| Intimate Miniatures | |
| Type: | Suite |
| Image Upright: | 1 |
| Border: | Yes |
| Publisher: | (1962) |
| Native Name: | Swedish: Intima miniatyrer |
| Opus: | 20 |
| Movements: | 4 |
| Duration: | 15 minutes |
| Premiere Location: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Intimate Miniatures (in Swedish: 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" ("Swedish: lyrisk svit|italics=no") called Late Autumn Leaves (Swedish: Senhöstblad), which Larsson had written to accompany a recitation of poems about fall by the Swedish writer Ola Hansson.
The premiered Late Autumn Leaves on 20 November 1938, with the Swedish actor Ivar Kåge as narrator; the performers were: and Folke Reinholdson (violins), John Hylbom (viola), and (cello).
The Prim Quartet (Swedish: Primkvartetten|italics=no) premiered Intimate Miniatures at the Fylkingen venue in Stockholm, Sweden, on 25 October 1940.
The movements of Late Autumn Leaves (Swedish: Senhöstblad) are as follows; = Not included in Intimate Miniatures
The movements of Intimate Miniatures are as follows:
Note that Larsson reordered the movements.
The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of Intimate Miniatures:
| Ensemble | First violin | Second violin | Viola | Cello | Time | Recording venue | Label | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helsingborg Quartet | 1986 | 13:00 | Big Ben Phonogram | |||||||
| Stenhammar Quartet | 2008 | 13:33 | Swedish Radio Studio 2 | Daphne |