• Year of composition: Stockholm September 1791 (August-September 1791 according to van Boer's earlier dating; see more below)
• Work category: Incidental music
• Text author: Didrik (Didric) Gabriel Björn (1757-1810)
• Dedication: Duke Karl [of the province of Södermanland, later King Karl (Carl/Charles) XIII of Sweden]
• Duration: Approx. 5-10 min
• Detailed duration: Uncertain
  

Instrumentation

0.2.0.2 / 2.[2*].0.0 / [timp*] (cont) / str
(** according to van Boer's earlier information both 2 trp and timp are probably included, however the parts are not written out in the score, only marked with bar lines)

Solo voices/choir

Clio (soprano)
Mars (tenor)
Neptun [Neptune] (bass)

Choir: S.S.T.B.

Location for score and part material

A copy exists at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich, Germany, according to van Boer

• Location autograph: Uppsala Universitetsbibliotek
• Possible call no. and autograph comment: Kapsel [Sleeve] 57:3a, 23. Si-S; the title is according to copyist Fredrik Samuel Silverstolpe: 'Chor till firande af H. K. H. Hertigens af Södermanland Födelsedag år 1791 af Kraus Finale till Prolog den 7. Okt. 91' [Chorus for the celebration of H.R.H. The Duke of Södermansland's birthday in 1791. Finale for the Prologue on 7 October, (17)91]

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

Description of work

Allegretto C major 2/4

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