Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)

Sinfonia I [G major]

BeRI 9

Print

1. Lento
2. Allegro
3. Largo
4. Allegro assai

  • Year of composition: The piece was composed in the end of the 1730s och beginning of 1740s according to Ingmar Bengtsson.
  • Work category: Symphony
  • Duration: Approx. 5-10 min

Instrumentation

cont / str

Examples of printed editions

Monumenta Musicae Svecicae (together with Sinfonia II and III), Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm 1965, critical edition, available from Edition Reimers

Location for score and part material

Handwritten material can be found at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket (Ro:16a [2 copies] and Ro:9-17b) and at the Lund University Libraries (LUB:Eng no. 638). This Sinfonia is also included in the Leufsta Mus.ms 6 collection at the Uppsala University Library.

Literature

Bengtsson, Ingmar: J. H. Roman och hans instrumentalmusik (1955)

Description of work

1. Lento G major 4/4
2. Allegro G major 3/4
3. Largo E minor 3/4
4. Allegro assai G major 3/8

Links

Ro:9-17b
Ro:16a

Ro:16a
Ro:16d, 12e, 15c, 17e, 11e, 10d
LUB:Eng no. 638
UUB:Leufsta Mus.ms 6