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Article: Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792): A Systematic-Thematic Catalogue of His Musical Works and Source Study.(Review)
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Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792): A Systematic-Thematic Catalogue of His Musical Works and Source Study. By Bertil H. van Boer Jr. (Thematic Catalogues, 26.) Stuyvesant, N.Y.: Pendragon Press, 1998. [xxx, 342 p. ISBN 0-945193-69-6. $76.]
Joseph Martin Kraus, who came to be known posthumously as the Swedish Mozart, was a prodigiously talented composer; some of his works can easily rank among the very best from the last quarter of the eighteenth century: the Symphony in C Minor (VB 142), Funeral Cantata for Gustav III (VB 42), and the grand opera Aeneas i Cartago (Dido och Aeneas; VB 23). Kraus's music often has a deep expression and a dark romantic coloring. Within ...
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