Joseph Martin Kraus (1756−1792)
An die Quelle. 'Du kleine, grünumwachsne Quelle' in E-flat major
VB 75 (earlier VB 74)
- Year of composition: Probably Vienna 1783 (according to van Boer)
- Work category: Voice and piano
- Text author: Matthias Claudius (1740-1815)
- Duration: Approx. 1-5 min
- Detailed duration: 1'41 (according to Naxos CD edition)
Solo voices/choir
Soprano
Examples of printed editions
According to van Boer this song was one of the works published and sold by the publisher Johann Traeg in Vienna in mid-1780s.
Location for score and part material
Transcript at Musik- och teaterbiblioteket (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
Description of work
Lento E-flat major 4/4 (C)
Libretto/text
Du kleine, grünumwachsne Quelle