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Intimate Miniatures
Suite by Lars-Erik Larsson
The composer
Native name	Intima miniatyrer
Opus	20
Composed	1938 (1938)
Publisher	Gehrmans Musikförlag [sv] (1962)
Duration	Approx. 15 minutes
Movements	4
Premiere
Date	20 November 1938 (1938-11-20)
Location	Stockholm, Sweden
Performers	Stockholm Quartet [sv]

Intimate Miniatures (in Swedish: Intima miniatyrer), Op. 20, is a four-movement suite for string quartet written in 1938 by the Swedish composer Lars-Erik Larsson. Originally, the pieces were part of a longer, six-movement "lyrical suite" ("lyrisk svit") called Late Autumn Leaves (Senhöstblad), which Larsson had written to accompany a recitation of poems about fall by the Swedish writer Ola Hansson.

The Stockholm Quartet [sv] premiered Late Autumn Leaves on 20 November 1938, with the Swedish actor Ivar Kåge as narrator; the performers were: Ernst Törnqvist [sv] and Folke Reinholdson (violins), John Hylbom (viola), and Carl Christiansen [sv] (cello).

The Prim Quartet (Primkvartetten) premiered Intimate Miniatures at the Fylkingen venue in Stockholm, Sweden, on 25 October 1940.

Structure

The movements of Late Autumn Leaves (Senhöstblad) are as follows; † = Not included in Intimate Miniatures

1. Allegro moderato
2. Allegretto
3. Andante sostenuto
4. Andantino—Allegro moderato—Andantino
5. Allegro
6. Adagio

The movements of Intimate Miniatures are as follows:

1. Adagio
2. Allegro moderato
3. Andante sostenuto
4. Allegro

Note that Larsson reordered the movements.

Recordings

The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of Intimate Miniatures:

Notes, references, and sources

Notes

1. Refers to the year in which the performers recorded the work; this may not be the same as the year in which the recording was first released to the general public.
2. Helsingborg–Big Ben (611 872–003) 1987
3. In 2008, the Stenhammar Quartet made the world premiere studio recording of the complete six-movement Late Autumn Leaves (Senhöstblad), which lasts 21:13.
4. Stenhammar–Daphne (DAPHNE 1035) 2008

References

1. Gehrmans Musikförlag.
2. Friedner 2008, p. 5.
3. Swedish Musical Heritage 2022.
4. ^ Friedner 2008, p. 3.

Sources

• "Intima miniatyrer för stråkkvartett" [Intimate Miniatures for string quartet]. gehrmans.se. Gehrmans Musikförlag. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
• "Intima miniatyrer för stråkkvartett" [Intimate Miniatures for string quartet]. swedishmusicalheritage.com. The Royal Swedish Academy of Music. 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
• Friedner, Calle (2008). Lars-Erik Larsson: String Quartets (CD booklet). Translated by Tanner, Roger. Stenhammar Quartet. Daphne. p. 4–9. DAPHNE 1035. OCLC 840087298
• Sjöberg, Paul-Christian (1987). Lars-Erik Larsson: String Quartets (CD booklet). Translated by Posselwhite, Eric. Helsingborgs Quartet. Big Ben Phonogram Company. p. 2–4. 611 872–003. OCLC 18259818

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