Joseph Martin Kraus (1756−1792)

'Posten riktigt öppnad blef' in F major

VB 116

Print

  • Year of composition: Stockholm 1791 (according to van Boer)
  • Work category: Voice and piano
  • Text author: Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795)
  • Duration: Approx. 1-5 min
  • Detailed duration: 0'32 (according to the Bluebell LP edition)

Solo voices/choir

Soprano

Examples of printed editions

Carl Michael Bellmans Skrifter, vol III + IV: Dikter till Enskilda 1790-1793 [Carl Michael Bellman's works, vols. III + VI: Poems to private individuals] (Bonniers 1964)

Location for score and part material

Transcription in e.g., Musik- och teaterbiblioteket: Sånger af J. M. Kraus [Songs by J. M. Kraus] (according to van Boer)

  • Location autograph: Kungliga Biblioteket

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

Allegretto F major 2/4


Libretto/text

Posten riktigt öppnad blef, mycket nytt