- Year of composition: 1891
- Work category: Cello and piano
- Duration: Approx. 1-5 min
Examples of printed editions
Abr. Lundquist AB Musikförlag, Stockholm (provided with a foreword dated Stockholm, April 1978 by Arne Aulin, chair of the Wilhelm Peterson-Berger Sällskapet [Wilhelm Peterson-Berger Society]. As attachments to this edition, there are alternative solo parts for violin, viola, A-clarinet, and bass clarinet in B. The cello part has been adapted by Guido Vecchi.)
- Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
Literature
Karlsson, Henrik: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger. Verkförteckning [List of works] (2004) [available at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket]
Description of work
Berceuse: Andante B minor 4/4 (C), 54 bars, B major, 12 bars, E-flat major, 18 bars, B minor, 39 bars, in total 123 bars
Work comment
According to Arne Aulin's foreword in the printed edition, in 1891, Peterson-Berger sent his newly composed work to prominent cellist Franz Neruda, who, however, did not return it, nor has it been found in Neruda's collection at the Det kgl. Bibliotek [Royal Library] in Copenhagen.
This edition is therefore based on a variant (somewhat shorter than the one sent to Neruda), which the composer found among his papers in his last year of life.