• Year of composition: Stockholm autumn 1790 (according to van Boer)
• Work category: Operetta / Comic opera
• Text author: Johan Magnus Lannerstierna (1758-1797)
• First performed: 30 January 1791 at Munkbroteatern [The Stenborg Theatre], Stockholm (according to van Boer)
• Duration: Approx. 25-30 min
• Detailed duration: Uncertain
  

Instrumentation

2.2.0.2 / 2.2.0.0 / timp (cont) / str

Solo voices/choir

Solo voices (some character names are unknown): 2 tenors, 1 bass (A Fisherman)
1 spoken part (A High Priest)

Choir: S.S., B.B., T.T.B.B., S.S.T.B., T.T.B.B.

Examples of printed editions

Musikaliskt tidsfördrif (1791; arrangement for pianoforte)

Location for score and part material

Transcription by the copyist Fredrik Samuel Silverstolpe exists at the collections of the Uppsala University Library: Kapsel [sleeve] 57:3a, 20. Si-S

• Possible call no. and autograph comment: Autograph lost (it earlier existed at the library of the Royal Opera, 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

Overture: Andante - Allegro vivace B-flat major 4/4 (C)
No. 1 Chorus: Måtte vi i dessa lunder (Male choir [Fishermen])
No. 2 Chorus: Låt oss då nyttja (Soloists [2 tenors, 1 bass], Male choir [Fishermen])
No. 3 Aria and Chorus: Full af hopp man fiskar ser (A Fisherman, Choir of basses)
No. 4 Chorus: Dessa band och dessa knippor (Choir of sopranos [Girls/Maids])
No. 5 Melodrama: Af ängslan och af hufvudbry (Spoken part [The High Priest])
No. 6 Chorus: Grufliga öde och fasliga syn (Mixed choir)
No. 7 Chorus: Dödsqval, förskräckelse ensamt här rå (Mixed choir)

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