Joseph Martin Kraus (1756−1792)

Quartett C-dur [Quartet in C major]
('Frühlingsquartett', according to publisher Adolf Hoffman)

VB² 186, (VB¹ 183)

Print

1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Scherzo: Allegro assai

  • Year of composition: Stockholm 1782
  • Work category: String quartet
  • Duration: 15 min
  • Detailed duration: 15'22 (according to Musica Sveciae MSCD 414)

Examples of printed editions

• Karl-Heinrich Möseler Verlag, Wolfenbüttel 1960? (pocket score and parts), herausgegeben von Adolf Hoffmann.
• Joseph Martin Kraus, Musikalische Werke. Herausgegeben von der Internationalen Joseph-Martin-Kraus-Gesellschaft, Abteilung VI: Kammermusik I. Nach Vorarbeiten von Wolfgang Sadowny herausgegeben von Sonja Gerlach, Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, Carus 50.601 (score)

Location for score and part material

Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
  • Possible call no. and autograph comment: Z/Sv., without violoncello part; at Uppsala Universitetsbibliotek, the Silverstolpes samling [Uppsala University Library, Silverstolpe's collection] there is a transcription of the violoncello part

Literature

• van Boer Jr., Bertil H.: Die Werke von Joseph Martin Kraus – Systematisch-Thematisches Werkverzeichnis. Kungl. Musikaliska Akademiens skriftserie nr. 56 [No. 56 of the publication series of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music], Stockholm 1988
• van Boer Jr., Bertil H.: Joseph Martin Kraus. A Systematic-Thematic Catalogue of His Musical Works and Source Study. Pendragon Press, Stuyvesant, NY, 1998

Description of work

1. Allegro C major 4/4 (C) /:63 bars:/1 bar/:78 bars:/1 bar, in total 143 bars
2. Adagio G major 4/4 (C) 77 bars
3. Scherzo: Allegro assai C major 6/8 98 bars

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