I. Andante maestoso
II. Allegro maestoso

• Year of composition: Stockholm 1789 (according to van Boer)
• Work category: Symphony
• First performed: St Nicolai Church (Storkyrkan [lit. The Great Church]), Stockholm, at the opening of Parliament at the beginning of March 1789
• Duration: Approx. 5-10 min
• Detailed duration: 8'12 (according to the Musica Sveciae MSCD 419 edition)

Instrumentation

2.2.0.2 / 4.2.0.0 / timp, (cont) / str

Examples of printed editions

Kraus No. 6, The Symphony in Sweden Part I: Johan Helmich Roman, Six Symphonies, Joseph Martin Kraus, Six Symphonies, eds Ingmar Bengtsson & Bertil van Boer (The Symphony 1720-1840, ed. Barry S. Brook, Vol F II; New York, Garland, 1983)

Location for score and part material

Copies at e.g., Musik- och Teaterbibliotekets (O/Sv:R)

• Possible call no. and autograph comment: Autograph at the Royal Opera library: Sinfonie Nr. 33 (a few pages of the score missing)

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

I. Andante maestoso D major 4/4 (C)
II. Allegro maestoso D major 4/4 (C)

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