Joseph Martin Kraus (1756−1792)

Quartet in C major
['Frühlingsquartett' acc. to publ. Adolf Hoffman]

VB² 186, (VB¹ 183)

Print

1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Scherzo: Allegro assai

  • Year of composition: Stockholm 1782
  • Work category: String quartet
  • Duration: 15 min
  • Detailed duration: 15'22 (according to Musica Sveciae MSCD 414)

Examples of printed editions

• Karl-Heinrich Möseler Verlag, Wolfenbüttel 1960? (pocket score and parts), herausgegeben von Adolf Hoffmann.
• Joseph Martin Kraus, Musikalische Werke. Herausgegeben von der Internationalen Joseph-Martin-Kraus-Gesellschaft, Abteilung VI: Kammermusik I. Nach Vorarbeiten von Wolfgang Sadowny herausgegeben von Sonja Gerlach, Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, Carus 50.601 (score)

Location for score and part material

Statens musik- och teaterbibliotek

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
  • Possible call no. and autograph comment: Z/Sv., without vc-part; at UUB, Silverstolpe's collection, where a transcription of the vc-part is included.

Literature

• van Boer Jr., Bertil H.: Die Werke von Joseph Martin Kraus — Systematisch-Thematisches Werkverzeichnins (the Royal Swedish Academy of Music series no. 56, 1988)
• van Boer Jr., Bertil H.: Joseph Martin Kraus, A Systematic-Thematic Catalogue of His Musical Works and Source Study, 1998 Pendragon Press, Stuyvesant, NY.

Description of work

1. Allegro C major 4/4 (C)
2. Adagio G major 4/4 (C)
3. Scherzo: Allegro assai C major 6/8

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