1. Overtura: Allegrissimo
2. Canzonetta: Tempo di valse, un poco tranquillo
3. Scherzo: Presto
4. Notturno: Andante sostenuto
5. Finale: Tempo moderato
- Year of composition: Mellanklef (Halland) 1908, Särö, and Vestanå 1912-13, revised on 13 August 1919
- Work category: Orchestral works in several movements
- Dedication: To my wife [Helga Marcia (1874-1957]
- First performed: First version performed on 30 January, 1914 at the Royal Theatre, Stockholm, the Kungl. Hovkapellet [i.e., the orchestra of the Royal Theatre/Opera], under the baton of the composer — The revised version: 3 March 1920, Gothenburg, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer.
- Duration: 34 min
Instrumentation
2.2.2.2 / 4.2.3.0 / timp, 2-3 perc / str
Examples of printed editions
• Edition Suecia, Stockholm 1936 (score and orchestral parts)
• Nordiska Musikförlaget, Stockholm 1951 (study score)
- Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: Wilhelm Stenhammar's archive
Literature
Wallner, Bo: Wilhelm Stenhammar och hans tid, vols. 1-3 (Norstedts Förlag, Stockholm, 1991)
Description of work
1. Overtura: Allegrissimo F major 2/2 19 bars, Tempo molto sostenuto 3/4 18 bars, Allegrissimo 2/2 66 bars, C-sharp minor 60 bars, C major 43 bars, E major 111 bars, Tempo molto sostenuto 3/4 4 bars, Allegrissimo 2/2 9 bars, in total 330 bars
2. Canzonetta: Tempo di valse, un poco tranquillo E minor 3/4 79 bars, E major 136 bars, 215 bars, attacca
3. Scherzo: Presto C major 6/8 140 bars, Lo stesso tempo un poco stretto F major [6/8 with an overlay in 2/2] 64 bars, C major 16 bars, Molto sostenuto 4/4 (C) (alternating with 3/4) 17 bars, Tempo I 6/8 [with an inserted bar in 9/8] 154 bars, Molto sostenuto 4/4 (C) 7 bars, in total 398 bars, attacca
4. Notturno: Andante sostenuto A minor 6/4 21 bars (med upptakt), Ritenuto 2 bars, Molto sostenuto 2 bars, A tempo (ma tranquillo) 57 bars, in total 82 bars
5. Finale: Tempo moderato F major 4/4 (C) (with occasional bars in 6/4, 3/4 och 2/4) 22 bars, Animato 48 bars, Ritornando nel Tempo I 14 bars, Ondeggiando 5 bars, Più ritenuto 9 bars, Da qui discretamente animando 44 bars, A-flat major 14 bars, F major 6 bars, Tempo animato 26 bars, Calmando 10 bars, Tranquillo 3/2 15 bars, Animato 4/4 (C) 14 bars, in total 227 bars