Piano Quintet in e minor

Composer: ANDRÉE, Elfrida
  • Andrée composed this quintet in 1844. It was published by the Musical Art Association in Stockholm the following year, and it was her first published composition.1
  • Scholars have observed the influence of Mendelssohn in this quintet.2

Movements 

1. Allegro molto vivace 
2. Andante maestoso 
3. Finale: Allegro energico3

Sources

  1. Katherine L. Axtell, preface to Elfrida Andrée, Two Chamber Works (Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, 2004), ix.
  2. Maurice Hinson and Wesley RobertsThe Piano in Chamber Ensemble: An Annotated Guide, 3rd ed. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2021), 645.
  3. Elfrida Andrée (1841−1929): Quintet [e minor],” Swedish Musical Heritage (2021), accessed November 30, 2021, https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/andree-elfrida/SMH-W25-Quintet_E_minor.

Cut IDs

24288