- Year of composition: Stockholm 1789 (according to van Boer)
- Work category: Voice and piano
- Text author: Anna Maria Lenngren [1754-1817] (see more below)
- Duration: Approx. 1-5 min
- Detailed duration: 2'25 (according to the Bluebell LP edition)
Solo voices/choir
Soprano
Examples of printed editions
Musikaliskt tidsfördrif (1790)
Location for score and part material
Transcript at Uppsala University Library (according to van Boer)
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: Autograph lost (according to van Boer)
Literature
van Boer Jr, Bertil H: Die Werke von Joseph Martin Kraus. Systematisch-thematisches Werkverzeichnis, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music series no. 56, Stockholm (1988); an updated edition in English with a partly revised VB-numbering was published in 1998 by Pendragon Press under the title Joseph Martin Kraus. A Systematic-Thematic Catalogue of His Musical Works and Source Study (the numbering of this work is however unchanged).
Description of work
Vivace molto G major 3/8
Work comment
According to van Boer, the copyist Fredrik Samuel Silverstolpe has made the following annotation on the copy in the collections of the Uppsala University Library: The author of these verses has not been named, but a comparison to the poems by Anna Maria Lenngren shows that the text was written by her. This song was most likely written for a performance of "Frukoster med musikaliskt efterspel" [Breakfasts with musical epilogue] within the literary circle of [Erik] Palmstedt.
Libretto/text
Bröder, se bålen, den fröjdar och röker