Performances
Sheet Music
Scores
| Publisher. Info.
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Stockholm: Svensk Musik, 1947.
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| Copyright
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| Misc. Notes
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Revised edition, 1946. Published as a manuscript facsimile.
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| Purchase
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General Information
| Work Title
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Symphony No.5
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| Alternative. Title
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Sinfonia funebre
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| Composer
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Atterberg, Kurt
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.20
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IKA 32
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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3 movements
- Allegro pesante
- (no tempo indication) (in one version Lento)
- (no tempo indication) (in one version Allegro molto - Tempo di valse)
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1917-22; rev. 1946
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| First Performance.
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1923/01/06, Berlin Philharmonic conducted by the composer.
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| First Publication.
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1924 (Leuckart)
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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30 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Early 20th century
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| Piece Style
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Early 20th century
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| Instrumentation
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orchestra
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| InstrDetail
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3 flutes (#3 also piccolo), 2 oboes (#2 also alto oboe and/or heckelphone), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 percussion, piano (at the back of the orchestra), strings
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| Discography
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All Music Guide - See also:
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| External Links
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Wikipedia article (in Dutch)
Svensk Musik
Fleisher
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| Extra Information
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Revised in 1946. Nature of revisions confined to orchestration modifications. Score preceded by a motto from Wilde's "Ballade of Reading Gaol".
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Navigation etc.
More insights into the genesis of this work can be found in the 2015 paper The revised versions of Kurt Atterberg’s symphonies by author Carola Finkel.
