Joseph Martin Kraus (1756−1792)

An den Wind. 'Ho, ho, nur gnädig' in B-flat major

VB 79 (earlier VB 78)

Print

  • Year of composition: Probably Vienna 1783 (according to van Boer)
  • Work category: Voice and piano
  • Text author: Alois Blumauer (1755-1798) [revised by Kraus]
  • Duration: Approx. 1-5 min
  • Detailed duration: 1'34 (according to the Naxos CD edition)

Solo voices/choir

Soprano

Location for score and part material

Transcript at Uppsala University Library (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

Moderato B-flat major alla breve

Work comment

According to van Boer, this version probably precedes the one in F major (VB 80; VB 79 in van Boer's previous edition). They also differ when it comes to rhytmn. See separate post for the version in F major.

Libretto/text

Ho ho, nur gnädig, Herr Patron! Er kömmt ja heut' recht