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Performances
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Scores and Parts
⇒ 5 more: Violin 2 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello 1 • Cello 2
General Information
| Work Title
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String Sextet
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Børresen, Hakon
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.5
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IHB 3
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| Key
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G major
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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4 movements:
- Allegro moderato ma energico
- Allegro (C major)
- Adagio (E♭ major)
- Allegro, molto vivace
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1901
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| First Publication.
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1903
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| Dedication
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Edvard Grieg
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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35–40 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
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| External Links
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Edition Silvertrust
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Navigation etc.
A notice in the Athenaeum in a October 1913 issue (p.354) notes that "on the 19th inst." Børresen's sextet, a relatively new work to English audiences, will be performed in a concert with Sinding's piano quintet.
(Does anyone have any information on the world premiere? As to dedication a volume of Grieg's letters ("Letters to Colleagues and Friends") contains a letter dated Christiania, November 16, 1903, Hotel Westminster beginning "Dear Mr. Borresen! Thank you so much for your sextet! ' When I received it I was sick...")
