Movement no. 1. Tempo molto tranquillo — Allegro
Movement no. 2. Andante con moto
Movement no. 3. Allegro amabile
Movement no. 4. Allegro non tanto, ma con fuoco — tranquillo

• Year of composition: 31st August 1903
• Work category: Symphony
• First performed: 16 December 1903 at the Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien [Royal Swedish Academy of Music], Stockholm. The then Konsertföreningens orkester [Stockholm Concert Society Orchestra (now the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra)], conducted by Tor Aulin
• Duration: 53 min

Instrumentation

3.3.3.3 / 6.3.3.1 / timp / str

Examples of printed editions

Levande musikarv/Swedish Musical Heritage no. 43, Stockholm 2014/rev. in 2021, 2023, 2025. Critical edition by Finn Rosengren

Location for score and part material

Swedish Music (STIM) provides performance material

• Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
• Possible call no. and autograph comment: The Wilhelm Stenhammar archive

Literature

Wallner, Bo: Wilhelm Stenhammar och hans tid, vols. 1-3 (Norstedts Förlag, Stockholm, 1991) [in Swedish, only]

Description of work

Movement no. 1. Tempo molto tranquillo F major 4/4 (C) 77 bars, Allegro 3/4 75 bars, Ben tenuto 15 bars, Poco a poco in tempo più tranquillo 66 bars, Sostenuto, a tempo (tranquillo) 17 bars, Tempo I poco moderato 8 bars, A tempo tranquillo 4 bars, Tempo I poco moderato 10 bars, Animando 6 bars, Tempo I allegro 29 bars, B minor 56 bars, F major 147 bars, Poco a poco in tempo più tranquillo 68 bars, Sostenuto, a tempo (tranquillo) 17 bars, Molto tranquillo 4/4 (C) 4 bars, A tempo tranquillo 3/4 4 bars, Molto tranquillo 4/4 (C) 4 bars, A tempo tranquillo 3/4 4 bars, Molto tranquillo 4/4 (C) 4 bars, Allegro 3/4 [overlaid with Molto tranquillo 4/4 (C)] 64 bars, [Allegro 3/4] 8 bars, Molto poco a poco animato 22 bars, Animato 23 bars, in total 732 bars
Movement no. 2. Andante con moto A minor 3/4 51 bars, A major 34 bars, A minor 96 bars, A major 35 bars, A minor 50 bars, in total 266 bars
Movement no 3. Allegro amabile B-flat major 2/4 119 bars, Calmando [sic!] 4 bars, Tranquillo 20 bars, Quieto E-flat minor 78 bars, Tempo I B-flat major 106 bars, Calmando 4 bars, Tranquillo 4 bars, Molto tranquillo 33 bars, in total 368 bars
Movement no. 4. Allegro non tanto, ma con fuoco F major 2/2 117 bars, B-flat minor/D-flaät major 13 bars, C-sharp minor/E major 16 bars, F major 60 bars, Con molta larghezza [sic!] 6 bars, Tempo I 70 bars, Poco sostenuto 10 bars, Tranquillo 53 bars, Sempre molto tranquillo [6/4 overlaid with 2/2] 68 bars, Poco accelerando 8 bars, Animato 7 bars, in total 428 bars