Intimate Miniatures

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 premiered Late Autumn Leaves on 20 November 1938, with the Swedish actor Ivar Kåge as narrator; the performers were: Ernst Törnqvist and Folke Reinholdson (violins), John Hylbom (viola), and Carl Christiansen (cellist) (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

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