Anders Wesström (1720-1781)

Quartetto IIIzo (D-dur, för flöjt, violin, viola och violoncell [D major, for flute, violin, viola and violoncello])

Print

1. [no tempo marking]
2. Andantino
3. Allegro un poco Moderato - Moderato

  • Year of composition: Probably in the early 1760s
  • Work category: 4 Instruments
  • Duration: Approx. 10-15 min

Instrumentation

fl, vn, vla, vc

Examples of printed editions

Autographus Musicus, AM035, publ. and ed. by Anders Ljungar Chapelon 1991, facsimile of the score and newly written parts. 'The score is published in autograph whereas the parts have been rendered into modern notation, since the original parts are difficult to read and contain a large number of mistakes. This editition presents a synthesis of the score and the existing parts as to articulation and phrasing notations.'

Location for score and part material

Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
  • Possible call no. and autograph comment: E4/Sv.-R

Literature

Henneberg, C F: articles in the Svensk Tidskrift för Musikforskning 1928 and 1929
Ljungar Chapelon, Anders: Preface in the score to the quartet (1991)

Description of work

1. [no tempo marking] D major alla breve, /:40 bars:/:61 bars:/, in total 101 bars
2. Andantino G major 12/8, 45 bars
3. Allegro un poco Moderato D major 3/4, 110 bars, Moderato 3/4, 21 bars, in total 131 bars