 min

Examples of printed editions

• Levande musikarv/Swedish Musical Heritage. Emended editions nos. 432-436, 549-558, Stockholm 2014
• Stockholm, Julius Bagge (71). 2 books: I (nos. 1-5), II (nos. 6-10), published in 1883

• Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
• Possible call no. and autograph comment: Normans samling [Ludvig Norman’s collection] opus 27, where the title is ’Aus dem Leben’, which is not mentioned in the printed edition. Here, some of the movements bear other titles, which, together with the dedication to Norman’s wife (in the autograph, only) gives the impression that this work could be interpreted as an autobiographical account of the husband and wife’s joint history

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. 9

Description of work

No. 1. Idyll (original title: Erste Begegnung; in another manuscript: Morgengruss): Allegretto con moto A major 6/8, /:10 bars:/, 56 bars, in total 66 bars
No. 2. Humoresk [Humoresque] (original title: Zwiespalt): Allegro molto vivace D minor 2/4, /:12 bars:/, 45 bars, B-flat major, 60 bars, D minor, 72 bars, in total 189 bars
No. 3. Sång/Lied (original title: Versöhnung): Andantino espressivo F major 3/4, 50 bars
No. 4. Impromtu (original title: Zweifel): Moderato G minor 6/4, - Allegro moderato (Doppio movimento) 3/8 - Tempo I - Tempo II 126 bars (Moderato 6/4 6 bars, Allegro moderato 3/8 74 bars, Tempo I 9 bars, Tempo II 37 bars), in total 126 bars
No. 5. Vårjubel/Frühlingsjubel (original title: Freudige Begebenheit; in another manuscript: Freudige Gewissheit): Allegro vivace ed apassionato D major 9/8, 100 bars
No. 6. Cavatina (original title: Neues Leben; in another manuscript: Illusion): Allegretto moderato E-flat major 6/8, 67 bars
No. 7. Vaggvisa/Wiegenlied (original title: Bei der Wiege): Andantino sostenuto A-flat major 2/4, 43 bars, un poco più vivo E major, 11 bars, A-flat major, 6 bars, a tempo Imo, 28 bars, in total 88 bars
No. 8. Feberfantasi/Nachtstück (original title: Beim Krankenbette): Allegro agitato F minor 6/8, 74 bars, F major, 48 bars, F minor, 41 bars, in total 163 bars
No. 9. Elegi [Elegy] (original title: Trauer): Andante mesto C minor 2/4, 26 bars, a tempo, un poco animato, 20 bars, Tempo I, 26 bars, un poco più Lento, 10 bars, in total 82 bars
No. 10. Resignation [Dejection]: Andante sostenuto C major 4/4 (C), 28 bars, L'istesso tempo 12/8, 4 bars, 4/4 (C), 32 bars, in total 64 bars

In one of the manuscripts there is also a movement that has not been included in the printed edition, which is in accordance with the instruction ’Nicht zu drücken’!
Am Ziele [dated 24 December, 1866]: Andante religioso A major 4/4 (C), 33 bars, 2/4, 1 bar, 4/4 (C), 19 bars, in total 53 bars [dated 24 December, 1866]

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