• Year of composition: January-February 1922
• Work category: Incidental music
• Text author: Play by William Shakespeare
• First performed: 7 February, 1922 at the Lorensbergsteatern, Gothenburg. Musicians from the Göteborgs orkesterförening (now the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra), conductor: W. Stenhammar
• Duration: Approx. 15-20 min
• Detailed duration: 16'41 (according to Sterling's CD 'Wilhelm Stenhammar - Music for the Theatre', CDS-1045-2, 2001)

Instrumentation

1.1*.0.0 / 0.1.0.0 / guit / str
(cor angl)

Solo voices/choir

soloists: [not specified in the score]
choir: [not specified in the score]

Examples of printed editions

The solo song "Blås, blås du vintervind" is not included in the score, but is part of the collection Fem sånger (posthuma) [Five posthumous songs]. See separate post for that song.
Nor is the song "Den som vid lummig stig" for baritone soloist, choir and strings presented in the score, but can be found in Rikskonserter's [The Swedish National Institute for Concerts] booklet 'Stenhammar' (1970).

Location for score and part material

Handwritten score [possibly dated 19 August, 1949] can be found at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

Literature

Wallner, Bo: Wilhelm Stenhammar och hans tid, bd 1-3 (Norstedts Förlag, Stockholm, 1991)

Description of work

Act I
Prologue
No 1. Pastorale: Andante sostenuto G major 12/8
[Scene I]
No 2. (no tempo marking) G major 12/8
No 3. Conente [sic; probably indicating Corrente]: Allegretto grazioso F major 3/4
Scene II
No 4. Gavotte: Tempo di gavotte G major alla breve
Scenes III and IV
No 5. Gavotte: Tempo di gavotte G major alla breve
Scene V
No 6. Sarabanda: Andante tranquillo G major 3/4
No 7. Poco allegretto G major 3/4

Act II
Scene I
No 8. Tempo di Marcia G major 2/4
No 9. Tempo sostenuto ad libitum C major 6/8
Scene IV
No 10. Petters pipa ['Petter's Pipe'; possibly referring to the dance hornpipe]: Tempo rubato D major 4/4 (C)
No 11. Con moto, agigato D minor 6/4
Scene V
No 12. Più moto, agitato e passionato D minor 6/4

Act III
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Act IV
Scene IV
No 14. Mattinato. Allegretto leggiero C major 6/8

Act V
Scene I
No 15. Lanto A major 4/4 (C)
Scene III
No 16. Lento G major 4/4 (C)

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