Emil Sjögren (1853-1918)

Sonat No 5 för Violin och Piano (a-moll) |Sonata no. 5 for Violin and Piano (in A minor)]

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1. Sostenuto ed espressivo - Allegro con anima - Andante sostenuto
2. Scherzo vivacissimo - meno vivo - a tempo vivacissimo - a tempo meno vivo - vivacissimo - meno vivo - Tempo I - meno vivo ma con brio - Tempo vivacissimo
3. Andante con nobile
4. Allegro giocoso - Andante sostenuto ed espr. - Tempo I - a tempo vivo e risoluto

  • Year of composition: 1912-13
  • Work category: Violin and piano
  • Dedication: To Georges Enesco
  • Duration: 28 min
  • Detailed duration: 27'58'' (1. 9'41'', 2. 5'20'', 3. 4'37'', 4. 8'20'') according to Caprice Records Emil Sjögren: Complete works for violin and piano. Vol. 3. Tobias Ringborg (violin), Anders Kilström (piano). CAP 21714 (2004)

Examples of printed editions

Levande Musikarv/Swedish Musical Heritage no. 665. Critical edition by Ingrid Lindgren (2016)
Stockholm, Musikaliska Konstföreningen [the Swedish Art Music Society] (M.K. 94)

Location for score and part material

Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

Literature

Crastan Kaestner, Eva: Studien zu den Violinsonaten von Emil Sjögren. Lizentiatsarbeit der Philosophischen Fakultät der Universität Zürich, Musikwissenschaftliches Institut.Mai 2004 (Mainly concerns the second violin sontata, from the preface: 'Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst zich mit den fünf Violinsonaten des schwedischen Komponisten Emil Sjögren. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Analyse der zweiten Violinsonate op. 24, des wohl meistgelobten und -gespielten Instrumentalwerks Sjögren.')

Description of work

1. Sostenuto ed espressivo A minor 4/4 (C) 13 bars, 2/4 1 bar, 4/4 (C) 1 bar, Allegro con anima 24 bars, 2/4 1 bar, 4/4 (C) 47 bars, 2/4 1 bar, 4/4 (C) 55 bars, Andante sostenuto 28 bars, 2/4 1 bar, 4/4 (C) 40 bars, 3/4 16 bars, Andante sostenuto 4/4 (C) 26 bars, in total 254 bars
2. Scherzo vivacissimo E minor 3/8 118 bars, C major meno vivo 36 bars, a tempo vivacissimo 8 bars, a tempo meno vivo 31 bars, vivacissimo 6 bars, meno vivo 8 bars, Tempo I E minor 118 bars, meno vivo ma con brio 24 bars, Tempo vivacissimo 7 bars, in total 356 bars
3. Andante con nobile C major 3/4 20 bars, G minor 10 bars, 2/4 2 bars, 3/4 2 bars, 4/4 (C) 1 bar, 3/4 10 bars, C major 27 bars, in total 72 bars
4. Allegro giocoso A minor 4/4 (C) 13 bars, 2/4 1 bar, 4/4 (C) 87 bars, Tempo I 10 bars, 2/4 1 bar, 4/4 (C) 33 bars, Andante sostenuto ed espr. 10 bars, Tempo I 10 bars, a tempo vivo e risoluto /:8 bars:/23 bars, in total 196 bars