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Adolf Lindblad
String Quintet in F Major
Adolf Lindblad composed his String Quintet in F Major around 1828. There are records of it having been performed the following year, however, it was not commercially published until 1885, some seven years after his death. The opening movement, an Allegro, is a Beethovenian bustling affair, full of energy. The main section of the Adagio which follows is song-like and has an interesting and faster fugal section. Next comes a bumptious Scherzo. The quintet ends with an upbeat, Allegretto vivace, the main section to which is akin to a polka with a contrasting more tender and lyrical middle section.
Adolf Lindblad (1801-1878) was born in the Swedish town of Skänninge. He took piano and flute lessons from local teachers before entering Uppsala University where he studied composition and harmony. He then went to Berlin continuing his studies with the well known composition teacher Carl Zelter. A fellow student was Felix Mendelssohn and the two struck up a friendship which lasted throughout Mendelssohn's life. Upon his return to Sweden, Lindblad devoted himself to composition and teaching, opening a music school which he ran for most of his life. He became well-known as a music teacher and eventually secured a position as teacher to the King's children. The income from this allowed him time to compose. His specialty was the art song or lieder of which he composed over 200, earning him the title of “the Swedish Schubert." But he did not ignore other genres including chamber music and penned string quartets, string quintets, several instrumental sonatas and a piano trio. Lindblad's music shows the influence of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, and as a result sounds like that of the late Classical and early Romantic eras.
Parts: $29.95
