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Kraus, Joseph Martin, 1756-1792

LC control no.n 82223266
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LC classificationML410.K736 Bioography
Personal name headingKraus, Joseph Martin, 1756-1792
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Associated countrySweden
Birth date1756-06-20
Death date1792-12-15
Place of birthMiltenberg (Germany)
Field of activityArt music
Composition (Music)
Profession or occupationComposers
Special noteThematic-index numbers used in authorized access points are from: Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792) : a systematic-thematic catalogue of his musical works and source study by Bertil H. van Boer Jr., Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon Press, 1998 ; e.g., [Symphonies, VB 144, E♭ major]
Former thematic-index numbers used in authorized access points are from Die Werke von Joseph Martin Kraus : Systematisch-Thematisches Werkverzeichnis by Bertil H. van Boer, Jr., Stockholm: Kungl. Musikalia akademien, 1988.
Found inInternationales Kraus-Symposion (2nd : 1980 : Buchen/Odenwald, Germany). Joseph Martin Kraus in seiner Zeit, 1982: t.p. (Joseph Martin Kraus) p. 7, etc. (b. June 1756; d. end of 1792)
LC data base, 12-20-83 (hdg.: Kraus, Joseph Martin, 1756-1792)
Grove music online, Aug. 17, 2011 (Kraus, Joseph Martin; b. June 20, 1756, Miltenberg am Main, d. Dec. 15, 1792, Stockholm; German-Swedish composer)
Wikipedia, March 12, 2019 (Joseph Martin Kraus (20 June 1756 - 15 December 1792), was a composer in the classical era who was born in Miltenberg am Main, Germany. He moved to Sweden at age 21, and died at the age of 36 in Stockholm. He has been referred to as "the Swedish Mozart", and had a life span very similar to Mozart's)