Emil Sjögren (1853-1918)

Preludium och fuga a-moll [Prelude and Fugue in A minor]

opus 49

Print
  • Year of composition: 1906
  • Work category: Organ
  • Dedication: à monsieur Alexandre Guilmant
  • Duration: 9 min
  • Detailed duration: 9'05 according to Swedish Society Discofil's Emil Sjögren. The Complete Works For Organ. Ralph Gustafsson, organ. SCD 1083-84 (1997)

Examples of printed editions

• Levande Musikarv/Swedish Musical Heritage. Emended edition no. 1882 (2018)
• Wilhelm Hansen nr 14329
• Cantorgi förlag, 2012, CF-5009
Emil Sjögren Samtliga orgelverk volym I [Complete works for organ, Volume I]

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
  • Possible call no. and autograph comment: The autographs exist; 1 at Musik- och teaterbiblioteket, 1 at Uppsala University Library and 1 at Wilhelm Hansen's archive.

Description of work

1. Prelude: Andante con elevazione A minor, A major 4/4 (C) 86 bars
2. Fugue: in tempo ordinario A minor 4/4 (C) 64 bars

Work comment

This work was dedicated to French organist and composer Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911), who premiered it in 1908 in the Salle Gaveau, Paris.

There are three known autographs, the earliest of which is probably the one at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket. In a number of ways, it differs from the printed edition.
Another autograph can be found at the Uppsala University Library. Although this version show more similarities with the printed version, they still differ in some respects.
The latest autograph is probably the one in the archive of Wilhelm Hansen, and it is this version on which the printed edition is based.