Nikolaus von Krufft (1779-1818)
- Sonate (E-Dur) | Pour le Pianoforte
| avec Accompagnement | de Cor ou Violoncello obligé
Performers: Kristin Pederson Thelander (horn); Carol lei Post (pianoforte)
Painting: Jakob Alt (1789-1872) - Wien von der Rampe des Gartenpalais Schwarzenberg aus gesehen (c.1820)
Further info: Music Of The Early 19th Century
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Austrian jurist and composer. Born into the administrative aristocracy
as the son of Andreas Adolph Freiherr von Krufft (1721-1793), a Minister
of State, he completed advanced studies in philosophy and jurisprudence
at the University of Vienna before joining the Imperial State
Chancellery (Hof- und Staatskanzlei) in 1801. Rising to the rank of
State Secretary, he became a trusted associate of Prince Metternich,
accompanying him on pivotal diplomatic missions across Europe; services
for which he was knighted by both Russian and Sicilian orders. Despite
his decorated political tenure, his intellectual legacy remains rooted
in his musical output; initially trained by his mother, Maria Anna von
Haan, and later by the theorist and composer Johann Georg
Albrechtsberger, he developed a compositional style that bridged the
formal rigor of Classicism with burgeoning Romantic sensibilities. His
oeuvre, notably his technically demanding works for bassoon and horn and
his proto-Schubertian Lieder, reflects the stylistic transition of the
Beethovenian generation. Ultimately, the taxing coexistence of his
rigorous governmental duties and his nocturnal creative pursuits led to a
severe nervous collapse and auditory hypersensitivity, culminating in
his untimely death in Vienna at the age of thirty-nine.
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