Joseph Martin Kraus (1756−1792)
Recitative and Aria. Fermati! - Se tutti i mali miei in E-flat major
VB 65 (earlier VB 64)
- Year of composition: Probably Stockholm 1788 (according to van Boer)
- Work category: Voice and orchestra
- Text author: Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782) [from the opera Demofoonte, Act II, scene 6]
- Duration: Approx. 5-10 min
- Detailed duration: Uncertain
Instrumentation
0.2.0.0 / 2.0.0.0 / (cont) / str
Solo voices/choir
Soprano (Dircea)
Location for score and part material
Transcript exists in the Uppsala University library (according to van Boer)
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: The autograph earlier existed at the Royal Opera library, but is not 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. (In a later and as per February 2015 not yet published VB numbering, this work is labelled "Fermati! - Si tutti i mali miei".)
Description of work
Recitative: (tempo mark missing) E-flat major 4/4 (C)
Aria: Andante molto E-flat major 4/4 (C)
Libretto/text
Fermati! Ah, no m'ascolta /.../ Se tutti i mali miei (variant: Si tutti)