Johan Wikmanson (1753-1800)

Quatuor [in A major] pour Deux Violons, Alto et Violoncelle

Print

1. Allegro non troppo - Recitativo - Adagio a battuta - Allegro - Recitativo
2. Rondo: Andante - Adagio - [Andante] - Con più di moto - [Andante]
3. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio - Menuetto da capo
4. Poco presto - Allegro - Tempo I - Minore - Maestoso moderato - Andantino - Tempo I - Maggiore

  • Year of composition: c. 1790-1800
  • Work category: String quartet
  • Duration: Approx. 20-25 min

Examples of printed editions

Edition Reimers, Stockholm 1981, ed. Bonnie Hammar (Monumenta Musicae Svecicae: 10, score).

Location for score and part material

Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

Description of work

1. Allegro non troppo A major 4/4 (C) /:35 bars:/ 1 bar, C major 11 bars, A major 42 bars, Recitativo A minor 9 bars, Adagio a battuta 8 bars, Allegro 4 bars, Recitativo 5 bars, in total 115 bars [attacca?].
2. Rondo: Andante A major 2/4 39 bars, Adagio 1 bar, [Andante] 16 bars, Con più di moto D major [/:?] 8 bars:/22 bars, [Andante] A major 20 bars, in total 106 bars
3. Menuetto: Allegretto D major 3/4 /:8 bars://:16 bars:/, Trio /:10 bars://:28 bars, Menuetto da capo, 24 bars, in total 86 bars (inkl. da capo).
4. Poco presto A major 6/8 /:8 bars://:8 bars:/, Allegro 2/4 /:8 bars://:8 bars:/15 bars, Tempo I 6/8 24 bars, Minore A minor 16 bars, Maestoso moderato C major 4/4 (C) 8 bars, Andantino 3/4 7 bars, Tempo I 6/8 20 bars, Maggiore A major 31 bars, in total 153 bars


Work comment

See Bonnie Hammar's foreword to the published score regarding the autograph (considered lost since Wikmanson's death, but re-discovered in 1976).