Nicolaus Freiherr von Krufft

Nicolaus Freiherr von Krufft (born February 1, 1779 in Vienna ; † April 16, 1818 ibid) was Metternich's employee at the secret court and state chancellery (from 1801) and composer. Before that he studied philosophy between 1794 and 1797 and law until 1800 at the University of Vienna. He was Albrechtsberger's student of composition . From Krufft accompanied Metternich in 1815 on a trip to Paris and in 1817 by Italy and in the Styria .

Works

Songs

• Six chants by Schiller set to music and dedicated to Freyin von Münck, born von Holzmeister
• Six songs with piano accompaniment set to music and dedicated to Countess Nogarolla, who was born in Appony
• Three songs with accompaniment of the piano forte
• Three songs from Reissig's Little Flowers of Solitude, set to music with accompaniment of the piano forte
• Six chants with accompaniment of the piano forte of Freyin von Spielmann , who was born in Odelga, dedicated (op. 24)

Chamber music

• Sonata in E major for horn and piano
• Sonata in F major for horn and piano
• Sonata in F major for bassoon and piano
• Sonata in B minor for bassoon and piano

swell

• www.klassika.info
• Booklet 3984-21473-2

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Krufft, Nikolaus Freiherr von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 13th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1865, pp. 276–278 ( digitized version ).
• Antonicek:  Krufft Nikolaus Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 301.

Web links

• Media from and about Nicolaus Freiherr von Krufft in the catalog of the German National Library
• Sheet music and audio files by Nicolaus Freiherr von Krufft in the International Music Score Library Project