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DELANGE, Herman-François (1715-1781) - Sonate e Sonate a tre

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Paul Sandby - The Norman Gate and Deputy Governor's House (c.1765)
Obra de Paul Sandby (1731-1809), pintor anglès (1)



- Recordatori d'Herman-François Delange -
En el dia de la celebració del seu 300è aniversari de naixement



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Paul Sandby (Nottingham, 1731 - Londres, 9 de novembre de 1809) va ser un cartògraf i pintor de paisatges anglès que, juntament amb el seu germà gran Thomas, va esdevenir un dels membres fundadors de la Reial Acadèmia d'Arts de Londres el 1768. Nascut a Nottingham, Sandby es va iniciar com a dibuixant topògraf a Londres durant la dècada del 1740. El 1747 un encàrrec a Escòcia el va orientar a l'aquarel·la ja que va documentar, amb precisió i detall, el paisatge de la nòrdica regió. Ràpidament, va demostrar el seu talent. El 1752, juntament amb el seu germà Thomas, van realitzar una sèrie de dibuixos i aquarel·les de les hisendes reals de Windsor (on actualment s'hi conserva una col·lecció de més de 500 obres dels germans Sandby). Les seves habilitats van ser àmpliament reconegudes pels seus col·legues anglesos, entre ells, Thomas Gainsborough. El 1768 va ser nomenat professor de dibuix a la Reial Acadèmia Militar de Woolwich càrrec que va mantenir fins a l'any 1799. Durant aquells anys no va deixar de viatjar per les diferents regions angleses, entre elles, el País de Gal·les. El resultat, nombrosos gravats i aquarel·les dels seus paisatges. Va morir a Londres el novembre de 1809 i en el seu obituari s'hi podia llegir: "el pare de l'aquarel·la paisatgística moderna".

Font: En català: No disponible En castellano: Paul Sandby (1731-1809) In english: Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - Altres: Paul Sandby (1731-1809)



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Herman-François Delange (Liège, 2 de juny de 1715 - Liège, 27 d'octubre de 1781) va ser un violinista i compositor flamenc. Entre els anys 1723 i 1730, va cantar al cor de l'església col·legiata de Sant Martí, de Liège. Allà va entrar en contacte amb el seu primer professor, el mestre de capella Hubert Renotte. Seguidament, va estudiar amb els jesuïtes a la universitat finalitzant la formació el 1738. Va estudiar violí amb Joseph Clément i harmonia amb Jacques-Georges Lelarge, l'organista de la col·legiata jesuïta. El 1740 va abandonar Liège gràcies a una beca que va rebre de la Fundació Lambert Darchis. Va visitar Itàlia abans de retornar a Liège on va ser nomenat violinista de l'església col·legiata de Sant Martí. El 1760 va entrar a treballar a l'església col·legiata de Sant Pau, càrrec que va mantenir la resta de la seva vida. Entre els anys 1764 i 1769 va mostrar notable activitat com a compositor escrivint 24 simfonies, 12 sonates en trio i una antologia mensual de cançons (1765-6). També va compondre 2 obres de teatre, 9 misses menors, 2 misses solemnes i diversos motets. Es desconeix el per què va deixar de compondre després del 1769. Va morir a Liège l'octubre de 1781.

OBRA:

Vocal secular:

Le riche malheureux et le réformateur des moeurs de ce siècle, Liège, Théâtre des Jesuites, 23 Aug 1763
Nicette, ou L'école de la vertu (oc, 3, Du Perron), Liège, Jan 1776
Le rossignol, ou Recueil de chansons (Liège, 1765–6) [pubd as monthly journal];
c30 unpubd qts, trios, duos, airs

Vocal religiosa:

6 messes brèves, 4vv, 2 vn, bc;
[2] Messes brèves, 4vv, 2 vn, 2 fl, 2 hn, vc, org;
Messe solennelle, 4vv, 2 vn, 2 hn, org;
Messe solennelle, 4vv, 2 vn, 2 hn, org, partly reconstructed by L. Terry;
Lauda Sion, 4vv, 2 vn, 2 ob, 2 hn, org;
Missa sexta, 4vv, 2 vn, 2 hn, org, Bibliothèque des Chiroux, Fonds Capitaine, Liège;
Motets

Instrumental:

6 syms., op.7 (Liège, 1764), lost;
6 syms., op.9 (Liège, 1766), lost;
6 syms., op.10 (Liège, 1767), lost;
6 ovs., 2 vn, va, bc, 2 hn ad lib, op.6;
3 quatuors, str qt, unpubd;
6 sonate, vn/fl, vn, b;
6 sonate, 2 vn, b, op.8 (Paris, n.d.);
6 sonate, vn, b, op.1 (Liège, n.d.);
A Collection of Favourite Minuets, hpd, vn/fl (London, n.d.);
Le toton harmonique, ou Nouveau jeu de hasard (Liège, 1768) [a musical game]

Font: En català: No disponible En castellano: No disponible In english: No disponible - Altres: Herman-François Delange (1715-1781)



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During the 18th century, the Italian style had an influence upon musical production in Liège, affecting both instrumental and vocal music. The establishment in 1699 of the Collège Liégois in Rome was to play a significant part in this process of cultural importation. Herman-François Delange, scholarships from the Darchis Foundation, was to exemplify this musical development. Particularly drawn to the Neapolitan school, he introduced its expressivity and its melodic colours to the prince-bishopric and so contributed to the establishment there of a typically Neapolitan Italianate style. He leaved us a body of work in the galant style with refined and pleasant melodies, modestly defining a bridge between the old baroque style and the advent of classicism. His few surviving works display a real talent and establish Delange as a significant figure in the development of chamber music in Belgium.

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    DELANGE, H. - Sonate e Sonate a tre

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VALLS, Francesc (c.1671-1747) - Tonos divinos españoles

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Willem Van Mieris - Cimon and Iphigenia (1698)
Obra de Willem van Mieris (1662-1747), pintor flamenc (1)



- Recordatori de Francesc Valls -
En el dia de la commemoració del seu 268è aniversari de decés



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Willem van Mieris (Leiden, 3 de juny de 1662 - Leiden, 26 de gener de 1747) va ser un pintor holandès. Fill de Frans van Mieris 'el vell', germà de Jan van Mieris, es va formar a la seva ciutat natal abans d'entrar al Gremi de Sant Lluc. Va ser també un dels membres fundacionals de la Tekenacademie de Leiden el 1694. Va treballar com a professor on va tenir, entre altres, alumnes com Catharina Backer, Abraham Alensoon i Hieronymous van de Mij. La ceguesa el va obligar al seu retir el 1736. Va ser extraordinàriament prolífic i va mostrar un estil proper al del seu pare i al de Francis van Bossuit si bé no va arribar a assolir l'èxit i l'admiració d'aquests. Va morir a Leiden el gener de 1747. 

Font: En català: No disponible En castellano: No disponible In english: Willem van Mieris (1662-1747) - Altres: Willem van Mieris (1662-1747)



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Francesc Valls (Barcelona?, c.1671 - Barcelona, 3 de juny de 1747) va ser un compositor català. Es desconeixen els seus primes anys de vida i la seva formació. La primera referència data del 1688 quan va assolir el càrrec de mestre de capella a la Basílica de Santa Maria de Mataró pocs mesos abans d'assolir el mateix càrrec a la Catedral de Santa Maria de Girona. Va mantenir aquest càrrec fins el 1696 quan va rebre el nomenament com a mestre de capella de la Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar de Barcelona. Aquell mateix any va entrar a col·laborar amb Joan Barter, qui es creu que va ser mestre de Valls i en aquell temps el mestre de capella de la Catedral de Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia de Barcelona. La mort de Barter el 1709 va implicar l'assumpció oficial de Valls del càrrec de mestre de capella de la catedral, que ja va mantenir fins a la seva jubilació (algunes fonts apunten que va ser el 1726, d'altres el 1741). Allà va compondre abundant música religiosa i secular i va exercir com a teòric, escrivint entre altres el famós tractat Mapa Armónico Práctico (1742), i professor amb alumnes com Pere Rabassa, Antoni Jordi i Domènec Terradelles. Va morir a Barcelona el juny de 1747.

OBRA;

Vocal religiosa:

9 masses, some with orch:
De difuntos, 7vv, E-PAMc;
De difuntos, 8vv;
De difuntos, 10vv, 1723, Ac;
De dos tiples;
De tiple solo;
De tiple y tenor;
Haec est virgo sapiens, 9vv;
Regalis, 5vv, 1740;
Scala aretina, 11vv, 1702, ed. J. López-Calo (London, 1978);
Tu es Petrus, 8vv;
Sine nomine, 16vv;
Sine nomine, 12vv

Letanías a la SS Virgen, 6vv, VAc;
9 Magnificat settings, 6–8vv

Motets etc.:
Beata quae credidisti, MA;
Beatus vir;
Conceptio gloriose Virginis Mariae, MA (Bbc);
Confitebor; Credidi;
Dies irae, dies illa;
Dixit Dominus; Domine [? ne infurore];
Domine probasti; Himno de S Agustín, PAMc;
In exitu;
Laetatus sum;
Lauda Jerusalem;
Laudate Dominus;
Libera me, Domine;
Memento;
Nunc dimittis;
O sacramentum pietatis, MA;
Parce mihi, PAMc;
Primer salmo de prima;
Salve regina;
Suscipe verbum, MA;
Tercer salmo de prima;
Tota pulchra, in A. Martín y Coll: Arte de canto llano y canto de órgano (Madrid, 1719)

Oratorios (texts only):
Oratorio místico y alegórico, Barcelona, Convent of S Cayetano, 13 Oct 1717;
El cultivo del alma, figurando en la parábola de la viña, Valencia, Oratorio de S Felipe Neri, 1720;
Eco la voz divida, Barcelona, Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, ?1736;
Oratorio de S Domingo, Zaragoza, Seo

Villancicos:
Adoren los hombres finezas de amor, 3vv, MA;
Al combite que Amor oy previene, 8vv, MA;
Assy a los serafines, 12vv, MA;
Cual puede ser;
Del amor el exemplo mas cabal, 8vv;
Entre golfos de dulzuras, 4vv, in MA;
Es tan violento el estrago de tus ojos peregrinos, 4vv, MA;
Fue la assumpción de María [=Del amor el exemplo mas cabal];
Pueble del ayre los vagos al cielo, 14vv;
Quien será dezid el arco para herir, 12vv, MA;
Ya el sol puede estender su claridad, 4vv, MA;
Others, lost, cited in Horch (1969) and Bermejo and others (1990)
Other vernacular works, MA, Bbc, VAc

Instrumental: 

c70 fugues and canons, MA

Literatura:

Respuesta del Licenciado Francisco Valls, Presbytero, Maestro de Capilla en la Santa Iglesia Cathedral de Barcelona, á la censura de Don Joachim Martínez, organista de la Santa Iglesia de Palencia contra la defensa de la entrada de el tiple segundo en el ‘Miserere nobis’ de la Missa ‘Scala aretina’ (Barcelona, 1716)
Mapa armónico práctico: breve resumen de las principales reglas de música sacado de los más clássicos authores especulativos y prácticos, antiguos y modernos illustrado con differentes exemplares, para la más segura enseñanza de muchachos (MS, E-Bbc, Bu, Mn*, MO)
Arte de composición (MS, Bbc 163)

Font: En català: Francesc Valls (c.1671-1747) En castellano: Francesc Valls (c.1671-1747) In english: Francesc Valls (c.1671-1747) - Altres: Francesc Valls (c.1671-1747)



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Es ciertamente asombroso asistir al creciente descubrimiento de la música española de los considerados siglos de decadencia. Y sobre todo de los años centrales de ese período, el siglo que se extiende entre los años 1650, cuando la gran polifonia del siglo XVI parece agotada, y 1750, cuando se inicia un cierto progreso durante los reinados de Fernando VI y Carlos III.

En ese “siglo vacío” encontramos ahora importantes figuras, algunas de gran talla, cono es el caso de Francesc Valls (c. 1671-1743), prolífico maestro barcelonés que debe su fama a una de sus venticinco misas, la llamada Missa Scala aretina (1702). Era por entonces Valls coadjutor del maestro de capilla de la catedral de Barcelona, Joan Barter. Había ingresado en la catedral procedente de Santa María del Mar, en 1696. Dos años después se ordena sacerdote y a la muerte de Barter, el 5 de diciembre de 1706, pasará a ser maestro de capilla de la seo barcelonesa. Recordemos que el año anterior llega a la ciudad condal el archiduque Carlos de Austria, Carlos III para los catalanes, futuro emperador del Sacro Imperio Romano-Germánico, o sea Carlos VI, padre de la emperatriz María Teresa. Carlos se instalará en Barcelona y su capilla musical tendrá como maestro a Giuseppe Porsile entre 1707 y 1713. Eso permitirá al flamante maestro de la catedral familiarizarse con el estilo vocal de la ópera italiana. Porsile ya había dado a conocer en Nápoles su Il ritorno di Ulisse alla patria (1707) en San Giovanni de’ Fiorentini.

Ese contacto con lo italiano fortalecerá el estilo de Valls, incorporando al mismo nuevos procedimientos, especialmente en la música en romance, es decir, los tonos y villancicos con texto en castellano, pasando esas novedades como puedan ser los recitativos y arias a convivir con las tradicionales coplas y estribillos del barroco español. Eso será normal ya en sus dicípulos Pedro Rabassa y Jaime Casellas.

En la Missa Scala aretina, así llamada por el hexacordo cuya invención se atribuye a Guido d’Arezzo, da entrada al tiple segundo o segundo soprano en el “Miserere nobis” o “Qui tollis” del “Gloria” con cierta disonancia –una novena sin preparación–, lo cual era juzgado osadía imperdonable para las normas estrictas de la época. Un organista de Palencia, Joaquín Martínez, inicio la controversia censurando duramente tal irregularidad. Entre 1715 y 1720 fueron muchos los compositores que se incorporaron a la polémica, la mayor parte a favor de Valls, entre ellos el genial Alessandro Scarlatti. Algunos le atacaban por su opción política, al haberse puesto del lado del archiduque Carlos en vez de inclinarse hacia el finalmente vencedor de la Guerra de Sucesión, Felipe de Borbón, luego Felipe V. En 1717 Valls fue represaliado, cesando en su cargo, cono le ocurriría a Jose Escorihuela en Tortosa, o en la corte de Madrid a Sebastian Durón, quien tuvo que escapar a Francia. En su retiro Valls elaboró el Mapa Harmónico, importante obra teórica.

El pequeño grupo A Corte Musical que dirige el instrumentista (de percusión y dulcian) Rogério Gonçalves, nos ofrece el que seguramente sea el único cedé monográfico dedicado a Valls (hubo otro, aunque compartido con el Requiem de Heinrich I. Biber, en Deutsche Harmonia mundi, que incluía la Missa Scala aretina dirigida por el gran Gustav Leonhardt). A Corte Musical deja constancia de una extraodinaria calidad, tanto en lo vocal como en lo instrumental (violín, violonchelo, guitarra, tiorba, órgano, dulcián y percusiones). Son muy destacables las voces de Mercedes Hernández, Felix Rienth, Natacha Ducret y Audrey Burgener.

El disco recoge siete tonos divinos, desde los más clásicos hasta los que introducen arias de mayor extensión y dificultad, la mayoría francamente hermosas. Se intercalan tres obras para órgano, dos de falsas y una de medio registro de tiple, esta última bellísima, en el órgano de San Lorenzo, en Lausana, interpretadas con brillantez por Carien de Jong. El excelente grupo instrumental finaliza con un majestuoso Pasacalles de primer tono. Un disco que, en verdad, va a elevar mucho la opinión sobre la música española del barroco.

Andrés Ruiz Tarazona (Francesc Valls, Tonos Divinos Españoles, La Quinta de Mahler)

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Informació addicional...

INTÈRPRETS: Mercedes Hernandez& Natacha Ducret (sopranos); Audrey Burgener (alto); Felix Rienth (tenor); A Corte Musical; Rogério Gonçalves (percussions, dulcian & direction)
AMAZON: Valls - Tonos divinos españoles

Valls - Tonos divinos españoles

















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SIEBER, Ignazio (c.1680-c.1757) - Recorder Sonatas

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Cornelis Saftleven - Who sues for a cow (1629)
Obra de Cornelis Saftleven (1607-1681), pintor holandès (1)




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Cornelis Saftleven (Gorcum, 1607 - Rotterdam, 4 de juny de 1681) va ser un pintor barroc holandès, especialitzat en paisatges i en pintures de gènere. Nascut a Gorcum, es va haver d'establir aviat a Rotterdam amb el seu pare, també pintor, amb qui probablement es va iniciar en la pintura. El 1632 se'l documenta a Rotterdam i poc després a Anvers on va entrar en contacte amb Rubens, autor d'algunes de les figures dels seus quadres. A la mort d'aquest el 1640, es van inventariar entre els seus béns vuit pintures de Saftleven, quatre d'elles amb figures del mateix Rubens. La influència del mestre flamenc en l'obra de Saftleven, amb tot, és mínima ja que no es coneix cap pintura rellevant fruit de la seva col·laboració. El 1637, després d'una curta estada a Utrecht on residia el seu germà Herman Saftleven (1609-1685), amb qui va col·laborar en algun retrat, va retornar a Rotterdam on el 1667 va ser designat degà del gremi local de pintors. Tot i que el gruix de la seva producció el formen els paisatges amb figures i les pintures de gènere, amb nombroses escenes camperoles i de tavernes a la manera de David Teniers el Jove i d'Adriaen Brouwer, va pintar també quadres històrics amb motius religiosos i mitològics i algun retrat amb un elevat nombre d'estudis d'animals utilitzats en les seves pintures d'estables i d'interiors, gènere nou en la pintura holandesa de la que els germans Saftleven han de ser considerats els precursors. Va morir a Rotterdam el juny de 1681.

Font: En català: No disponible En castellano: Cornelis Saftleven (1607-1681) In english: Cornelis Saftleven (1607-1681) - Altres: Cornelis Saftleven (1607-1681)



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Ignazio Sieber (c.1680 - Venècia?, c.1757) va ser un flautista, oboista i compositor italià. Es desconeix la quasi totalitat de la seva vida. Es creu que va viure a Alemanya abans de publicar les seves Sonates per a Flauta a Roma a l'entorn del 1722. Va viure a Venècia, ciutat on va treballar com a professor de flauta i oboè a l'Ospedale della Pietà a partir del 1728 i on es creu que va col·laborar amb Vivaldi. Per tant, és probable que morís en aquella ciutat a l'entorn del 1757.

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While excavating a section of my sheet music filing cabinet the other day, I came across the sonatas of Ignazio Sieber (c.1680-c.1757). His six sonatas for alto recorder and basso continuo were published, probably in 1722, together with an equal number by Johann Ernest Galliard. Since Galliard’s name appears first on the frontispiece, I dutifully filed them under ‘G.’ No wonder I lost track of them for a while. Sieber certainly isn’t a household name but his sonatas for alto recorder and basso continuo are worth a look. We have very little biographical information on him, but see from the the publication’s title page that he was living in Rome (‘demeurant à Rome’) around the time his sonatas appeared in print. Not surprisingly, his writing for the recorder reflects the typical early 18th-century Italian taste for not extending higher than an E’’ and for hovering lower than that most of the time. Sieber hangs around in the high register more than Bononcini, Bigaglia, or Bellinzani for example, but he still doesn’t ask a player to spend a long time up where the air is thin. Italian recorders from the time have a beefy low register and a weedier high register than their German counterparts, for example, which would likely have affected how musicians composed for the instrument.

Certainly more interesting and demanding than the Galliard sonatas that precede them, Sieber’s sonatas are in C major (two), a minor, and g minor (three!), all key choices which echo Händel’s opus 1 recorder sonatas (also thought to have been written in Italy). The music is well written for the instrument, lies comfortably, it’s reasonably challenging, and he has a witty way with passagework. The slow movements include some examples of notated ornamentation but there’s much additional scope for a player to experiment with phrasing, articulation, pacing, and further elaboration. The continuo parts similarly offer a lot of opportunity for creative experimentation. As with many lesser-known Baroque sonatas, the writing isn’t dazzling or brilliant throughout but then, let’s admit it, neither is Vivaldi’s. Plus, Sieber’s music provides considerable opportunity to add your own thoughtful two-cents-worth well beyond a few ornaments. You can team up with him to create something extra, an interpretation which you might call even more ‘your own’ than your versions of Telemann or Vivaldi. I’ve heard similarly unfamiliar pieces dismissed as not worth working on, but I wonder if such judgement is passed either because the recorder part has too few fast sixteenth note passages, and/or because the player lacks imagination. As we all know the components of a good piece and a good performance are many and varied; and if you do really want more fast arpeggios, you can almost always add some…

Plus, if you’re looking to create a program of music from a certain city or region, in a certain style or by a particular group of composers, having repertoire like this is a real boon.

Ignazio Sieber’s Recorder Sonatas (calliopessister.com)

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INTÈRPRETS: Thomas Kugler (recorder); Imke David (viola da gamba); Andre Henrich (archlute); Wolfgang Kostujak (harpsichord); Rainer Johannsen (bassoon); Wolfgang Kostujak (organ)
PRESTOCLASSICAL: Sieber, I: Recorder Sonatas Nos. 1 - 6
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Sieber, I: Recorder Sonatas Nos. 1 - 6

















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JACOBSSON, Jacques John (1835-1909) - Songs

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George Hendrik Breitner - Meisje in witte kimono (1894)
Obra de George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923), pintor holandès (1)



- Recordatori de Jacques John Jacobsson -
En el dia de la commemoració del seu 116è aniversari de decés



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George Hendrik Breitner (Rotterdam, 12 de setembre de 1857 - Amsterdam, 5 de juny de 1923) va ser un pintor holandès. El 1876 es va matricular a l'Acadèmia d'Art de La Haia. Més tard, va treballar al taller de Willem Maris. En aquest primer període va ser especialment influenciat pels pintors de l'Escola de l'Haia. Breitner va preferir els models de la classe treballadora, és a dir, obrers, minyones i gent de barris de classe baixa. Es veia a si mateix com 'li peintre du peuple', el pintor del poble. El 1886, es va traslladar a Àmsterdam, on va gravar la vida de la ciutat en esbossos, pintures i fotografies. A vegades va fer diverses fotografies del mateix tema des de diferents angles o en diferents condicions climàtiques. Aquestes fotos podrien servir d'exemple per a una pintura, com pels seus retrats de noies en quimonos, o com a material de referència general. Breitner va col·laborar sovint amb Isaac Israels qui va ser conegut, juntament amb Breitner, amb l'etiqueta dels impressionistes d'Àmsterdam. Breitner va morir a Àmsterdam el juny de 1923.




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Johann Jacobsson (Estocolm, 2 d'agost de 1835 - Estocolm, 4 de juny de 1909) va ser un organista i compositor suec. Va estudiar amb Ludvig Norman, Gustaf Mankell i Franz Berwald. Es va distingir principalment com a organista i compositor. Entre les obres més importants que va compondre hi figuren una Missa, per a solo, cor i orgue, un Agnus Dei, per a soprano i orquestra, l'opereta Ungmors kusin (1868), l'obertura concert Sommarminenn i una cantata per les noces d'argent del rei Òscar II. Va compondre a més, lieders, música de cambra, obres corals i peces per a piano. Com a mestre de violí va tenir d'alumnes, entre altres, a Emile Shinner. Va morir a Estocolm el juny de 1909.

Font: En català: Jacques John Jacobsson (1835-1909) En castellano: No disponible In english: No disponible - Altres: Jacques John Jacobsson (1835-1909)



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Informació addicional...

INTÈRPRETS: Helene Döse (soprano); Erland Hagegård (tenor); Margor Rödin (mezzo-soprano); Charlotte Hellekant (mezzo-soprano); Margot Nyström (piano)
AMAZON: JACOBSSON, J. - Songs
IMSLP: No disponible
CPDL: No disponible

    JACOBSSON, J. - Songs

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PARK, Maria Hester (1760-1813) - Piano Sonatas

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John Trumbull - The Misses Mary and Hannah Murray (1806)
Obra de John Trumbull (1756-1843), pintor nord-americà (1)



- Recordatori de Maria Hester Park -
En el dia de la commemoració del seu 202è aniversari de decés



Parlem de Pintura...

John Trumbull (Lebanon, 6 de juny de 1756 - New York, 10 de novembre de 1843) va ser un pintor nord-americà, famós per les seves escenes històriques de la Guerra de la Independència de gran format. Els seus primers retrats, enèrgics i afables, van mostrar la influència de l'artista de Boston John Singleton Copley. Durant cinc anys (1784-1789), va romandre a l'estudi londinenc del pintor historicista Benjamin West, on va realitzar les primeres escenes de la guerra nord-americana. En Declaració d'Independència (1797, Galeria d'Art de la Universitat de Yale), quadre pel qual havia tornat als Estats Units per retratar els signataris, és evident la seva assimilació de la grandiloqüència barroca de Petrus Paulus Rubens i de l'assossegada noblesa de Jacques-Louis David. Trumbull es va establir de forma definitiva a Nova York el 1816 i en els anys successius va rebre l'encàrrec d'executar rèpliques monumentals de quatre de les seves revolucionàries escenes de la guerra per ser instal·lades a la rotonda del Capitoli de la ciutat de Washington. Aquestes obres, però, van resultar més fredes comparades amb les originals de menor entitat. L'energia, vivacitat i òptima composició de les millors obres de Trumbull van exercir una influència considerable sobre els artistes nord-americans de principis del segle XIX. Va morir a Nova York el novembre de 1843.

Font: En català: John Trumbull (1756-1843) En castellano: John Trumbull (1756-1843) In english: John Trumbull (1756-1843) - Altres: John Trumbull (1756-1843)



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Maria Hester Park (29 de setembre de 1760 - Hampstead, 7 de juny de 1813) va ser una professora i compositora anglesa. Va treballar com a intèrpret de piano i clavicèmbal en ambients aristocràtics. L'abril de 1787 es va casar amb el gravador i bibliògraf Thomas Park. El 22 d'octubre de 1794 Joseph Haydn va escriure a Maria Hester en agraïment per la tramesa ‘for the Mistris Park a little Sonat’ i amb el compromís d'Haydn de visitar-la. Va treballar com a professora si bé va dedicar temps a la composició destacant les seves obres per a piano, entre elles, un concert. De salut delicada tota la seva vida, va morir a Hampstead el juny de 1813.

OBRA:

published in London
op.
1Sonatas, hpd/pf, vn acc. (1785), ded. Countess of Uxbridge
23 Sonatas, hpd/pf (c1786)
3A Set of Glees with the Dirge in Cymbeline (?1790)
42 Sonatas, pf/hpd (1790)
6Concerto, pf/hpd, str (?1795)
7Sonata, pf (?1796)
132 Sonatas, pf, vn acc. (?1801)
Waltz, pf (?1800)
Divertimento, pf, vn acc. (?1811)

Possibly lost, advertised in op.13:
6 Divertimentos, hp, pf, op.8;
6 Duets, hp, pf, op.9;
Sonata with the Berlin Favourite;
Sonata with Prince Adolphus Fancy

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Betty Ann Miller's debut CD features solo keyboard sonatas and short pieces by women composers of the late Classic and early Romantic periods. British composer Maria Hester Park (1760-1813) is represented by Sonata in F Major, op. 4, no. 1 (1790) in two movements and Sonata in C Major, op. 7 (ca. 1796) in three movements. The music of Frenchwoman Marie Bigot (1786-1820), teacher of Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, is heard in her Études in C minor and A minor from her Suites d'études (1812-20). The album concludes with Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's (1805-1847) Notturno of 1838, Melodie in C# minor, op. 4, no. 2 (1847?), and Sonata in C minor (1824). Miller's performance offers a welcome addition to the recorded repertoire of these composers. There seems to be no other available recordings of Bigot's music, and surprisingly few of Hensel's 125 solo works have appeared to date: of the repertoire on this compact disc, I located only the Notturno on another album. The Park sonatas are available in a harpsichord performance, in contrast to the Steinway piano performance on this album.

Betty Ann Miller deserves credit for solid performances. I particularly enjoyed her vital interpretation of the Bigot Études and Hensel's short pieces; the latter's 15-minute Sonata also has many brilliant moments. Miller's concise album notes say much about the composers and the repertoire. Identification of sources of the works and whether they are available in published editions might encourage more live performances of this repertoire. Perhaps a catchier title to the album could better explain its focus and the selections included. In any case, the CD is a welcome addition to our libraries of recorded solo keyboard music.

Barbara Coeyman, IAWM Journal, Fall 1997, pp. 24. (Centaur CRC 2320, 1997)

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Informació addicional... 

INTÈRPRETS: Betty Ann Miller (piano)
THECLASSICALSHOP: Piano Recital: Miller, Betty Ann - PARK, M.H. / BIGOT, M. / MENDELSSOHN, Fanny

    Piano Recital: Miller, Betty Ann - PARK, M.H. / BIGOT, M. / MENDELSSOHN, Fanny

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VON WILDERER, Johann Hugo (c.1670-1724) - Mass in G minor & Te Deum

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Franz Anton Maulbertsch (circle) - Gnadenstuhl
Obra de Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796), pintor austríac (1)



- Recordatori de Johann Hugo von Wilderer -
En el dia de la commemoració del seu 291è aniversari de decés



Parlem de Pintura...

Franz Anton Maulbertsch (Langergen, 7 de juny de 1724 - Viena, 8 d'agost de 1796) va ser un pintor austríac i figura destacada del període rococó a Viena. Influenciat per l'Acadèmia d'Arts de Viena, els frescs de Paul Troger i l'escola veneciana de Piazzetta, es va dedicar principalment al fresc en esglésies, palaus i altres edificacions. Va combinar diverses tècniques pictòriques abans d'adoptar, ja al final de la seva carrera, l'estil neoclàssic dominant. Va treballar principalment a Àustria però també a països limítrofs com Hongria i Bohèmia. Va morir a Viena l'agost de 1796.

Font: En català: No disponible En castellano: Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796) In english: Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796) - Altres: Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796)



Parlem de Música...

Johann Hugo von Wilderer (Bavaria, c.1670 - Mannheim, bur. 7 de juny de 1724) va ser un compositor alemany i una de les figures musicals més importants de la Cort de Düsseldorf, Heidelberg i Mannheim. El 1692 va assolir el càrrec d'organista de la cort a l'església de St Andreas de Düsseldorf. És precisament allà, i en el contingut d'un document preparat per Giorgio Maria Rapparini el 1709 per títol Le portrait du vrai mérité dans la personne serenissime de Monseigneur L’Electeur Palatin, on es documenta la formació de Von Wilderer a Itàlia amb Giovanni Legrenzi si bé no existeix cap evidència de la seva presència a Venècia. El 1696 va assolir la condició de vice-Kapellmeister a la cort de Düsseldorf abans d'ascendir a la de Kapellmeister el 1703. Allà va escriure, a banda de música religiosa, una desena d'òperes. El 1716 va canviar d'ubicació a Heidelberg i posteriorment a Mannheim, on va seguir component i on va establir les llavors de la que seria, anys més tard, l'orquestra més famosa d'Europa. El 1723 va estrenar a Heidelberg la seva obra més coneguda, l'òpera sacra (oratori) Esther. L'any següent es va estrenar a Mannheim pocs mesos abans de la seva mort el juny de 1724.

OBRA:

Vocal secular:

Operas:
first performed in Düsseldorf unless otherwise stated
Giocasta (3, S.B. Pallavicino), 1696, A-Wn
Il giorno di salute, ovvero Demetrio in Athene (3, ?Demanstein), 1697, Wn
Quinto Fabio Massimo (3, G.M. Rapparini), 1697, only lib extant
La monarchia risoluta (1), ?1697, Wn
L’Armeno (3, Rapparini), ?1698, D-WD, E-Mn
La forza del giusto (3, Rapparini), 1700, only lib extant
La monarchia stabilita (3), 1703, A-Wn
Faustolo (pastorale, 5, ?Pallavicino), 1706, only lib extant
Amalasunta (?Pallavicino), 1713, only lib extant
Coronide (pastorale, 3), Heidelberg, 1722, lost

Vocal religiosa:

Esther (poema sacro drammatico, 2), Heidelberg, 1723, revived Mannheim, 1724, only lib extant
oratorios and cantatas
D’incontre avventurato, orat, 1v, chorus, orch, D-WD;
Eurilla, cant., S, bc, Bsb;
Il trionfo di placido, orat, Mannheim, 1722, only lib extant;
In occasione del felice passaggio, cant., 4vv, 1722, only lib extant;
Pupillette sdegnosette, cant., 1v, 2 vn, va, WD;
Vaghe labbra di Filli, cant., 1v, ob, insts, A-Wn

Other:
Modulationi sacre [10 motets], 2–4vv, vns (Amsterdam, c1700)
Ky, Gl, g, 4vv, str, bc, D-Bsb;
Custodi me Domine, motet, KA;
Laudate pueri Dominum, S, A, ob, bn, vns, va, bc, WD
Te Deum;

Font: En català: No disponible En castellano: No disponible In english: Johann Hugo von Wilderer (c.1670-1724) - Altres: Johann Hugo von Wilderer (c.1670-1724)



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Wilderer’s importance as a composer results in part from his fortuitous employment by the prince-electors of Düsseldorf-Mannheim. Musical activities at these courts influenced both the history of German opera in the late 17th century and the early stages of the musical developments leading to the Mannheim composers of the early Classical period. The Düsseldorf court assembled numerous talented musicians, and they in turn attracted many distinguished composers, such as Steffani, who produced three of his operas at Düsseldorf: Arminio (1707), Tassilone (1709) and Amor vien dal destino/Il turno Enea (1709). Handel visited the court in 1710, 1711 and 1719. Wilderer’s extant operas show a predictable similarity to Venetian operas of the late 17th century. Recitatives and arias are usually joined together freely without the severe contrasts of dramatic function found in operas of the later 18th century. Elements of French music are also evident in these works, as in most German operas of the period, and ballets frequently appear, especially as the conclusion to the final act (their music, as well as the independent orchestral movements such as the overtures, were composed not by Wilderer but by the court musician Georg Andreas Kraft). The arias are predominantly with continuo accompaniment and display some form of ABA' design, with a written-out A' section. Many of the arias with instrumental accompaniment show colouristic uses of solo instruments, very much in the manner of Reinhard Keiser’s Hamburg operas (see Steffen for a thorough discussion). Among Wilderer’s small number of sacred pieces is a Missa brevis in G minor, extant in a remarkable copy in the hand of J.S. Bach (D-Bsb Mus. 23116/10). Wolff noted important similarities between the Kyrie of Bach’s Mass in B minor and Wilderer’s score.

Wilderer, Johann Hugo von, composer (Grove Music Online)

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Sacred music from the era of Wilhelm von der Pfalz-Heuburg (1658 -1716)

















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HAYDN, Johann Michael (1737-1806) - Serenade in D major, P. 85

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Anne Vallayer-Coster - Portrait d'une violoniste
Obra de Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818), pintora francesa (1)




Parlem de Pintura...

Anne Vallayer-Coster (París, 21 de desembre de 1744 - París, 28 de febrer de 1818) va ser una pintora francesa. Filla d'orfebres, va estudiar amb Madeleine Basseporte i Claude Joseph Vernet. El 1770 va entrar a l'Acadèmia Reial de Pintura i Escultura de París com a pintora de bodegons. El 1771 va començar a exposar-hi amb regularitat. El 1781 es va casar amb Jean-Pierre-Sylvestre Coster, un advocat parlamentari. Va mantenir la seva independència i professió treballant en la secció de pintura de la reina Maria Antonieta. Es va especialitzar en retrats, pintura de gènere i miniatures. Va morir a París el febrer de 1818.

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Parlem de Música...

Johann Michael Haydn (Rohrau, 14 de setembre de 1737 - Salzburg, 10 d'agost de 1806) va ser un organista i compositor austríac, germà petit de Joseph Haydn. Va ser un compositor molt prolífic (més 800 obres) en diferents gèneres i especialment admirat per la seva música sacra. Va néixer a Rohrau, a la riba del riu Leitha, proper a geogràficament a la frontera entre Àustria i Hongria. Amb 8 anys va viatjar a Viena on va entrar a formar part del cor de la Catedral de Sant Esteve en un temps en què el mestre de capella era Georg Reutter. Amb 12 anys va compaginar els seus estudis corals i acadèmics amb la feina d'organista suplent de la catedral tot escrivint les primeres obres. El 1753, el canvi que va produir la seva veu, el va fer desistir del cor. Probablement, va entrar en contacte amb el seminari Jesuïta on va progressar ràpidament en el coneixement de la llengua llatina i amb la literatura clàssica. En aquell temps va continuar exercint d'organista amb Albrechtsberger. També va estudiar les obres de Johann Fux, el compositor més conegut a Viena aleshores. També va estudiar a BachHändelGraun i Hasse. En aquells primers anys va compondre especialment música religiosa: Nombroses misses, lletanies, himnes, etc. Ràpidament, la seva fama va créixer i la seva obra es va exportar arreu d'Àustria i Moràvia entre els anys 1759-1763.

El 1757 va viatjar de Viena a Grosswardein (Oradea, Romania). Allà hi va romandre fins el 1765, any en què Dittersdorf el va succeir com a mestre de la Hofkapelle. La Missa SS Cyrilli et Methodii (1758) va ser una de les grans obres que va compondre a Grosswardein. En aquell temps Haydn ja havia escrit 15 simfonies, 14 misses, divertimentos, partites i alguns concerts així com nombrosa obra religiosa per a cor a quatre veus i orquestra. El 1762 va fer una visita fugaç a Viena on un programa de concert d'aleshores cita una "Composition du S.r Michel Hayde". L'Arquebisbe de Salzburg, Sigismund Christoph, i el seu nebot Vinzenz Joseph Schrattenbach, van sentir interès per aquell jove compositor i el van recomanar a la cort de Salzburg. Durant els anys 1750-1760 el seu nom era àmpliament conegut arreu d'Àustria fins i tot amb major intensitat que el seu propi germà Joseph Haydn. El 1762, la mort de Johann Ernst Eberlin, va propiciar la reorganització musical a Salzburg i va precipitar el nomenament de Michael Haydn com a Konzertmeister de Salzburg, el càrrec musical més important de l'Arquebisbat de Salzburg. Entre els col·legues d'Haydn cal destacar a Leopold MozartA.C. Adlgasser, G.F. Lolli i posteriorment a Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

El 14 d'agost de 1763 va assumir, oficialment, el seu nou càrrec que implicava les funcions d'organista, violinista, direcció del cor i composició a la Catedral de Salzburg. En aquell temps, a banda de la regular interpretació i direcció, va compondre obres teatrals dramàtiques sacres i seculars per a la Universitat Benedictina. Entre aquestes cal citar Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots (1767), una obra teatral creada per Haydn amb la col·laboració d'Adlgasser i d'un Mozart de només 11 anys. El 17 d'agost de 1768 es va casar amb Maria Magdalena Lipp (1745-1827) i van anar a viure en un pis propietat de l'Abadia de Sant Pere, coordenada important en la vida d'Haydn. L'únic fill que Haydn va tenir, Aloysia Josepha, va morir abans de complir l'any d'edat. L'entronació, el març del 1772, del nou arquebisbe Hieronymus, Comte de Colloredo, va condicionar la nova vida musical de Salzburg. La limitació de les activitats musicals en el teatre universitari, tancat definitivament el 1778, van motivar grans canvis en la vida d'Haydn. No obstant, va conservar el càrrec de mestre de capella i va assolir un nou càrrec d'organista, el 1777, a la Dreifaltigkeitskirche, fruit de la sobtada mort d'Adlgasser. Una posició sol·licitada per Leopold Mozart pel seu fill Wolfgang. Aquesta circumstància adversa per la família Mozart va desencadenar el recel de Leopold vers Michael Haydn.

Aquell va ser un dels períodes més creatius de Michael Haydn amb obres com el famós Rèquiem Pro defuncto Archiepiscopo Sigismundo (1771), la Missa S Hieronymi (1777) i la Missa de S Aloysii (1777). El 1782 va assumir el càrrec d'organista de la cort. En motiu de la commemoració del 1200 aniversari de l'Arquebisbat, el comte Colloredo va publicar una carta pastoral que, entre moltes altres coses, era la primera d'una sèrie de proclames dirigides a simplificar els serveis de l'església. Com a resposta, Haydn va compondre, entre els anys 1783-1791, un centenar de parts de missa en un estil homòfon simple. En aquella dècada Haydn va escriure també 20 noves simfonies. Aquestes van arribar a mans de Mozart, en aquell temps a Viena, que les va estudiar en profunditat. També va compondre, el 1786, la descomunal Missa a due cori (Missa Hispanica) per la cort espanyola. Van ser temps de relativa calma per Haydn a Salzburg. A partir del 1790 Haydn es va convertir en professor de composició. Alguns dels seus alumnes van ser G.J. Schinn (mestre musical a la Hofkapelle de Munich on es va difondre la música de Michael Haydn durant gran part del segle XIX), Anton Diabelli (en posterioritat va publicar gran part del catàleg religiós d'Haydn), Segismundo Neukomm (va exportar al Brasil la música religiosa d'Haydn) i C.M. von Weber va estudiar contrapunt i harmonia amb ell (1797).

Al final de la seva vida, Haydn va fer dos viatges a Viena. El primer el 1798 i el segon motivat pel saqueig que els soldats francesos van fer a casa seva el 1801. Aquell mateix any va compondre la gran Missa Sancta Theresia en honor a la visita que va fer a l'emperadriu Maria Teresa. El 1801 va rebre l'encàrrec d'assumpció del lloc de mestre de capella del príncep Nicolau Esterházy, un càrrec que va acceptar a contracor. Va viure a Viena fins pocs mesos abans de la seva mort. Emulant a Mozart, va iniciar la composició d'un rèquiem (MH.838), encarregat per la pròpia emperadriu, que no va poder finalitzar. Abans de morir va decidir tornar a Salzburg, la ciutat que l'havia vist créixer i consolidar, on va traspassar el 10 d'agost de 1806. Franz Schubert, que no va coincidir amb ell, va expressar la profunda admiració per la seva música religiosa. ETA Hoffmann va admirar de tal forma a Michael Haydn que va deixar escrit que possiblement va ser el més delicat i brillant compositor d'església del segle XVIII. Werigand Rettensteiner (1751-1822) va descriure a Haydn, en la seva biografia, com "el gran, únic i inimitable mestre musical religiós".

OBRA:

Vocal religiosa:

Latin masses:
for S, A, T, B, SATB and orchestra unless otherwise stated

SS Trinitatis, st1/klI:1, S, S, A, T, B, SATB, orch, 1754;
d, st2, c1754–7, frag.;
d, st3/klI:31a, c1754–7, frag.;
a, st18, c1754–7, frag.;
S Michaelis, st12/kl1:27, c1754–7; BVM, st15, c1754–7, ed. C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1994);
S Josephi, st16/klI:7, c1754–7;
S Gabrielis, st17/112/klI:5, c1754–7, rev. 1768, ed. O. Biba (Altötting, 1990);
S Francisci Seraphici, st43/119/klI:25, c1754–7, rev. by c1772; C, st42/klI:35, c1754–7;
SS Cyrilli et Methodii, st13/klI:2, 1758;
SS Crucis, st56/klI:16, SATB, org, 29 March 1762, ed. C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1987)
Dolorum BVM, st57/552/klI:3, 3 April 1762, lost, listed in Lang (c1804), rev. 1794 as Quadragesimalis, ed. C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1995);
S Raphaelis, st87/111/klI:6, by c1764, rev. 7 Nov 1768;
S Nicolai Tolentini, st109/154/klI:4, 4b), 17 Sept 1768, rev. 14 Dec 1771;
Pro defuncto Archiepiscopo Sigismundo, st155/klI:8, 31 Dec 1771, ed. C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1991);
S Joannis Nepomuceni, st182/klI:9, SATB, org, May 1772;
S Amandi, st229/klI:10, 26 March 1776;
S Hieronymi, st254/klI:11, 14 Sept 1777, ed. C.H. Sherman (Vienna, 1970);
S Aloysii, st257/klI:12, S, S, A, SSA, orch, 21 Dec 1777, ed. W. Reinhard (Zürich, 1942)
S Ruperti, st322/klI:13, 11 Aug 1782, ed. K. Jäger (Adliswil, 1994);
S Dominici, st419/klI:14, 25 March 1786, ed. J.F. Doppelbauer (Altötting, 1988);
A due cori 'Hispanica', st422/klI:17, 4 Aug 1786, S, A, T, B, SATB, orch, ed. C.H. Sherman (Salzburg, 1966);
S Gotthardi, st530/klI:15, 19 Feb 1792;
Pro defunctis, c, st559, c1792–5, draft;
S Ursulae, st546/klI:18, 5 Aug 1793, ed. in RRMCE, xii (1980);
Pro quadragesima, st551/klI:20, SATB, org, 15 Feb 1794, ed. in DTÖ, xlv, Jg.xxii (1915/R) and by C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1995);
Tempore quadragesimae, st553/klI:19, SATB, org, 31 March 1794, ed. in Denkmäler liturgischer Tonkunst, xvi (Augsburg, 1927) and by C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1995)
Sotto il titulo di S Teresia, st796/797/klI:22, 3 Aug 1801, rev. shortly after 1801;
Subtitulo S Francisci Seraphici, st826/klI:23, 16 Aug 1803, ed. in DTÖ, xlv, Jg.xxii (1915/R);
S Leopoldi, st837/klI:24, S, S, A, SSA, orch, 22 Dec 1805, ed. W. Reinhart (Zürich, 1952);
Pro defunctis, B , st838/klI:26, 10 Aug 1806, inc.;
Reworking of Gl from F.J. Haydn’s Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo, B , h XXII:7, 16 July 1795, ed. H.C.R. Landon (Munich, 1958)

Doubtful:
Over 60 masses, attrib. ‘Haydn’;
Over 60 others, each attrib. both to M. Haydn or only ‘Haydn’ and to another comp., incl.: klI:28, also attrib. G. Reutter (ii), klI:29, also attrib. L. Hofmann and Krottendorfer, klI:33, also attrib. Krottendorfer and Schneider, klI:34, also attrib. Schneider, klI:36, also attrib. Heimerich, klI:37, also attrib. Strasser, klI:38, also attrib. J. Haydn (h XXII:G1) and Diabelli

German masses:
A, st536/klVI:3, SATB, orch, by c1793;
B , st602/klVI:2, SSA, orch, 17 Aug 1795;
F, st611/klVI:4, SATB, orch, 11 Nov 1795;
E , st561/klVI:6b, F, st562/klVI:6a, both SSA, ?c1795;
C, st629/klVI:5, SATB, orch, 23 March 1796;
B , st642/klVI:1, SATB, org, lost, listed in Lang (c1804);
st560, doubtful

Mass proper movements:
for SATB and orchestra unless otherwise stated

Spiritus Domini, Veni Creator Spiritus, st45, A, orch, c1754–7;
In omnem terram, st46/klIII:41, S, A, orch, c1754–7;
Ecce Virgo, st121, S, orch, c1754–7, lost, listed in Göttweig catalogue (1830);
Humiliavit semetipsum, S, orch, c1754–7;
Civitatem, Festina lente, st47, S, SATB, orch, c1754–7, lost, listed in Göttweig catalogue (1830);
Vidi civitatem, Caelestis inter caetus, st48, S, SATB, orch, c1754–7;
Christus factus est, st38, 18 March 1761, ed. C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1987);
Veni Sancte Spiritus, st39, 22 March 1761, ed. C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1989);
Iste confessor, st40/klV:16, SATB, orch, 26 June 1761
Deus tuorum militum, st158, S, orch, c1764–71, frag.;
Jesu corona, st100, SATB, orch, c1764–71, ed. C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1994);
Nos conservat, st122, S, A, T, B, SATB, orch, c1764–71;
O Maria Virgo spes, st165, S, orch, c1764–71;
Surrexit pastor, Plaudes plebs, st160, B, SATB, orch, c1764–71;
Tubae resonate, st124, S, SATB, orch, c1764–71;
Vexilla regis, st126, SATB, c1764–71;
Ave Maria, B , st72/klIII:21, S, SATB, orch, 1765, ed. C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1991);
Urbs Jerusalem, st75, Invictus heros, st78, Jam faces lictor, st79, all 1766
Dedit mihi, st77, c1766;
Inveni David, st115, S, A, T, B, SATB, orch, Et bracchium meum, st116, both c1769, related to Completorium st114;
Tota pulchra es, st139, S, S, orch, c1770, related to orat st138;
Cantate Domino, e, st142/klIII:44, c1770, related to ?Ballo, st141;
Sicut cervus, st143/klIIb:48, S, A, T, B, SATB, orch, c1770;
Anima nostra, st146, S, S, S, A, SSSA, orch, 1771;
O Maria nostra spes, st149/klIII:33, S, A, T, B, SATB, orch, c1771, related to tragedy Hermann st148
Tres sunt, st183/klIIa:40, S, A, T, B, SATB, orch, 7 June 1772, ed. in KL;
Antiphonae ad stationes pro tribus diebus rogationun, st201/klV:10, SATB, org, c1773–5;
Egregie doctor Paule, st190, S, A, T, B, SATB, orch, c1774;
Lauda Sion, st215/klIIa:42, ?1775;
Quae est ista, st226, S, SATB, orch, by c1775;
In te mi Deus confido, st230, A, SATB, orch, 24 Sept 1776;
Alma Dei creatoris, st221/klIII:2, B, SATB, orch, 1776;
Inveni David, st224/klIII:38, B, SATB, orch, 1776;
Deus refugium, st222/klIII:32, B, SATB, orch, ?1776;
Dignare me, st223, S, A, SATB, orch, by c1776
Justorum animae, st225/klIII:37, B, SATB, orch, by c1776;
Laeta quies, st253/klIIb:17a, 11 March 1777;
Timete Dominum, st256, S, A, T, B, SATB, orch, 29 Oct 1777, ed. R. Pauly (New York, 1964);
Sub vestrum praesidium, st275/klIII:34, 15 March 1778;
Ad festum S Augustini, st280/klIIb:16, S, A, SATB, orch, 26 Aug 1778;
Diffusa est gratia, st281/klIII:18, S, S, orch, 16 Nov 1778;
Canta Jerusalem, st269/klIII:19, 1778;
Justorum animae, st286, B, SATB, orch, c1778–80, related to Spl Der englische Patriot st285
Eja corda exsultate, st290/klIII:39, S, S, SATB, orch, O caeli luminaria, st291/klIII:8, T, B, orch;
Qui nunc laeti, st292/klIII:35, S, A, orch, Unitis cordibus, st293, Tu digna amore, S, A, orch, all c1780, related to applausus st289;
Quicunque manducaverit, st259/klIII:9, by c1789;
Salvete flores, st307/klIV:2b, 3vv, orch, 29 Nov 1781;
Veni Creator Spiritus, st326/klIIa:39b, 26 Aug 1782;
Jesu redemptor omnium, st329/klV:25b, Sancti Dei omnes, st328/klV:25a, Surgite sancti, st327/klV:9f, all SATB, 27 Aug 1782, all ed. C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1986)
Ex ore infantium, st331/klI:30, SSA, org, 26 Dec 1782;
In adoratione nostra, st324/klIII:6, S, A, A, T, B, SATB, orch, Cantate Domino, E , st325, S, A, A, T, B, SATB, orch, Clangite buccinis, Nec alacrior, S, A, orch, all c1782, related to orat st323;
Viderunt omnes, st341/klIIa:8, 6 Dec 1783, ed. O. Biba (Hilversum, 1971);
Alleluia! Laudate pueri, st342/klIIa:11, S, S, A, orch, 12 Dec 1783, ed. I. Sulyok (Kassel, 1978);
Sederunt principes, st343/klIIa:9, 17 Dec 1783;
Hic est discipulus, st344/klIIa:10, 21 Dec 1783;
Ecce sacerdos, st345/klIIb:42, 24 Dec 1783;
Alme Deus, st332/klIII:29, B, SATB, orch, by c1783
Omnes de Saba, st350/klIIa:13, 2 Jan 1784;
Salvos fac nos, st351/klIIb:2, 8 Jan 1784;
Gloriosus Deus, st352/klIIb:14, 12 Jan 1784;
Tu es vas electionis, st353/klIIb:10, 16 Jan 1784;
Nunc dimittis, st355/klIIb:1, 29 Jan 1784, ed. M. Eckhardt (Kassel, 1976);
Ab ortu solis, st356/klIIa:45, 5 Feb 1784;
Audi filia, st357/klIIb:31, 27 Feb 1784;
Domine praevenisti, st359/klIIb:46, 16 March 1784;
Dolorosa et lacrymabilis es, st360/klIIa:26, 24 March 1784;
Victimae paschali laudes, st361/klIIa:29, 5 April 1784, ed. O. Biba (Hilversum, 1970)
Alleluia! In die resurrectionis, st362/klIIa:30, 8 April 1784;
Alleluia! Confitebuntur, st363/klIIb:20, 16 April 1784;
Dicite in gentibus, st364/klIIb:22, 22 April 1784;
Alleluia! Ascendit Deus, st365/klIIa:37, 9 May 1784;
Veni sancte Spiritus, st366/klIIa:39, 13 May 1784, ed. H. Graf (Zürich, 1966);
Benedictus es Domine, st369/klIIa:41, 3 June 1784;
Exultabunt sancti, st370/klIIb:13, 6 June 1784;
Priusquam te formarem, st372/klIIb:8, 21 June 1784;
Constitues eos principes, st373/klIII:7, 24 June 1784;
Benedicta et venerabilis es, st374/klIIb:29, 28 June 1784;
Adjuvabit eam Deus, st375/klIIb:47, 7 July 1784
Dilexisti justitiam, st376/klIIb:23, 11 July 1784;
Speciosus forma, st377/klIIb:24, 24 July 1784;
Probasti Domine, st378/klIIb:39, 30 July 1784;
Felix es sacra, st379/klIIb:11, 11 Aug 1784;
Nimis honorati sunt, st380/klIII:16, 17 Aug 1784;
Benedicite Dominum, st381/klIIb:12, 24 Aug 1784;
Juravit Dominus, st382/klIIb:41, 4 Sept 1784;
Locus iste, st383/klIIb:25, 9 Sept 1784;
Timete Dominum, st385/klIII:14, 27 Oct 1784;
Dilectus meus, st386/klIIb:7, 12 Nov 1784;
Tollite portas, st387/klIIb:28, 19 Nov 1783;
Ave Maria, st388/klIIb:30, 26 Nov 1784, ed. C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1990)
Justus ut palma, st389/klIIb:45, 29 Nov 1784;
Tecum principium, st390/klIIa:6, 5 Dec 1784;
Benedictus qui venit, st391/klIIa:7, 7 Dec 1784;
Effuderunt sanguinem, st392/klIIa:12, 11 Dec 1784;
Tu es Petrus, st397/klIIb:9, 12 Feb 1785;
Beatus vir,st398/klIIb:43, 19 Feb 1785;
Laeta quies, st400/klIIb:17b, 30 March 1785;
Oculi omnium, st401/klIII:43, 14 April 1785;
Alleluia! Confitemini Domini, st402/klIIa:38, 1 May 1785;
Domine, quis habitabit, st403/klIIb:3, 8 May 1785
Ecce Virgo concipiet, st408/klIIb:6, 24 Nov 1785;
Ne timeas Maria, st409/klIII:1, 29 Nov 1785;
Beatus vir, qui suffert tenta, st410/klIIa:44, 1 Dec 1785;
Miraculorum patrator, st426/klIIb:18, 18 Dec 1786;
Emicat meridies, st437/klIIb:4, 4 Jan 1787;
Universi, qui te exspectant, st442/klIIa:1, 26 Aug 1787, ed. in KL;
Ex Sion species, st443/klIIa:2, 7 July 1787, ed. in KL;
Qui sedes, Domine, st444/klIIa:3, 1 Sept 1787, ed. in KL;
Prope est Dominus, st445/klIIa:4, 5 Sept 1787, ed. in KL
Adjutor in opportunitatibus, st446/klIIa:18, 9 Sept 1787;
Sciant gentes, st447; klIIa:19, 14 Sept 1787;
Tu es Deus, st448/klIIa:20, 20 Sept 1787;
Angelis suis, st451/klIIa:21, 27 Oct 1787, ed. in KL;
Anima nostra, st452/klIII:13, 12 Nov 1787, ed. O. Biba (Hilversum, 1973);
Tribulationes cordis mei, st453/klIIa:22, 23 Nov 1787, ed. in KL;
Deus in adjutorium, st454/klIV:1, SSA, org, 29 Nov 1787;
Libera me, st431, c1787;
Exsurge Domine, st479/klIIa:23, 20 Feb 1788, ed. in KL;
Laetatus sum, st480/klIIa:24, 26 Feb 1788, ed. in KL;
Eripe me, st481/klIIa:25, 1 March 1788, ed. in KL
Alleluia! Cognoverunt, st482/klIIa:31, 8 March 1788;
Alleluia! Redemptionem misit, st483/klIIa:32, 14 March 1788;
Alleluia! Dextera Domini, st484/klIIa:33, 26 March 1788;
Alleluia! Surrexit Christus, st485/klIIa:34, 11 April 1788;
Alleluia! Regnavit Dominus, st486/klIIa:35, 23 April 1788;
Ad Dominum, dum tribularer, st487/klIIa:46, 29 April 1788;
Jacta cogitatum tuum, st488/klIIa:47, 7 May 1788;
Propitius esto Domine, st489/klIIa:48, 17 May 1788;
Convertere Domine, st490/klIIa:50, 29 May 1788;
Domine, Dominus noster, st491/klIIa:53, 7 June 1788
Benedicam Dominum, st492/klIIa:56, 19 June 1788;
De produndis, st494/klIIa:67, 20 Nov 1788;
Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel, st495/klIIa:14, 29 Nov 1788;
Misit Dominus verbum suum, st496/klIIa:15, 10 Dec 1788;
Timebunt gentes, st497/klIIa:16, 20 Dec 1788;
Dominus regnavit, st498/klIIa:17, 29 Dec 1788;
Protector noster,st501/klIIa:49, 12 Feb 1789;
Venite filii, st502/klIIa:51, 1 March 1789;
Esto mihi in Deum, st503/klIIa:52, 19 March 1789;
Custodi me Domine, st504/klIIa:54, 4 April 1789;
In Deo speravit cor meum, st505/klIIa:55, 23 April 1789
Respice Domine, st506/klIIa:57, 12 May 1789;
Bonum est confidere, st509/klIIa:58, 2 Aug 1789;
Bonum est confiteri Domino, st510/klIIa:59, 22 Aug 1789;
Beata gens, st511/klIIa:60, 3 Sept 1789;
Laetatus sum, st519/klIIa:61, 14 Sept 1790;
Dirigatur oratio mea, st520/klIIa:62, 23 Sept 1790;
Domine refugium, st521/klIIa:64, 14 Oct 1790;
Ecce quam bonum, st522/klIIa:65, 21 Oct 1790;
Liberasti nos, st523/klIIa:66, 28 Oct 1790;
Paratum cor meum, st524/klIIa:63, 20 Nov 1790;
In omnem terram, st525/klIII:17, 14 Dec 1790
Gloria et honore, st526/klIIb:38, 25 Dec 1790;
Caro mea vere, st513/klIIb:44, c1790;
Post partum Virgo, st528/klIIb:26, 25 Jan 1791;
Ad te, Domine, st531/klIII:3, B, SATB, orch, 29 Feb 1792;
Antiphonarium romanum, st533/klIV:8, 27 May 1792;
Exaltabo te, st547/klIII:25, S, SATB, orch, 9 Aug 1793;
Vos estis, st554/klIIb:37, 28 May 1794;
Perfice gressus meos, st557/klIII:27, S, orch, 27 Aug 1794;
Laudibus mons, st556/klIIb:19, 30 Aug 1794;
Iam sol recedit igneus, st595/klV:17, SATB, org, 29 May 1795
Christus factus est, klIIa:28, Dextera Domini, klIII:11, Non autem, a, all 7 March 1796;
Communion, B  klIII:12, 7 March 1796;
Virgo prudentissima, st635/klV:23, 5 Aug 1796;
Gaude Virgo, st638/klV:22b, 24 Nov 1796;
Es amator, st640, T, B, orch, c1795–7;
Germinavit radix Jesse, st651/klV:22a, 27 Jan 1797;
Ecce ancilla Domini, st653/klIIb:5, 23 Feb 1797;
Sub tuum praesidium st654/klIIb:33, 24 Feb 1797;
Dominus firmamentum, st655/klIII:27, 4 April 1797;
Hodie scietis, st656/klIIa:5, 12 May 1797;
Tenuisti manum, st695/klIIa:27, 4 April 1798, ed. in KL
Alleluia! Confitemini quoniam, st696/klIIa:36, 17 April 1798, ed. H. Graf (Zürich, n.d.);
Laudate populi, st792/klIII:4, S, A, T, B, SATB, orch, 7 Dec 1800, ed. O. Biba (Wiesbaden, 1971);
Debitam morti, B , st793/klIII:20, S, A, T, B, SATB, orch, 29 Jan 1801;
Petite et accipietis, st798/klIIb:35, 8 Aug 1801;
Magnus Dominus, st799/klIII:23, 11 Aug 1801;
Alleluia! Confitebuntur, st810, 4 April 1802;
Domine Deus salutis, st827/klIII:22, S, A, T, B, SATB, orch, 23 Aug 1803, ed. F. Jöde (Wolfenbüttel, 1925);
Cantate Domino, A, st828/klIIb:36, 30 Aug 1803

Inc.:
stAppx., 2/klIII:36, klIIa:43, klIIb:27, 32, 40, klIII:40 and 42
Doubtful:
st96, st97, st101, st113,st131, st161, st248, klIII:15, st260, klIII:31, st261, st346, st348, st456, st670, klIIb:49, st688

Other latin sacred:
for S, A, T, B, SATB and orchestra unless otherwise stated

Alma Redemptoris mater: E , st270/klV:19b, B, orch, ?c1778; D, st637/klV:19a, SATB, orch, 16 Nov 1796; st92, 113, 163, 164, all doubtful
Ave regina: a, st140/klV:14a, 23 March 1770, ed. C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1987); G, st650/klV:14b, SATB, orch, 21 Jan 1797; st14, 127, 227, 457, all doubtful
Asperges me: B , st98, SATB, org, c1764–72, ed. C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1995); F, st572/klV:7a, F, st573/klV:7b, both SATB, org, ?1795
Completorium: C, st815/klIV:7a, 23 July 1802, ed. M.P. Eckhardt (Zürich, 1979); A, st114/klIV:7b, c1769, ? rev. as/of doubtful Vespers st58/klIV:4

Lits:
De venerabili sacramento, d, st66/klIV:14, 8 April 1764;
BVM, C, st120/klIV:17b, by c1764;
Lauretanae, C, st71/klIV:11, S, SATB, orch, by c1764;
Lauretanae, B , st74/88/klIV:9, S, S, S, A, SSSA, orch, 6 Dec 1765, rev. 1768;
De SS nominis Jesu, st110/klIV:10, 10 Dec 1768; BVM, C, st157/klIV:16, ?c1770–72;
Lauretanae, C, st212, by c1775;
De venerabili sacramento, st228/klIV:13, 26 March 1776; BVM, F, st282, c1779;
Della Madonna, st330/klIV:12, S, S, A, SSA, orch, 24 Dec 1782;
De venerabili sacramento, B , st532/klIV:15, 25 March 1792; BVM, A, st258, S, S, A, org;
st89, 156, both doubtful

Psalms:
Momento Domine David, st200/klIV:2a, 8 Dec 1774, S, S, orch;
A, C, E , st304/klIV:1, SSA, orch, 20 Nov 1781;
D, D, B , G, st809/klIV:3, 27 Jan 1802; st102, doubtful

Regina caeli:
C, st22, SATB, orch, by c1764, frag.;
E , st93/klV:15d, S, B, orch, by c1764;
C, st80/klV:15a, 15 May 1766;
B , st191, S, S, SSATB, orch, by c1774;
st94, 263, 264, all doubtful

Responsoria:
In festo SS corporis Christi, st213/klV:11, SATB, org, ?c1775;
In coena Domini, st276/klV:9a, In parasceve, st277/klV:9b, In sabbato sancto, st278/klV:9c, all SATB, org, 4 April 1778;
In festo resurrectionis Domini, st669/klV:9d, SATB, orch, c1795–8;
Ad matutinum in nativitate Domini, st639/klV:9e, SATB, orch, 9 Dec 1796

Salve regina:
C, st29/klV:13b1, SATB, orch, 11 Aug 1760;
D, st30/klV:13b2, S, SATB, orch, 12 Aug 1760;
b, st32/klV:13b4, SATB, orch, 16 Aug 1760;
B , st31/klV:13b3, SATB, orch, 17 Aug 1760;
D, st33/klV:13b5, B, SATB, orch, 11 Sept 1760;
C, st34/klV:13b6, SATB, orch, 13 Sept 1760;
B , st90, B, SATB, orch, by c1764;
B , st283/klV:13[a]a, ?c1779;
A, st634/klV:13[a]d, SATB, orch, 1 Aug 1796, ed. T.C. Pumberger (Stuttgart, 1994);
st19, 20, 21, 91, 129, 231, 347, all doubtful

Stella caeli:
F, st306/klV:18[2]a, SSA, org, 27 Nov 1781;
F, st394/klV:18, SATB, orch, c1783–4;
F, st830/klV:18b, SATB, org, 28 Sept 1803

Tantum ergo:
d, st130/klV:12d, SATB, org, ?c1768–70;
C, st249, S, A, SATB, orch, by c1777;
C, st404/klV:12e, SATB, orch, 10 May 1785;
C, st460/klV:12i, SATB, orch, ?c1786–8;
C, st772/klV:12a, SATB, orch, 20 March 1799;
e, st773/klV:12b, SATB, orch, 25 March 1799;
st265, 396, both doubtful

TeDeum:
C, st28/klV:1, SATB, orch, 1 April 1760;
C, st145/klV:2, 9 Dec 1770, ed. R. Pauly (New Haven, CT, 1961);
C, st415/klV:6, 30 Jan 1786, ed. H. Graf (Zürich, n.d.);
D, st800/klV:4, 21 Aug 1801, ed. L. Dité (Vienna, 1946);
D. st829/klV:5, 20 Sept 1803, ed. C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1990)

Tenebrae:
a, st125, SATB, org, ?c1768–70;
E , st162/klV:8c, SATB, orch, by c1780, ed. T.D. Thomas (New York, 1962);
B , st305/klV:8a, SSA, org, 24 Nov 1781;
a, st824/klV:8b, SATB, orch, 25 June 1803

Vespers:
F, st294/klIV:1a, SSA, 3vv, orch, 22 Dec 1780;
De Dominica, st321/klIV:6, 22 July 1782, ed. T.C. Pumberger (Stuttgart, 1994);
Pro festo SS Innocentium, st548/klIV:5, S, S, A, SSA, 8 Dec 1793, ed. H. Graf (Zürich, 1971);
st58, 214, both doubtful

Other works:
Ave maris stella, G, st49, SATB, orch, by c1764;
Vidi aquam, e, st99, SATB, org, c1764–72, ed. C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1995);
Pange lingua, C, st395/klV:12c, ?c1783–5

Other german sacred works:
for S, A, T, B, SATB and orchestra unless otherwise stated

O glorreiche Himmelssonne, st168, S, orch, ?c1770–72;
Grosse Frau, wir rufen Dich, st169, S, orch, ?c1770–72;
Erhebet euch ihr Augenlider, st167, S, S, orch, ?c1770–72;
Dank dem Geber, Dank!, st178, S, S, S, B, SATB, ?c1770–72;
Kommt her, ihr Menschen, st180, S, orch, 13 Jan 1772;
Leget alle Trauer nieder, st203, S, S, orch, ?c1773–5;
Sehet den Reichtum, st194, SATB, orch, c1774;
Mutter der Gnaden, st195, S, A, orch, c1774, related to st84;
Ein träger Berg, st196, S, A, orch, c1774;
Deutsche Lauda Sion, SATB, orch, c1775, related to st215
Gibt acht ihr Hirten, SATB, orch, c1775, ed. A. Kircher (Vienna, 1995);
Lauft ihr Hirten allzugleich,st217, S, SATB, orch, c1775, ed. R. Ewerhart (Laaber, 1985);
Stimmet ihr Männer, SATB, orch, So wie der Hirsch läuft, both ?c1775, related to Cantate Domino st142/klIII:44;
Auf! Ihr Christen, st267/klVI:20, SATB, orch, c1775–8;
Gerechter Herr, st219, B, orch, ?c1776;
Aria funebris, st303, c 14 Nov 1781;
Dich grüssen wir, st301/300, S, SATB, orch, c1781, related to st300;
Bei Jubel und wünchenden Tönen,st295, A, T, B, SATB, orch, ?c1781;
Erhebet euch, Christen, st368/klVI:9, SATB, orch, 29 May 1784
Weint auch ihr, st371, S, S, orch, 17 June 1784;
Heiligste Nacht, st427/429/klVI:28a, SA, orch, 20 Dec 1786, ed. O. Biba (Altötting, 1974);
Heiligste Nacht, st428/430/klVI:28b, SA, orch, 20 Dec 1786, ed. O. Biba (Altötting, 1974);
Deutsches Dixit et Magnificat, st517/klVI:23d, b, S, S, SS, orch, 24 Aug 1790;
Ewiges Wesen, st542, S, A, orch, ? 28 Feb 1793, related to st107;
Am Kirchenweifest, st543, SATB, orch, 25 June 1793;
Wir betten an, SSB, c1793, related to st73 and 539;
Mutter des Lebens, st555/klVI:21, S/T, orch, 25 July 1794
Deutsches Miserere, F,st592/811/klVI:18, S, S, SS, org, 25 March 1795, rev. 12 April 1802;
Deutsches Tenebrae, E , st610, SATB, org, ? 11 Nov 1795, lost, listed in catalogue of St Peter’s abbey (1822), related to st162;
Wenn ich, o Schöpfer, st567, S, S, orch, ?c1795;
Aus Davids Psalmen und biblischen Gesänge, st575, SATB, org, ?c1795;
Zu Dir ruft, st576, SS, orch, ?c1795;
Deutsches Magnificat, F, st673/klVI:23, S, S, SS, orch, ?c1795–8, related to orat st323;
Segenlied, B , st680, SSB, org, c1795–8, related to Ger. Mass st602
Auf die Auferstehung, st684, SSA, orch, ?c1795–8;
Deutsche Fastenvesper, G, st674, SS, org, ?c1795–8;
Deutscher Segenlied, C, st678, SSB, orch, ?c1795–8;
Deutscher Segenlied, C, st679, SSB, orch, ?c1795–8;
Deutsches Alma Redemptoris mater, G, st676, SSB, orch, ?c1795–8;
Deutsches Ave maris stella, G, st677, S, S, orch, ?c1795–8;
Deutsches Salve regina, B , st675, SSB, orch, ?c1795–8;
Deutsches Te Deum, C, st672, SAB, orch, ?c1795–8;
Gekrönte Himmelskönigin, st687, SSB, orch, ?c1795–8;
Komm, heiliger Geist, st685, SSB, orch, ?c1795–8
Lobegesang de venerabili sacramento, C, st681/klVI:8a, S, S, SS, orch, ?1795–8;
Stern auf diesem Lebensmeere, st686, SSB, orch, ?c1795–8;
Wer nur den lieben Gott, st682/klVI:26, S, S, orch, ?c1795–8;
Wie lieblich ist doch, Herr, st683, SS, org, ?c1795–8;
Dankesempfindung, st630, SATB, org, 23 March 1796;
Grabet mit fleissigen Händen, st636/klVI:22, TTBB, orch, 30 Oct 1796;
Segenlied, D, st643/klVI:24d, SSSB, orch, 1797;
Deutsches Regina caeli, F, st694/klVI:25, S, S, SS, orch, 30 March 1798;
Deutsches Te Deum, C, st836/klVI:19, SATB, orch, 5 June 1805

Doubtful:
st131, 166, 170, 514, 680

Oratorios:
Oratorium de Passione Domini nostri Jesu Christi, st202, ?c1773–5
Figura: Canticum in tono peregrino (orat), st323, 24 Aug 1782

Vocal secular:

Dramatic:
Rebekka als Braut (Spl, after P.F. Reichssiegel: Eliezer), st76, 10 April 1766, intrada ed. in DM, no.144 (1968)
Der Traum (pantomime, 2, sequel to Reichssiegel: Pietas in hostem), st84, 7 Feb 1767
Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, pt ii (sacred drama, I.A. Weiser), st85, before 12 March 1767, lost, pt i by W.A. Mozart, pt iii by A.C. Adlgasser
Der Kampf der Busse und Bekehrung, pt ii (orat), st106, 21 Feb 1768
Die Hochzeit auf der Alm (dramatisches Schäfergedicht, 2, sequel to Reichssiegel: Pietas conjugalis in Sigismundo et Maria), st107/218, 6 May 1768, rev. c1776
Kaiser Constantin I. Feldzug und Sieg, pt iii (orat), st117, 20 Feb 1769, pt i by Adlgasser, pt ii by J.G. Scheicher
Die Wahrheit der Natur (Spl, sequel to Reichssiegel: Pietas in impium),st118, 7 July 1769
Der reumütige Petrus (orat, Reichssiegel), st138, 11 March 1770, part of Drey Beispiele wahrhafter Busse, incl. Adlgasser: Die gereinigte Magdalena, and J. Krinner: Der veränderte Joseph von Arimathia
? Ballo, st141, 15/16 July 1770
Der büssende Sünder (orat), st147, 15 Feb 1771, Introduzione ed. in DM, no.145 (1968);
pt ii of Die menschliche Wanderschaft (Schachtner), incl. Adlgasser: Der laue Christ (pt i), and Krinner: Der sterbende Fromme (pt iii)
Hermann, ein Beyspiel der Liebe zum Vaterlande (tragedy, trans. of Reichssiegel: Pietas in patriam), st148, 1773
Der Schulmeister (Spl, F. Angerer), st204, ?c1773–5
Titus, der standhafte Christ (tragedy, trans. of Reichssiegel: Pietas christiana), before 31 Aug 1774, music lost
Der Bassgeiger zu Wörgl (Spl), st205, c1775–7
Zaïre (incid music, Voltaire), st255/p13, 29 Sept 1777, ed. in DM, no.577 (1981)
Abels Tod (Spl, F.G. Klopstock, after J.S. Patzke), st271, c1778
Der englische Patriot (Spl), st285, c1779
Andromeda e Perseo (os, G.B. Varesco), st438, 14 March 1787, sinfonia (p25) ed. in DM, no.185 (1968)
Die Ährenleserin (Spl, C.F. Weisse), st493, 2 July 1788

Other vocal works with instruments:
for 4 solo voices, SATB and orchestra unless otherwise stated

Attale et Erimene (cant.), st11, A, T, B, SATB, orch, c1754–7, frag.;
Ah ingrato m’inganni nel darmi speranza (aria), st70, 16 Dec 1764, lost, listed in Lang (c1804);
Ninfe in belli (cant.), st73, S, T, SATB, orch, 15 Jan 1765;
Quid video superiale (applausus), st144, T, B, SATB, orch, 14 Nov 1770, sinfonia ed. in DM, no.138 (1968);
Der gute Hirt (cant.), st181, 3 S, SATB, orch, 4 April 1772;
Endimione (serenata),st186, 4 S, SATB, orch, c1773;
Ein träger Berg (lied), st196, S, A, orch, 1774;
An somnio? Anne vigilio? (applicatio), st279, 7 June 1778;
Amor subditorum (applausus), st289, 19 July 1780;
Lied der Recruten, st296, T, B, TB, orch, c1781;
Liedchen für den Feldwebel, st297, T, orch, ?c1781
Morgenlied der Bauern, st298, A, B, orch, ?c1781;
Auch die sprödeste der Schönen (lied), st462, S, S, kbd, before 1784, also attrib. J. Haydn (h XXVIa:18) (Vienna, 1784, attrib. J. Haydn);
Die Jubelfeyer, st449, 30 Sept 1787;
Schäffer-Kantate, st455, 28 Dec 1787;
Der deutsche Kaiser Joseph lebe gesund, st512, SATB, orch, 19 Oct 1798;
Der fröhliche Wiederschein (applausus), st527, SATB, orch, 1791;
Hochzeitslied, st607, S, S, STB, orch, 7 Sept 1795, also in applicatio st279;
Patritius, Gelegenheits-Cantate, st668, S, B, SATB, orch, 26 Sept 1797;
Frohlocke Helfenburg hoch! An Ferdinand Churfürst zu Salzburg, st821, 1 March 1803, lost, listed in Rettensteiner (1814);
Der Christ auf Golgotha,st831/klVI:15, 15 March 1804

Partsongs for male voices:
most for 4 solo male voices; many also in versions for solo voice and keyboard

Feuer zu werden, st450, ? c30 Sept 1787, related to Die Jubelfeyer st449;
Mit frommen Eifer,st539/538, ?c1793, related to cant. st73;
Was ists dass ich mich quäle? st540/541, ?c1793;
Commercelied,st558/822, 1 Sept 1794, rev. 21 April 1803;
Hymne an Gott, st588, 7 Jan 1795;
Trinklied im Winter, st590, 31 Jan 1795;
Verwandlungen,st591, 5 Feb 1795;
Ständchen, st593/594, ? c18 April 1795;
Einweihung, st597/606, 23 July 1795;
Auf den Tod des Herrn Schachtners, st598, 24 July 1795;
An Ignatia, st599/566, 28 July 1795;
An unsern Garten, st604/605, 2 Sept 1795;
Lied der Freiheit, st608/609, 6 Nov 1795;
Das Liedchen von der Ruh,st579/587, Glückwunsch, st578, Tischlied, st585/626, all 1795;
Die Unschuld, st580, Der frühe Bund, st, both ?1795;
Die alten und heutigen Sitten, st564/563, c1795
Abendempfindung, st728, An die Sonne, st730, Der Arme, st731/732, Die Biene, st733, Der Bund, st734, Dankt dem Herrn, st735, Eintracht, st737, Freundschaft! Wie heilig, st74, Grabe, Spaden!, st743, Herbstlied, st744, Jugendglück, st748, Das Kammerfenster, st749 (formerly attrib. W.A. Mozart, k441c/C9.04, as Liebes Mädchen), Lebensweisheit, st752, Ein Lied von der Behutsamkeit, st753, Ein Lied von der Geduld, st755, Ein Lied zur Prüfung, st754, Meine Grille, st756, Der Morgen im Lenz, st758, Pein der Liebe, st761, Die Rose, st762, Scherzend unter Necktar-Küssen, st764, Der Tanzbär, st767, Der Wechsel, st770, all ?c1795–9
Das Gebet, st627, 12 Feb 1796;
Sagt, wo sind die Veichen hin, st632/631, 23 July 1796;
An Decini, st613, Ehrenlied, st624, Freundschaftslied,st615/616, Frühlingslied, st620/621, Meiner Freunde Gesinnungen, st614, Trinklied, st622/623, Schon grünen die Hecker, st633, all 1796; Sehnsucht nach Liebe, st648, Türkisches Kriegslied, st649/664, both 3 Jan 1797;
Monsieur Hans, st657/658, 7 June 1797;
Lied im Grünen, st659/660, 24 June 1797;
Trinklied, st661/662, 11 July 1797;
Friedenslied, st644/647, Rundgesang für eine Gesellschaft Studierender, st645, both 1797;
Rundgesang, st646, ?1797
Der Obersulzer Wein, st697, 16 June 1798;
Die Schweitzer, st692, 1798;
Der Invalid an seinen Fleischtopf, st774, An alle Deutsche, st775, both 10 June 1799;
Zu ihr! zu ihr! st776, 11 June 1799;
Ständchen,st777–9, 23 June 1799;
Bierlied, st780, 7 July 1799;
Von ihr!, st781, 26 Oct 1799;
Das Landleben, st782, 24 Nov 1799;
Abendlied, st784, 20 Jan 1800;
Der Sänger, st785/786, 11 April 1800;
Rundgesang beim Abschied eines Biedermannes, st787, 5 June 1800;
Josephe, st788/789, 25 June 1800;
Trinklied im Freien,st790, 8 Sept 1800;
Die Seligkeit der Liebe, st783, 1800
Nach dem Abzuge der Franzosen, st795/647, 1 March 1801;
Freut euch des Lebens, st816, 28 Oct 1802;
Auf den Tod eines Hündchens, st812/813, 18 April 1802;
Der couragierte Schneidergesell, st807, Sauf, Du alter Gassenschlängel,st808, both ?1802;
Der Invalid an sein Holzbein, st817, 4 Jan 1803;
Der verlassene Mutter am Strome,st818/819, 8 Jan 1803;
An den Hain zu Aigen, st832, 16 April 1804, ed. H. Graf (Zürich, 1959), V. Korda (Vienna, 1961);
Sehnsucht nach dem Landleben, st833, 25 Nov 1804;
An den Herrn von Moll, st834/835, 4 Feb 1805;
arrs. of folksongs and works by others

Doubtful:
st537, 565, 727, 736, 738, 739, 741, 742, 745, 746, 747, 750, 751, 757, 759, 760, 763, 765, 766, 768, 769, Appx, 6

Canons:
for 4 unaccompanied voices unless otherwise stated

Mailied, st589, 31 Jan 1795;
Es packe Dich, st577, 5vv, c1795, formerly attrib. W.A. Mozart (kAnh.10.14);
Einladung in unsern Garten/Vom Glück sei alles, st581/619, c1795, rev. c1796;
Glück fehl Dir/Frater Caspar Decini!st582/583, ?c1795;
Wohlsein, Freunde/Frater Fulgens,st584, 5vv, ?c1795;
Adam hat sieben Söhn’, st699, ?c1795–9;
Allegremente tutti, st232, 3vv, ?c1795–9;
Der arme Sünder, st700, ?c1795–9, formerly attrib. Mozart (kAnh.C10.13);
Canoni voi volite, 3vv, st234, ?c1795–9;
Che viver vuoi contento, st235, Cominicio solo, st236, both 3vv, ?c1795–9;
Ehr’ sei dem Vater, 5vv, st704, ?c1795–9;
Ich und Du, st708, Die Mässigkeit, st709, both ?c1795–9;
Mein Dämä, mein Fingä, mein Ellebog’n, st710, ?c1795–9
Perchè vezzosi rai, st242, Per ti, mio ben, st243, Questi son canoni, st244, Se tu mi vuoi, st246, all 3vv, ?c1795–9;
Sintemal und all’ die Weilen, st641, ?c1795–9;
Tausch an, mein lieba Schiffmann, st718, 5vv, ?c1795–9;
Tre dolci e cari nomi, st247, 3vv, ?c1795–9;
Vinum latificat cor hominis, st721, ?c1795–9;
Vorgetan und nachgedacht, st722, Wer nicht liebt Wien, st725, both 5vv, ?c1795–9;
Wer reines Herzens ist, st726, ?c1795–9;
Es lebe Taddeo, st617, Die Gans bebrüht das Gänschen, st612, Herzige Nani!st618, all 1796;
Ecce quam bonum, st698a/814, 8vv, 16 Oct 1798, orig. lost, rev. 1 July 1802;
Elle avoit une beauté, st803/804, ?c1801–2, 2 versions;
Le vin blanc, st805, ?c1802–2

Doubtful:
st206, 233, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 245, 701, 702, 703, 705, 706, 707, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 719, 720, 723, 724, 804

Instrumental:

Symphonies
for 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 bassoons and strings unless otherwise stated

C, st23/p35, 2 ob, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str, c1757–64, ed. C.H. Sherman (Vienna, 1975);
G, st25, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, c1757–64, ed. C.H. Sherman (Vienna, 1975);
G, st26, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, c1757–64, ed. in DM, no.564 (1981);
D, st50/p36, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, c1757–64;
F, st51/p45, c1757–64;
G, st108/p7, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, c1757–64, related to Spl Die Hochzeit auf der Alm st107/218;
D, st132/p37, fl, 2 ob, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, 2 solo vn, str, c1757–64;
B ,st133/p52, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, c1757–64, 2nd movt = Andantino st175/p136, 4th movt uncatalogued;
E , ‘Partitta 5ta’, st35/p1, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, 20 Nov 1760
C, st37/p2, 2 ob, 2 hn, 2 tpt, str, 16 Feb 1761;
B , ‘La confidenza’, st62/p51, 7 Dec 1763, ed. in DM, no.353 (1976) and S;
A, st63/p3, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, 29 Dec 1763, ed. in DM, no.345 (1989);
C, st64/p4, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, 14 Jan 1764, ed. in DM, no.346 (1977);
E, st65/p5, fl, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, 25 Jan 1764, ed. in DM, no.347 (1989);
D, st69/p38, fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str, c1764–72;
B , st82/p9, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, 27 Sept 1766, with 2 different finales, one later rev. J. Haydn in h I:59, the other paired by M. Haydn with movt st184, 15 June 1772
D, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, c 10 Aug 1767, related to Serenata, orch,st86;
F, p46, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, c 7 July 1769, related to Spl Die Wahrheit der Natur, st118;
G, st173a, ?winds, str, ?c1770–72, ? arr. of otherwise unknown sym.;
D, st150/p41+84, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, c 1 Aug 1771, ed. in DM, no.365 (1986), partially based on music for tragedy Hermann st148;
E, st151/p44, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 hn, 2 hn, str, c 1 Aug 1771, ed. in S, partially based on music for tragedy Hermann st148;
A, st152/p6, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, c 1 Aug 1771, based on music for tragedy Hermann st148 and ?Ballo st141, ed. in DM, no.974 (1990)
C, st188/p10, 2 ob, 2 eng hn, 2 piffari, 3 hn, tam, str, 23 Aug 1773, ed. in DM, no.314 (1969);
D, st198/p11, fl, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, 17 April 1774, ed. in DM, no.317 (1973);
C, st252/p12, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, 2 March 1777, ed. in S;
D, st272/p42, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, before 1772, ed. in DM, no.20 (1962);
F, st284/p14, 22 Aug 1779, ed. in DM, no.348 (1996);
D, st287/p43, before 1781, ed. in S, formerly attrib. W.A. Mozart (k291/Anh.A52);
A, st302/p15, 2 fl, 2 ob, post hn, 2 hn, str, 19 July 1781;
G, st334/p16, fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str, 23 May 1783, ed. in DM, no.341 (1971), formerly attrib. Mozart (k444/Anh.A53)
E , st340/p17, 14 Aug 1783, ed. in DM, no.342 (1972) and P;
B , st358/p18, 12 March 1784 (Vienna, 1785), ed. in DM, no.350 (1987);
C, st384/p19, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str, 28 Sept 1784 (Vienna, 1785), ed. in DM, no.351 (1988);
d, st393/p20, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str, 30 Dec 1784 (Vienna, 1785), ed. J. Vécsey (Budapest, 1960);
D, st399/p21, 10 March 1785, ed. in P;
F, st405/p22, 2 ob, eng hn, 2 bn, 2 hn, vn solo, str, 30 May 1785, ed. in DM, no.343 (1981);
D, st420/p23, fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str, 30 May 1786, ed. in DM, no.318 (1972);
B , st425/p24, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str, 28 Sept 1786, ed. H. Graf (Zürich, 1965)
E , st473/p26, 2 Jan 1788, ed. in DM, no.319 (1970);
G, st474/p27, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str, 13 Jan 1788, ed. in DM, no.320 (1969);
B , st475/p28, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str, 22 Jan 1788, ed. in DM, no.321 (1969);
D, st476/p29, fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str, 30 Jan 1788, ed. in DM, no.322 (1969);
F, st477/p30, 10 Feb 1788, ed. in DM, no.352 (1988);
C, st478/p31, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str, 19 Feb 1788, ed. in DM, no.143 (1966) and P;
F, st507/p32, 15 July 1789, ed. in DM, no.356 (1991) and S;
A, st508/p33, 26 July 1789, ed. in DM, no.184 (1968)

Inc.:
st133;
st251;
p8, ed. in DM, no.183 (1968);
p25;
p47

Doubtful:
st24, stAppx, 7, and h I:C19, d3, F16, G4 and B16, attrib. M. Haydn or only ‘Haydn’;
over 25 others, each attrib. both to M. Haydn or only ‘Haydn’ and to another comp., attrib. incl. p39 (? by J.B. Vanhal), p40 and 48 (? by F.X. Pokorny),p50 (? by G.C. Wagenseil)

Other orchestral:
Serenades (Finalmusik):
st60/61/p34, solo trbn, solo tpt, orch, ? Aug 1763, frag., probably orig. 2 trbn conc. movts, tpt conc. movts and an existing sym., movts ed. in DM, nos.344, 373 (1974);
D, st68/p38/58, solo tpt, solo trbn, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 hn, 2 bn, 2 tpt, str, 4 Aug 1764, ed. L. Kalmár (Budapest, 1965);
B , st133/104/p52, solo tpt, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, c1764–72;
Serenata, D, st86/p87, solo fl, hn, trbn, vn and vc, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, str, 10 Aug 1767, ed. W. Rainer (Bad Reichenhall, 1987), incl. movts from Sym., D, Aug 1767;
Casatio, D,st171/p89, 2 ob, 2 hn, 2 tpt, [timp,] str, c1771–85;
Serenata, D, st407/p85, fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str, 9 Sept 1785, ed. G. Darvas (Budapest, 1966);
p86 and 87, spurious, by F.X. Pokorny

Marches:
D, st211, 2 ob, 2 tpt, str, c1771–85;
D, st220/p68, 2 ob, 2 hn, 4 tpt, timp, str, ?1776;
D, st339/p63, 2 ob, 2 hn, 2 tpt, str, 3 Aug 1783;
D, st439/p60, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, str, 28 May 1787;
C, st440/p61, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, str, 17 June 1787;
D, st441/p62, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, str, 7 July 1787, ed. in DM, no.557 (1971);
D,st432, 2 ob, bn, 2 hn, str, ?c1787;
D, st515/p64, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, 12 June 1790, ed. in DM, no.557 (1971);
Marcia tuchesca, C, st601/p65, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, tambourine, 6 Aug 1795, ed. in P;
National-Marsch, C, st569/p67, ?c1795, lost kbd arr. in Sammlung historische Märsche (Vienna, 1897);
C, st823/p66, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str, 22 April 1803;
st67/p56, st320, st421/p59, all inc.

Minuets:
[7] Menuetti, st210, vn, b, c1764–72;
[6] Menuetti, fl, 2 ob, 2 hn, 2 vn, b, c1764–72, formerly attrib. W.A. Mozart (k104/61e);
[12] Menuetti, st135/p79, fl, 2 ob, piffaro, bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, 2 vn, b, before c1771, nos.1 and 3 = nos.1 and 2 of the preceding;
[6] Menuetti, piffaro, post hn, 2 ob, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, tambourine, 2 vn, b, before c1771;
[6] Menuetti, 2 ob, 2 hn, 2 vn, b, before c1771, formerly attrib. Mozart (kAnh.C13.03);
[6] Menuetti, fl, 2 hn, 2 vn, b, before c1771;
[12] Menuetti, st136, fl, 2 ob, bn, 2 hn, 2 vn, b, before c1771;
[12] Menuetti, st197, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, bn, 2 hn, 2 vn, b, 1774
[12] Menuetti, st193/p81, fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 vn, b, 1775;
[6] Menuetti, st137, fl, 2 ob, bn, 2 hn, 2 vn, b, 1776;
[12] Menuetti, st250, fl, 2 ob, bn, 2 hn, 2 vn, b, 1777;
[12] Menuetti, st274/p80, 2 ob, bn, 2 hn, 2 vn, b, 1778;
[6] Menuetti, st333/p69, fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 vn, b, 1783;
[6] Menuetti, st354/p70, fl, 2 ob, bn, 2 hn, 2 vn, b, 1784, ed. in DM, no.806 (1987);
[6] Menuetti, st413, 2 ob, bn, 2 hn, 2 vn, b, 1785; [6] Menuetti, st414/p71, fl, 2 ob, cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, post hn, 2 vn, b, 19 Jan 1786;
[6] Menuettini tedeschi, st416/p72, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, tambourine, 2 vn, b, 12 Feb 1786, ed. in DM, no.1137 (1989), nos.3–6 incorrectly ordered
[6] Menuetti, st423/p73, fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, 2 vn, va, b, 20 Aug 1786;
[6] Menuettini tedeschi, st424/p74, fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 2 vn, b, 22 Aug 1786;
[6] Menuettini tedeschi, fl, 2 ob, bn, 2 hn, 2 vn, b, ?c Feb 1786;
[6] Menuetti, st499/p75, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, timp, 2 vn, b, 15 Jan 1789;
[6] Menuetti tedeschi, st417/p76, 17 Jan 1789;
[12] Menuetti, st550/p77, 16 Jan 1794;
[12] Menuetti, st693/p78, fl, 2 ob, cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, 2 vn, b, 28 Jan 1798

Other works:
Pastorello, st83/p91, 4 tpt, timp, str, org, 23 Dec 1766, ed. G. Schünemann (Leipzig, 1940);
Inglese, st529/p83, 2 ob, 2 hn, 2 bn, 2 tpt, timp, str, 7 March 1791;
Notturno, st153, incl. movts from music to stage works st141, 148, doubtful

Concs. (only solo insts listed):
Vn, B , st36/p53, 20 Dec 1760, ed. in DM, no.3 (1960);
Vn, G, st52, c1757–64, 2nd movt rev. with tpt solo in Serenade st60/61/p34;
Org/hpd, va, C, st41/p55, 19 Dec ?1761, ed. in DM, no.182 (1970);
Fl, D, st81/p54, 19 Sept 1766, ed. J. Vécsey (Budapest, 1957);
Fl, D, st105/p56, c1771–85, ed. H.C.R. Landon (Salzburg, 1959);
Hpd, F, st268/p57, c1775–8, frag.; Vn, A, st207, ?c1776, ed. in DM, no.194 (1968)

Chamber:
many works entitled ‘divertimento’

Str qnts (all for 2 vn, 2 va, b):
Notturno, C, st187/p108, 17 Feb 1773, ed. H. Albrecht (Lippstadt, 1950);
Notturno, G, st189/p109, 1 Dec 1773, ed. H. Albrecht (Leipzig, 1950);
B , st412/p105, c1782–8, ed. in P;
F, st367/p110, 27 May 1784, ed. in Denkmäler der Musik in Salzburg, vii (Bad Reichenhall, 1991);
F, st411/421/p112/59, 30 June 1786, ed. H. Albrecht (Lippstadt, 1950);
p114, doubtful, also attrib. J. Haydn (h II:G1);
p113, spurious, by J. Haydn (h II:9)

Str qts (2 vn, va, b):
B , st316/p125, ?c1780–82, ed. in DM, no.667 (1980);
D, st319/p93, 27 May 1781, ed. W. Upmeyer (Hanover, 1927);
A, st299/p121, ?c1781, ed. in DM, no.666 (1980);
st174, 175, both inc.;
st172/p104 doubtful;
st308/p124, st309/p118,st310/p122, st311/p120, st312/p119, all ed. in DM, nos.331–5 (1971–2), doubtful;
st313/p116, ed. in DM, no.595 (1972), doubtful;
st314, doubtful; st209/p123 (attrib. J. Haydn and G. Pugnani), st315 (attrib. J. Hafeneder), both probably spurious

Str trios (for 2 vn, b, unless otherwise stated):
D, st5/p101, G, st6/p103, E, st7, A, st8, Variazione, E , st9, B , st10, all ?c1754–7, ed. C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1987);
C, st27, ?c1764–70, vn, vc, b, ed. C.H. Sherman (Stuttgart, 1978);
p102, doubtful

4 duos, vn, va, C, D, E, F, st335–8/p127–30, 1783 (Vienna, 1788), ed. C.H. Sherman (Bellingham, WA, 1985) set completed by W.A. Mozart, k423, 424

Other chbr:
Partita, F, st59/p107, 2 cl, 2 hn, bn, 22 Dec 1762, lost, listed in Lang (c1804);
Divertimento, C, st179/p98, fl, va, b, before 1772;
Notturno, F, st185/p106, 2 hn, 2 vn, va, b, 21 Dec 1772, ed. in DM, no.26 (1963);
Divertimento, B , st199/p92, ob, bn, vn, va, b, 18 Sept 1774, ed in DM, no.24 (1962);
Divertimento, G, st406/p94, fl, bn, hn, bn, va, 17 June 1785, ed. in DM, no.25 (1962);
Divertimento, D, st418/p95, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 9 March 1786, ed. in DM, no.312 (1969);
Divertimento, E , st516/p111, cl, bn, hn, vn, va, 4 July 1790;
Divertimento, G, st518/p96, ob, bn, 2 hn, va, b, 4 Sept 1790, ed. in DM, no.275 (1969);
Divertimento, C, st600/p115, eng hn, vn, va, b, ? 3 Aug 1795/8 June 1790;
Divertimento, C, stAppx, 8/p97, 4 hn, bn, Sonata, stAppx, 9/p126, 2 vn, org, both lost, listed in Lang (1804);
Romanze, F, st806, hn, str, ?c1802 (Vienna, n.d.), arr., attrib. Haydn, of Larghetto from W.A. Mozart’s Hn Conc. k447; st54, 55, st208/p90, st173, 463, 464, all doubtful;
p117, spurious, probably by J.B. Davaux

Literatura:

Partiturundament A-Sca, MS, Ssp, ed. M. Bischofreiter (Salzburg, 1833)
50 kleine Orgelstücke zu nützlichen Übung für angehende Orgelspieler, bestehend aus Praeludien, Versetten und Cadenzen (MS, D-Mbs); edns (Linz, c1830), (Paris, c1960)

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NENNA, Pomponio (1556-1608) - Il Primo Libro de’ Madrigali à 4 voci, Napoli, 1613

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Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (Haarlem, 1562 - Haarlem, 11 de novembre de 1638) va ser un pintor holandès, un dels més importants de la seva generació i precursor de l'art de Frans Hals. Membre de l'escola Manerista d'Haarlem, es va orientar vers el retrat, la mitologia i la religió, d'entrada amb obres de gran format per anar-les reduint amb el temps. Va viure a Haarlem si bé el 1568, i durant el setge espanyol de la Guerra dels Vuitanta Anys, va quedar sota la tutela del seu mestre Pieter Pietersz el Vell. Va viatjar a França i Bèlgica on es va convertir en un pintor àmpliament reputat, rebent encàrrecs de nobles i membres de la cort. Va tornar a Haarlem on va seguir exercint com a pintor i on va assolir notable fama. Juntament amb altres pintors destacats, va formar l'Acadèmia de Haarlem coneguda amb el nom dels "Manieristes d'Haarlem". Va treballar com a professor tenint com a alumnes, entre altres, a Cornelis Claesz Heda, germà de Willem Claeszoon Heda. Va morir a Haarlem el novembre de 1638.




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Pomponio Nenna (Bari, bap. 13 de juny de 1556 - Rome?, 25 de juliol de 1608) va ser un compositor italià. Fill de Giovanni Battista Nenna (1508-c.1565), un oficial de la ciutat de Bari, es desconeix la seva formació inicial tot i que es creu que va rebre classes de Stefano Felis, de Giovanni Jacopo de Antiquis, de Giovanni de Marinis i de Rocco Rodio. Va treballar activament a Itàlia com a mestre de madrigals inspirant-se o potser compartint feina amb Carlo Gesualdo. Va viure entre Nàpols i Roma, ciutat aquesta darrera on probablement va morir el juliol de 1608.

OBRA:

Vocal secular:

Il primo libro de [20] madrigali, 5vv (Venice, 1582); ed. in PIISM, Monumenti, ii (1942)
Il quarto libro de [20] madrigali, 5vv (Venice, 2/1609) [1st edn. lost]; ed. in PIISM, Monumenti, ii (1942)
Il quinto libro de’ [20] madrigali, 5vv (Naples, 1603), ed. in Girolamo Frescobaldi Opere Complete, v (Milan, 1996), 102
Il sesto libro de [19] madrigali, 5vv (Naples, 1607) [incl. 2 villanellas]
Il settimo libro de [20] madrigali, 5vv (Naples, 1608)
Il primo libro de [21] madrigali, 4vv (Naples, 1613, inc., repr. 1621 with bc) ed. in Pompilio [incl. 2 previously pubd in Alessandro di Costanzo: Il primo libro de’ madrigali, 4vv, Naples, 1604, 2/1616]
L’ottavo libro de [14] madrigali, 5vv, ed. F. Archilei (Rome, 1618)
Madrigal, 6vv, 1585;
Madrigal, 5vv, S. Felis: Il primo libro de madrigali, 5vv (Venice, 2/1585, lost);
2 madrigals, 5vv, S. Felis: Il quinto libro de madrigali, 5vv (Venice, 1583, lost);
4 villanellas, 3vv, 15745, 15746, ed. in PIISM, Antologie, i (1941);
Ricercare, 2vv, 159019;
Spiritual canzonetta, 2vv, I-BRq, inc.

Vocal religiosa:

Responsorii di Natale e di Settimana Santa, 4vv (Naples, 1607, inc., repr. 16227 with bc)
Sacrae Hebdomadae responsoria, 5vv, bc (Rome, 1622)
Psalm, 4vv, in Salmi delle compieta, ed. M. Magnetta (Naples, 1620)

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Through the three style periods of Nenna’s madrigals – those defined by his early works, his earlier years in Naples and his later Neapolitan and Roman years – certain trends are discernible: they become shorter and more imitative while using phrase repetition more often. The most striking feature of the first five-voice book is what may be called ‘cadence ostinato’: a cadence-like pattern of chords is repeated up to ten times at regular intervals of two to four semibreves, sometimes produced by motifs repeated at identical pitch levels by different voices. Two-thirds of the madrigals open with this technique. The effect is similar to that produced by echoes in the works of Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli for cori spezzati. Nenna’s fourth and fifth five-voice books and his four-voice book are Neapolitan in style: they contrast durezze e ligature with rapid imitated motifs often doubled in 3rds and 10ths in many different combinations, but the former are less original and extended, and the latter less often stretched out of shape, than in the works of Gesualdo.

The fifth book is only the second collection to use a sizable number of texts by Marino: seven pieces are settings of him. The four-voice madrigals published in 1613 were probably composed much earlier; two of them appeared in 1604 in a book of madrigals by Alessandro di Costanzo (this edition is lost but a later one, RISM 161613, is extant). Nenna’s last three books share several stylistic features: they are less chromatic and dissonant than the earlier books; text declamation is quicker and repetition commoner than in contemporary Neapolitan madrigals; there is more frequent counterpointing of two motifs with differing texts in a single point, a characteristic of the Roman madrigal. The seventh book was particularly popular, for it was reprinted four times up to 1624 and was copied in the 17th century with English words (in GB-Ob Tenbury 1015). Ferdinando Archilei assembled Nenna’s eighth book in 1618 and included in it works by Gesualdo and Gervasio Melcarne; it also contains a madrigal from Macque’s sixth book (1613) but without attribution to him. Nenna’s two books of responsories have fewer harmonic, textural and rhythmic contrasts than his madrigals.

Nenna, Pomponio, composer (Grove Music Online)

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EBERL, Anton (1765-1807) - Grand Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano, Op.36

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Studio of Richard Wilson, R.A. - Solitude (c.1762)
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Richard Wilson (PenegoesMontgomeryshire, 1 d'agost de 1714 - Denbighshire, 15 de maig de 1782) va ser un pintor paisatgista gal·lès considerat, actualment, com un dels més importants especialistes en aquest gènere del segle XVIII. Fill d'un clergue, el seu gust per l'art no va passar per alt a Sir George Wynne, parent de la seva mare, qui el 1729 el va enviar a Londres per estudiar amb Thomas Wright, un pintor de retrats poc conegut. Entre els encàrrecs que va aconseguir figura un retrat de cos sencer del príncep de Gal·les i el duc de York, pintats per el seu tutor, el bisbe de Norwich. El 1749 Wilson va visitar Itàlia, on hi va passar sis anys. El 1755 va tornar a Anglaterra i es va convertir en un dels primers pintors paisatgistes anglesos. "Niobe", una de les seves obres més conegudes, es va exposar a la Societat d'Artistes el 1760. Va participar en la creació de la Reial Acadèmia el 1768 i va ser col·laborador habitual de les seves exposicions fins al 1780. 

Durant la seva vida, els seus paisatges no van gaudir de popularitat. Es diu que tenia un temperament amargat, potser perquè els constants problemes econòmics els van perseguir pràcticament durant tota la seva vida. El 1776, va obtenir el lloc de bibliotecari de l'Acadèmia i, al morir un dels seus germans, va heretar una petita propietat prop de Denbighshire, en la qual es va retirar fins els seus últims dies, on va morir sobtadament el 15 de maig de 1782. Després de la seva mort, la seva fama va créixer i el 1814 al voltant de setanta de les seves obres van ser exhibides a la British Institution. La National Gallery de Londres té nou dels seus paisatges. Va morir a Denbighshire el maig de 1782.

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Anton Eberl (Viena, 13 de juny de 1765 - Viena, 11 de març de 1807) va ser un pianista i compositor austríac. Fill d'un funcionari de certa importància de la cort imperial, la seva família el destinà al Fòrum, però des de ben jove, i amb només 16 anys, ja va mostrar un gran talent per la música. Ben aviat va escriure dues òperes còmiques, les quals van despertar immediatament l'interès del gran mestre Gluck i d'un jove Mozart amb qui compartiria docència i una profunda amistat. Entre les seves obres més importants cal esmentar una Sonata en Do menor, que va ser atribuïda a Mozart per Pleyel; altres nou sonates per a piano a dues i quatre mans, una per a piano i violí publicades separadament i amb diferents títols; Variacions sobre diferents temes, entre elles vers un tema de La flauta màgica, publicada amb el nom de Mozart; la cantata Gloria d'Imeneo; trios i quartets per a piano i instruments de corda; fantasies, poloneses, concerts, serenates i les òperes El comerç de modesLa reina de les Illes negresLa bruixaBalduí comte de Flandes, i quatre simfonies a gran orquestra. Les seves obres més notables són l'òpera Els bohemis i Píram i Tisbe. La seva amistat amb Mozart era tant forta que quan aquest va morir Eberl es va veure incapaç d'actuar en els escenaris per respecte al seu amic i va dedicar gran part del seu temps a compondre i a viatjar amb Constance, la vídua de Mozart, per diferents ciutats d'influència i parla germànica.

OBRA:

Vocal secular:

Dramatic:
lost unless otherwise indicated

Die Marchande des Modes (Spl, 3), Vienna, Leopoldstadt, 27 Feb 1787
Graf Balduin von Flandern (comic op, 2), Vienna, Leopoldstadt, 1788
Die Hexe Megäre (pt.iii), by 1790
Die Zigeuner (3, H.F. Möller), Vienna, Landstrasse, 1793
Pyramus und Thisbe (melodrama, 1, Eberl), Vienna, National, 7 Dec 1794
Der Tempel der Unsterblichkeit (prol, Reinbeck), 1799
Erwine von Steinheim (parody, 3, F.X. Gewey, after A. Blumauer), Vienna, Freihaus, 23 May 1801
Die Königin der schwarzen Inseln (op, 2, J. Schwaldopler, after C.M. Wieland), Vienna, Kärntnertor, 23 May 1801, A-Wn*; ov. arr. pf (n.d.)

Lieder:
6 deutsche Lieder, i, op.4 (Hamburg, 1796);
6 Gesänge, pf acc., op.23 (1804), 2 ed. in DTÖ, lxxix, Jg.xlii/2 (1935/R)

Other vocal:
Bey Mozarts Grab (cant.), 1791, LEu;
La gloria d’Imeneo (cant., C. Gattechi), 1799, op.11, vs (c1800);
Serenate, 4vv, cl, va, vc, op.37 (Leipzig, 1807);
Arietta, 1807, in ‘In questa tomba oscura’ con accompagnamento di pianoforte in XVIII composizioni di diversi maestri (Leipzig, 1808);
Other single works

Instrumental:

Orch:
3 syms., 1783–5, A-Wgm;
2 syms.: op.33, 1804 (Leipzig, 1807), ed. in The Symphony 1720–1840, ser. B, ix (New York, 1983), op.34 (Leipzig, 1805);
3 pf concs.: C, 1797, D-Bsb, op.32 (Leipzig, ?1805), op.40 (Leipzig, ?1807);
1 for 2 pf, op.45 (?1809)

Chbr:
Sextet, pf, str, cl, hn, 1800, op.47 (1808);
Qnt, pf, cl, str, op.41 (1808);
Qnt, pf, ob, str, 1806, op.48 (n.d.);
3 str qts, op.13 (1801);
2 pf qts: op.18 (1802), op.25, 1804 (n.d.);
4 pf trios: C (1797), attrib. Mozart, 3 as op.8, c1799 (1805);
2 trios, pf, cl, vc: op.44, 1803 (?1809), op.36 (Leipzig, 1806);
7 vn sonatas: 2 as op.10, 1800 (1805), op.14 (1801), op.20 (1803), op.35, 1805 (n.d.), opp.49, 50, 1806 (n.d.);
Fl Sonata, 1804, op.29 (n.d.);
Variations sur un thème russe, pf, vc, op.17 (1802);
Grand Duo, pf, vn/vc, 1804, op.26 (n.d.)

Keyboard:
Sonatas: op.1, 1792 (1798), orig. attrib. Mozart;
Sonatine, 1796, op.5 (Leipzig, 1807), ed. in Mw, xv (1959);
5 grandes sonates: op.12 (1802), op.16 (1802), op.27 (1805), op.43, 1805 (?1809), op.39, 1806 (n.d.);
2 Sonatas, pf duet, op.7 (St Petersburg, 1799)

Variations:
10 on ‘Zu Steffen sprach im Traume’ (Hamburg, 1788), attrib. Mozart;
12 on ‘Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen’ (1792), attrib. Mozart;
10 on ‘Malbrough s’en va-t-en guerre’ (1797), attrib. Mozart;
?10 on Romance, ?1797, op.6 (Leipzig, 1807);
12 on ‘Freundin sanfter Herzenstriebe’ (1798), attrib. Mozart;
11 on ‘Ascouta Jeannette’, 1799, op.9 (St Petersburg; Vienna, 1805);
Prélude suivi de 8 variations, 2 pf, 1804, op.31 (n.d.)

Other kbd:
3 fantasias: op.15 (1803), op.28 (1805), op.30, 1805 (n.d.);
Caprice et rondeau, op.21 (1803) [? identical to op.38 (n.d.)];
Toccata, op.46 (?1809);
12 deutsche Tänze, 12 Menuetten (1805);
For pf duet: 2 polonaises, op.19 (1803) and op.24 (Leipzig, ?1805) [? also pubd as op.26], Caprice et rondeau, op.42 (1808), march (?1807)

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Eberl was born in Vienna and studied piano and composition from several teachers, including Mozart. Besides being an outstanding composer, he was a pianist of the first rank and toured throughout Europe. He wrote well over 200 works and in nearly every genre. The opus numbers given to his works bear no relation to reality.

The Grand Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano, though marked Op.36, is a late work dating from 1806, the year before Eberl's sudden death from scarlet fever. An opus number in the 200's would have been more accurate. Though primarily classical in nature, there are the stirrings of early romanticism in the music. In particular, the treatment of the cello is far in advance of all of Mozart's piano trios as well as Beethoven's first set of piano trios. A brief Andante introduction leads to the Allegro con spirito which is the main theme (where our sound-bite starts) of the first movement. Hearing the lovely melodies and the grace of the writing, it is not hard to see why Eberl's works could so easily be compared to and passed off as Mozart's. The second movement, Adagio non troppo, is an excellent theme and set of variations. Next comes a lively Scherzo. The finale, a spritely Allegretto, is also a loose set of variations.

Our all new and entirely reset edition is based on the original Peters edition of 1807 and has been edited by R.H.R. Silvertrust. Of particular importance is the fact that our edition does not use the "false treble clef" in the cello part which appeared in all of the other previous editions and which has always been a problem for cellists. Instead, we have substituted the bass and tenor clefs which greatly improves the readability. Like all of our editions, this trio is printed on top grade paper with an ornate cover with biographical information about the composer.

Grand Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano, Op.36 (Edition Silvertrust)

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COLONNA, Giovanni Paolo (1637-1695) - Psalmi ad Vesperas

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Lorenzo Sabatini - Holy Family with sleeping Christ child (1571)
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Lorenzo Sabatini o Lorenzino da Bologna (Bolonya, c.1530 - Roma, 2 d'agost de 1576) va ser un pintor italià. La seva formació va tenir com a referents els primers mestres manieristes, especialment en nom de Prospero Fontana, el seu mestre i col·laborador durant els primers anys de la seva carrera. Més endavant va coincidir amb Orazio Samacchini, amb qui va mantenir amistat tota la seva vida. Com el seu mestre, va ser un fidel seguidor dels preceptes i de l'estil imposat pel rígid Giorgio Vasari, amb qui va treballar posteriorment en la decoració de Florència el 1565. Va ser membre de l'Acadèmia Florentina. Són destacables els seus frescs de 1569 per l'absis de Sant Climent, al Collegio di Spagna, avui destruïts, i els seus treballs a la Capella Malvasia de Sant Giacomo Maggiore, on va pintar al fresc als Quatre Doctors de l'Església i els Evangelistes, així com una taula d'altar representant a la Verge amb el Nen i Sant Miquel arcàngel, en col·laboració amb Denys Calvaert. A principis del 1570 va viatjar a Roma per col·laborar en les decoracions de la Sala Règia del Vaticà, de nou a les ordres de Vasari. Va morir precisament a Roma l'agost de 1576.

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Giovanni Paolo Colonna (Bologna, 16 de juny de 1637 - Bologna, 28 de novembre de 1695) va ser un compositor, professor i organista italià. Fill del constructor d'orgues Antonio Colonna i de Francesca Dinarelli, es va formar a Bolonya amb Agostino Filipucci i després a Roma amb Abbatini, Benevoli i Carissimi. Allà va absorbir la tècnica de l'escriptura policoral i va esdevenir una de les figures prominents de la ciutat. Va treballar com a organista a S Apollinare de Roma abans de tornar a Bolonya, on va assolir una fama considerable com a compositor i on va accedir al càrrec de segon organista de l'església de San Petronio (1658). El 1662 es va casar amb Laura Felice Checchi a l'església de S Nicola di S Felice. El 1666 va ser un dels membre fundacionals de l'Accademia dei Filarmonici de Bolonya. Anys més tard va assolir el càrrec de mestre de capella a Bologna, on va ser també mestre de capella a Madonna di Galliera (1673-88) i a S Giovanni in Monte (1689-90). Entre els anys 1680 i 1694 va ser actiu com a compositor d'oratoris i com a constructor d'orgues per a Francesco II d’Este. L'estiu de 1694 va viatjar a Roma en un intent de restaurar la reputació a Roma, malmesa anys abans degut a una disputa amb Corelli. Allà va dedicar el seu tercer llibre de Psalms op.11 al Papa Innocenci XII. En agraïment, el Papa va oferir el càrrec de mestre de capella de Sant Pere del Vaticà a Colonna càrrec que va rebutjar per raons de salut. Va morir a Bolonya el novembre de 1695, reconegut com un dels compositors religiosos més importants del segle XVII a Itàlia.

OBRA:

Music lost unless otherwise stated.

Vocal religiosa:

all printed works published in Bologna
Dialogo, 3vv (1668)
Salmi brevi per tutto l’anno, 8vv, 1/2 bc (org), op.1 (1681, 2/1701)
Motetti sacri, 1v, 2 vn, bc (org), op.2 (1681, 2/1691); 1 ed. in RRMBE, lvii (1987)
Motetti, 2, 3vv, bc (org), op.3 (1681, 2/1691, 3/1698)
Litanie con le 4 antifone della B. Vergine, 8vv, bc (org), op.4 (1682)
Messe piene, 8vv, 1/2 bc (org), op.5 (1684)
Messa, salmi e responsorij per li defonti, 8vv, 2 bc (org), op.6 (1685)
Il secondo libro de salmi brevi, 8vv, 1/2 bc (org), op.7 (1681)
Compieta con le tre sequenze dell’anno, 8vv, bc (org), op.8 (1687)
Sacra lamentationi della Settimana Santa, 1v, bc, op.8 [recte 9] (1689)
Messe e salmi concertati, 3–5vv, insts, bc, op.10 (1691)
Psalmi … liber tertius, 8vv, 1/2 bc (org), op.11 (1694)
Psalmi ad vesperas, 3–5vv, insts, op.12 (1694)
Messa a 9vv concertata con strumenti, A-Wn, ed. in RRMBE, xvii (1974)
Several other sacred works (masses, psalms, canticles, motets etc.), in MSS at A-Wn, D-Bsb, MÜs, GB-Lbl, Ob, I-Bc, Bof, Bsp, US-NYp and elsewhere

Oratorios:
Il trionfo della fede (L. Tesini), Bologna, 17 March 1672; invocazione only by Colonna, other music by F. Pratichista and G.B. Vitali
La morte di S Antonio di Padova (G. Desideri), Bologna, 1676
Il Sansone (G. Balbi), Bologna, 1677
S Teodora (G.A. Bergamori), Bologna, 1678
Il transito di S Giuseppe (Bergamori), Bologna, 1678, I-MOe
Salomone amante (Bergamori), Bologna, 16 March 1679, F-Pc (facs. in IO, v, 1986), lib Bc
San Basilio, Bologna, 1680 (attrib. doubtful)
Tre magi, c1682
Giudith (Bergamori), Modena, 1684
Absalone [L’Assalone], Modena, 1686, A-Wn, F-Pc
Il Mosè legato di Dio (G.B. Giardini), Modena, 1686, I-MOe
La profezia d’Eliseo (G.B. Neri), Modena, 1686, MOe
La caduta di Gerusalemme (Bergamori), Modena, 1688, F-Pc (facs. in IO, 1986)
Bettuglia liberata (Bergamori), Bologna, 1690
Giuliano apostata (A. Gargieria), Bologna, 1690

Vocal secular:

L’alloro trionfato (dramatic cant., T. Stanzani), Bologna, 1672; with F. Pratichista and G.B. Vitali and others, lib Bc
Le contese di Pallade e Venere (dramatic cant., Bianchini), Bologna, 29 Nov 1666
Le stelle combattute dagli elementi (torneo), Ferrara, 1676, GB-Cfm
Pelope e Ippodamia (drammetto, A.M. Campeggi), Bologna, 1678
Amilcare e Cipro (dramma per musica, A. Gargieria), Bologna, 8 Dec 1692

Other:
19 arias, 1v, bc, in D. Freschi: Tullia superba (dramma per musica, A. Medolago), Bologna, 1680, I-MOe
Vago al fin di mirare (Il Xerse), 1v, bc, 1685
L’inferno degl’amanti, 1v, bc, I-Bc DD.51
22 cants., 1v, bc, GB-Lbl Add.27931
Other cants. in I-MOe, Nc, Rvat

Instrumental:

2 sonatas (fugues), org, 16978

Font: En català: Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637-1695) En castellano: Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637-1695) In english: Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637-1695) - Altres: Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637-1695)



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Colonna was an important composer of oratorios between Carissimi and Handel, but only eight have survived. Because of a special arrangement with the Habsburg Emperor Leopold I, who ordered a copy of each of his sacred works (the most interesting and extensive part of his output), 83 of them are preserved in the Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. Many unpublished ones are elaborate concerted settings of the mass and vesper psalms for one or two choirs, soloists and an orchestra sometimes including trumpets, which were a special feature of S Petronio. The published works for double choir are often provided with two separate parts for organ continuo, intended for performance on S Petronio’s two organs, though manuscript versions (in I-Bsp) of these stile antico compositions show that they were performed with colla parte strings, cornetts and trombones.

Skilful and lively counterpoint, well adapted in harmony and texture to the particularly resonant acoustics of S Petronio, is a basic feature of most of Colonna’s work. His Messe e salmi concertati op.10 are among the best of his mature printed works. The string accompaniments no longer slavishly double the vocal lines as in earlier Italian concerted music, and have taken on the style of the instrumental concerto with its open semiquaver patterns. The collections of solo motets, op.2, and two- and three-part motets, op.3, are really church cantatas in the Roman tradition of Carissimi and Bonifatio Gratiani, showing spirited counterpoint and fresh and attractive melodies; they clearly anticipate the style of Handel’s chamber cantatas. In contrast to his immediate Italian predecessors Colonna was able to spin out his phrases and to lengthen whole sections by his sure grasp of harmony functioning within the tonal system. In his later choral music he frequently used suspensions and secondary-7th chords, which in works written in many parts produce a rich and often moving effect.

Colonna, Giovanni Paolo, composer, teacher, organist, organ builder (Grove Music Online)

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VON BERTOUCH, Georg (1668-1743) - Trio Sonatas

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Obra de Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), pintor francès (1)



- Recordatori de Georg von Bertouch -
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Parlem de Pintura...

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Grasse, 5 d'abril de 1732 - París, 22 d'agost de 1806) va ser un pintor francès del període rococó, un dels artistes favorits de la cort de Lluís XV i Lluís XVI per les seves escenes amoroses de delicats colors, situades sovint en jardins i en frondosos boscos. Va començar a estudiar pintura als 18 anys a París amb Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin, però el seu estil es va formar principalment a partir de l'obra del seu mestre posterior, François Boucher. El 1752 va guanyar el gran premi de Roma, després de ser deixeble durant tres anys del pintor francès Charles Van Loo, Fragonard va estudiar i va pintar durant sis anys a Itàlia, on va rebre la influència del mestre venecià Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Al principi Fragonard va desenvolupar un estil d'acord amb la temàtica religiosa i històrica. No obstant això, després del 1765 va seguir l'estil rococó, que llavors estava de moda a França. Les obres d'aquesta última època, que són les més conegudes, reflecteixen l'alegria, frivolitat i voluptuositat del període. Es caracteritzen per la fluïdesa de línies, les vaporoses flors enmig d'un suau fullatge i les figures amb postures plenes de gràcia i elegància, normalment de dames amb els seus amants o de camperoles amb els seus fills. 

La Revolució Francesa, i els seus ideals frontalment oposats als del gust monàrquic, el van dur a la ruïna econòmica en perdre, la noblesa, la seva posició i per tant els nombrosos encàrrecs que rebia. Encara que va comptar amb l'ajuda de Jacques-Louis David, el pintor més important de la nova escola neoclàssica francesa, Fragonard no es va arribar a adaptar mai al nou estil. Les taules que li va encarregar Marie-Jeanne Barry, amant de Lluís XV, per decorar el seu palau de Louveciennes constitueixen la seva obra més important. En aquesta sèrie, coneguda com Els progressos de l'amor, es troben La persecució i L'amant coronat (ambdós de 1771-1773, Col·lecció Frick, Nova York). Al Louvre de París es conserven cinc obres seves, entre elles Les banyistes (c.1760) i L'estudi (1769). Altres obres notables són El gronxador (c.1766, Col·lecció Wallace, Londres) i La carta d'amor (c.1769-1770, Museu Metropolità d'Art, Nova York). Va morir en la pobresa l'agost de 1806 a París.




Parlem de Música...

Georg von Bertouch (Helmershausen, 19 de juny de 1668 - Christiania, 14 de setembre de 1743) va ser un compositor i militar alemany. Es va formar amb Daniel Eberlin abans d'entrar a la universitat. Anys més tard va viatjar a Itàlia en companyia de Johann Nicolaus Bach. Allà va conèixer els fills d'un general danès mort. Va assumir aquest càrrec militar i va viatjar a Dinamarca amb ells, iniciant la seva carrera a l'exèrcit d'aquell país. Els següents anys va treballar també com a músic amb èxit notable ja que fou citat per Mattheson en la seva Das beschützte Orchestre. Bertouch va publicar obra vocal i instrumental si bé la majoria d'ella es va perdre per raons desconegudes. Pel que sembla, també va tenir contacte regular amb J.S. Bach, a qui possiblement també va enviar còpies de la seva música. Els darrers anys va viure a Noruega, convertint-se en un dels músics més importants d'aquella geografia. Va morir a Oslo el setembre de 1743.

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Georg von Bertouch (1668-1743) was a man of action, quite literally: he took part in no fewer than 22 battles, and ended his career as commandant of Akershus Castle, which still overlooks the harbour in Oslo – the portrait on the cover of this CD was photographed in the office of the present-day commandant. But Bertouch, a German-born Norwegian, was also one of the leading composers of the day, corresponding with Bach and other prominent musicians. His music reveals a knowledge of Corelli and other contemporary developments, but retains a fresh, almost innocent, spontaneity with an infectious appeal. Here it is interspersed with dances and airs used in domestic music-making in Baroque Bergen.

Georg von Bertouch: Trio Sonatas and pieces from The Music Book of Jacob Mestmacher (Toccata Classics)

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Konstantin Jegorowitsch Makowski [Константин Егорович Маковский] (Moscou, 20 de juny de 1839 - Petrograd, 17 de setembre de 1915) va ser un pintor rus. El 1851 va entrar a l'Escola de Pintura, Escultura i Arquitectura de Moscou. El 1858 es va matricular a l'Acadèmia de Belles Arts de Sant Petersburg. L'any 1873 va pintar el famós quadre "Els nens que fugen de la tempesta". Més tard va viatjar a Egipte i Sèrbia. El resultat d'aquestes visites van ser pintures com "Els màrtirs búlgars" que va rebre el reconeixement internacional. A principis del 1880 es va inclinar pel retrat, convertint-se en un dels retratistes de moda a Rússia. Més tard va organitzar exposicions personals de les seves pintures. A l'Exposició Universal de París del 1889, va rebre una medalla d'or per les seves obres "La mort d'Ivan el Terrible", "Demon i Tamara" i "El Judici de París". Va morir a Petrograd el setembre de 1915.

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Sergei Ivanovich Tanéyev (Vladímir, 25 de novembre de 1856 - Diudkovo, 19 de juny de 1915) va ser un compositor, pianista i pedagog rus. Va ser un brillant alumne que va obtenir la medalla d'or en el Conservatori de Moscou, tenint com a mestres a Txaikovski i a Nicolai Rubinstein, aquest últim fundador del Conservatori. Va tenir una agitada vida cultural i social, ja que va contactar a París amb els escriptors Iván Turgénev i Gustave Flaubert, i amb els compositors César Franck i Camille Saint-Saëns. De tornada a Rússia va exercir la pedagogia fins el 1905, tenint com a alumnes a Scriabin, Rakhmàninov, Glière i Medtner. Va viure una temporada (els estius de 1895 i 1896), a la casa de l'escriptor Lev Tolstoi, on va travar una relació massa íntima amb la seva esposa. Aquesta relació va quedar plasmada per Tolstoi en la seva novel·la La Sonata Kreutzer. Entre les seves composicions destaquen, nou quartets de corda, un quintet amb piano, dos quintets de corda, obres de cambra, quatre simfonies (una d'elles incompleta), un conjunt concertant per a violí, un concert per a piano, i dues cantates, "Sant Joan de Damasc o Un Rèquiem Rus"op. 1 i "A la lectura del salm" op. 36. El compositor Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, que va ser el seu gran admirador, li va confiar l'estrena dels seus dos primers concerts per a piano. En els seus últims anys va tenir problemes amb l'alcohol, morint de pneumònia el juny de 1915 a Diudkovo, una ciutat propera a Moscou, i poc després d'assistir al funeral del seu alumne Alexander Scriabin.

OBRA:

unless otherwise stated, place of publication Moscow

Vocal:

Stage:
Oresteya [The Oresteia] (musical trilogy, A.A. Venkstern, after Aeschylus), 1887–94, St Petersburg, Mariinsky, 29 Oct 1895 (Leipzig, 1900)

Choral:
with orchestra:
Slava N.G. Rubinshteynu [Glory to N.G. Rubinstein] (Y. Samarin), 4 solo vv, chorus, orch, 1874 [based on Russ. folksong Slava Bogu na nebe]
Ya pamyatnik sebe vozdvig nerukotvornïy [I Have Built myself a Monument not Made by Hands] [Cantata for the Unveiling of the Moscow Pushkin Memorial in 1880] (A.S. Pushkin), E , chorus, orch, 1880, ed. G.L. Yavorsky (1937)
Ioann Damaskin [John of Damascus] (A.K. Tolstoy), cant, chorus, orch, op.1, 1883–4 (1886)
Po prochtenii psalma [At the Reading of a Psalm] (A.S. Khomyakov), cant, 4 solo vv, chorus, orch, op.36, 1912–15, vs (1923), fs ed. I. Iordan, G. Kirkov (1960)

with other accompaniment:
Kvartet chinovnikov [Civil Servants' Quartet], 1v, chorus, str qt, 1879
Apofeoz khudozhnika [Apotheosis of the Artist] (Taneyev), cant, B, chorus, pf, 1881
see also no.1 of 2 Trios, BBB, and no.16 of 16 Choruses below

unaccompanied:
Bozhe! bud' milostiv k nam [God be Merciful unto Us], 1874–5
Sosna [The Pine] (M.I. Lermontov), SATB, 1877 (1940)
Serenada (A.A. Fet), SATB, 1877 (1952)
Venetsiya noch'yu [Venice at Night] (Fet), SATB, 1877, rev. 1880 as no.1 of 3 Choruses, male vv
Fugue on a Russian Folksong, 1879
Niderlandskaya fantasiya na russkuyu temu [Netherlandish Fantasia on a Russian Theme] (textless), 12vv/?solo vv, 1880 [based on no.12 in Balakirev's folksong collection]
Kheruvimskaya [Cherubim's Song], SSATBB, 1880
Ceremonial Chorus for the Arrival of Guests, STBB, 1880
Three Choruses, male vv, 1880 (1881): Venetsiya noch'yu; Noktyurn (Fet); Vesyolïy chas [A Happy Hour] (A.V. Kol'tsov)
Lech' bï v krovati [I Want to Lie in Bed] (Taneyev), comic canon, 1880
Irmos [First Verse] from the First Hymn of Epiphany, SATB, 1881
Two Comic Fugues (K. Prutkov), 1880: Fontan [The Fountain], ABarB, ed. (1981);
Spetsialist podoben flyusu [A Specialist is Like a Gumboil], ATB
Odnazhdï k popad'ye [Once to a Priest's Wife] (Prutkov), BBB, 1880, ed. (1981)
Pesnya korolya Regner [King Regner's Song], male vv, 1881 (1882)
Vechernyaya pesnya [Evening Song] (Khomyakov), male vv, 1881 (?1882)
Fugue, c, SATB/?solo vv, 1883
Three Sacred Pieces, 1883: Khvalite imya Gospodne [Praise the Name of the Lord], 5vv;
Tvoryay angelï svoya [He Who Makes His Angels], 4vv;
Spaseniya sodelal yesi [Though Hast Brought Salvation], 6vv [on a theme from the Ordinary]
Madrigal (Taneyev), SAB, 1884, ed. (1981)
Slava Kirillu i Mefodiyu [Glory to Cyril and Methodius], 1885
Syadu zavtra ya k okoshechku [Tomorrow I Shall Sit by the Little Window] (Taneyev), romance, 4vv/solo vv, 1887
Srazhennïy rïtsar' [The Knight Struck Down] (Pushkin), BBBB, 1887, ed. (1981)
Two Trios (G.R. Derzhavin), BBB, 1887, ed. (1981): Skromnost' [Modesty], with pf;
Raznïye vina [Different Wines]
Ėkho [The Echo] (Pushkin), SATBB, 1888
Three Comic Canons for Leonid Sabaneyev (Esperanto texts), chorus/?solo vv, 1895
Voskhod solntsa [Sunrise] (F. Tyutchev), op.8, by 1897 (Leipzig, 1898)
Iz kraya v kray [From Border to Border] (Tyutchev), op.10, double chorus, 1898–9 (Leipzig, 1899)
Two Choruses, op.15, 1900 (Leipzig, 1904): Zvyozdï [Stars] (Khomyakov);
Al'pï [The Alps] (Tyutchev)
Two Choruses, SATBB: Tï konchil zhizni put', geroy [You Have Finished Life's Journey, O Hero], ?1909;
Solntse nespyashchikh [Sun of the Sleepless] (Byron), 1910, ed. (1981)
Twelve Choruses (Yu.P. Polonsky), op.27, 1909 (1910–11):
Na mogile [On the Tomb]; Vecher [Evening];
Razvalinu bashni [The Tower's Ruin];
Posmotri, kakaya mgla [Behold, what Darkness];
Na korable [On the Boat]; Molitva [Prayer];
Iz vechnosti muzïka vdrug razdalas' [Music Suddenly Sounded from Eternity];
Prometey [Prometheus]; Uvidal iz-za tuchi utyos [From Behind the Cloud I Saw a Rock];
Zvyozdï [Stars]; Po goram dve khmurïkh tuchi [Two Sullen Clouds Among the Mountains];
V dni, kogda nad sonnïm morem [On a Day When Over the Sunny Sea]
Sixteen Choruses (K. Bal'mont), male vv, op.35, 1912–13, nos.1–4, 9–12 (1914): Tishina [Stillness]; Priimaki [Visions];
Sfinks [Sphinx]; Zarya [Dawn];
Molitva [Prayer];
V prostrantsvakh ėfira [In the Expanses of the Ether];
I son i smert' [Both Sleep and Death];
Nebesnaya rosa [The Dew of Heaven];
Myortvïye korabli [Dead Ships];
Zvuki priboya [Sounds of the Surf];
Morskoye dno [The Sea Bed];
Morskaya pesnya [Sea Song];
Tishina [Stillness];
Gibel' [The Wreck];
Belïy lebed' [The White Swan];
Lebed' [The Swan], with vn

vocal ensembles:
with piano; see also choral works that may be performed by solo voices

quartets
Adeli [To Adèle] (A.S. Pushkin), 4 B, 1887, rev. as op.24 no.2
Two Quartets (Pushkin), 2 S, A, T, op.24 (1908): Monastïr na Kazbeke [The Monastery on the Kazbek], 1907;
Adeli [To Adèle], 1887, rev. 1907

trios
Two Trios (A.N. Maykov), T, Bar, B, 1880, ed. (1966): O chyom v tishi nochi tainstvenno mechtayu? [Of What Do I Secretly Dream in the Quiet of the Night?];
Ya v grote zhdal tebya [I Waited for You in the Grotto]
Ne ostïvshaya ot znoyu [Still Sweltering from the Heat] (Tyutchev), S, A, T, 1907 [orig. no.3 of 4 terzettos, the others pubd as op.23], as chorus (1977)
Three Terzettos (Tyutchev), S, A, T, op.23, 1907 (1908): Sonet Mikel-Andzhelo;
Rim noch'yu [Rome at Night];
Tikhoy noch'yu [In the Silent Night]
S ozera veyot [It Blows from the Lake] (Tyutchev, after F. Schiller), S, A, T, op.25, 1881, rev. 1909, also orchd

duets
V vechernem sumrake dolina [The Valley, in the Evening Twilight] (N.P. Ogarev), 2 B, 1877 (1979)
Two Duets (Fet), 2 B, 1879, ed. (1981): Vecher u vzmor'ya [Evening by the Seashore];
Rastut, rastut prichudlivïye teni [The Fantastic Shadows Grow and Grow]
Iz Shillera [From Schiller] (Tyutchev), T, B, 1881
Polden' [Noon] (Tyutchev), A, B, 1881, ed. (1981)
Kak nezhish' tï! [How Spoiled You Are!] (Fet), T, B, 1883, rev. as op.18 no.1
Two Duets (Pushkin), 2 B, 1884: Solovey [The Nightingale], ed. (1981);
Bakhicheskaya pesnya [Bacchic Song], rev. as op.18 no.2
Two Duets, 2 B, 1886, ed. (1981): Nochnoy zefir [The Night Zephyr] (Pushkin);
Vesnoy, volshebnoyu vesnoy [In Enchanted Spring] (N.P. Grekov)
Blizost' vesnï [The Approach of Spring] (V.A. Zhukovsky), S, A, 1891, ed. (1981)
Two Duets (Lermontov), S, A, 1891: Sosna [The Pine] (1952);
Gornïye vershinï [Mountain Summits], ed. (1963)
Two Duets, op.18 (Leipzig, 1906), also orchd: Kak nezhish' tï [How Spoiled You Are!] (Fet), Mez, T, 1883, rev. 1900;
Bakhicheskaya pesnya [Bacchic Song] (Pushkin), T, B, 1884, rev. 1905

songs
with piano unless otherwise stated
Letn'aya noch' [Summer Night] (Grekov), 1874, ed. (1979)
Izmenoy sluga paladina ubil [With Treachery the Servant Slew the Paladin] (Zhukovsky), 1874, ed. (1979)
Luna na nebe golubom [The Moon in a Blue Sky] (N.M. Yazikov), S, 1876, ed. (1979)
Chto tebe v imeni moyom? [What's in My Name for You?] (N.), eclogue, S, 1877
Three Songs, 1877, ed. (1979): C'était au milieu de la nuit (T.S. Sikorskaya, after Sully-Prudhomme);
Moy tyazhkiy grekh [My Grave Sin] (A. Borovikovsky);
Lyudi spyat [The World is Asleep] (Fet), rev. as op.17 no.10
Nakhodka [The Godsend] (V.P. Kolomitsova, after Goethe), 1878 (1922)
Starïy rïtsar' [The Old Knight] (Zhukovsky), ballad, S, c1870–80 (1979)
Iz srednevokovoy zhizni [From Medieval Life] (Taneyev), end of 1870s (1979)
Golos v lesu [A Voice in the Forest] (Maykov), T, 1880, ed. (1965)
Three Songs (Taneyev), v, pf, hp, 1882, ed. (1979): Vstanu ya s voskhodom solntsa [I Rise at Sunrise];
Zhil odnazhdï chelovechek [There Once Lived a Little Man];
Raz vecherkom gulyal ya [One Evening I Strolled]
Ne veter veya s vïsotï [Not the Wind Blowing from the Heights;
Serenade on the Departure of the Marquise de Fige] (A.K. Tolstoy), B, 1884, rev. as op.17 no.5
Kolïshetsya more [The Sea Heaves] (A.K. Tolstoy), B, 1884, ed. (1979)
Iz Gafiz [From Hafiz] (F.I. Maslov), Bar, 1886, ed. (1979)
K ney [To Her] (Fet), 1890, ed. (1979)
Iz Shelli [From Shelley] (Bal'mont, after P.B. Shelley), 1895: Mechtï v odinochestve vyanut [Dreams Wither in Solitude];
Pust' otzvuchit [Let it Sound no More]; rev. as op.17 nos.2–3
Kolibel'naya pesnya [Cradle Song] (Bal'mont, after Shelley), 1896 (1916)
Sonoriloi di vespero [The Evening Bell] (Esperanto text), ?1894–6
Se premas min dolore (Esperanto text, after Lermontov: Molitva [Prayer]), 1896
Two Romances, v, pf, mand, op.9 (Leipzig, 1899) [after choruses of 1877]: Venetsiya noch'yu, 1897;
Serenada (Khomyakov), 1896
Ten Romances, op.17 (Leipzig, 1905): Ostrovok [The Island] (Bal'mont, after Shelley), 1901;
Mechtï v odinochestve vyanut [Dreams Wither in Solitude], 1895, rev. 1905;
Pust' otzvuchit [Let it Sound] (Bal'mont, after Shelley), 1895, rev. 1903;
Blazhennïkh snov ushla zvezda [The Star of the Blessed Ones Again Disappeared] (Bal'mont, after Shelley), 1905;
Ne veter veya s vïsotï [Not the Wind Blowing from the Heights] (A.K. Tolstoy), 1884, rev. 1903;
Kogda, kruzhas', osenniye listï [When the Whirling Autumn Leaves] (Ellis, after L. Stecchetti), 1905;
Noktyurn: Aromatnoy vesenney noch'yu [Nocturne: In the Scented Autumn Night] (N.F. Shcherbina), 1878, rev. 1905;
V dïmke nevidimke [In the Invisible Mist] (Fet), 1883;
B'yotsya serdtse bespokoynoye [The Restless Heart is Beating] (N.A. Nekrasov), 1883, rev. 1905;
Lyudi spyat, 1894
Ten Romances from Ellis's Immortelles, op.26, 1908 (1909): Rozhdeniye arfï [The Birth of the Harp] (after Moore);
Canzone XXXII (after Dante), later arr. with pf trio; Otsvetï [Reflections] (after M. Maeterlinck);
Muzïka (after C. Baudelaire);
Lesa dremuchiye [Dense Woods] (after Baudelaire);
Stalaktitï [Stalactites] (after Sully-Prudhomme);
Fontanï [Fountains] (after G. Rodenbach);
I drognuli vragi [And the Enemy Trembled] (after J.-M. de Heredia);
Menuet (after C. D'Orias);
Sredi vragov [Among the Foe] (after F. Nietzsche)
Four Songs (Polonsky), op.32, 1911 (1911): V godinu utratï [In Time of Loss];
Angel; Moy um podavlen bïl toskoy [My Mind was Crushed by Melancholy];
Zimnïy put' [The Winter Road]
Five Songs (Polonsky), op.33, 1911 (1912): Noch' v gorakh Shotlandii [Night in the Mountains of Scotland]; Svet voskhodyashchikh zvyozd [The Light of the Rising Stars];
Potseluy [The Kiss];
Chto mne ona? [What is She to Me?];
Uznik [The Prisoner]
Seven Songs (Polonsky), op.34, 1911–12 (1912): Posledniy razgovor [The Last Talk];
Ne moi li strasti? [Are they Set on my Passions?];
Maska [The Mask];
Lyubya kolos'yev myagkiy shorokh [Loving the Soft Rustle of the Ears of Corn];
Posledniy vzdokh [The Last Sigh];
Noch' v Krïmu [Night in the Crimea];
Moyo serdtse – rodnik [My Heart is a Spring]

Instrumental:

Orchestral:
Quadrille, D, small orch, 1872–3
Symphony [no.1], e, 1873–4, ed. P. Lamm (1948)
Overture, g, 1874–5
Overture, d, 1875, ed. G. Kirkor (Moscow, 1955)
Adagio, C, ?1875, ed. P. Lamm (Moscow, 1950)
Piano Concerto, E , 1875–6, ed. P. Lamm (1953) [2 movts only]
Symphony [no.2], b , 1877–8, ed. V. Blok (Moscow, 1977) [3 movts only]
Overture on a Russian theme, C, 1882, ed. P. Lamm (1948) [based on no.10 in Rimsky-Korsakov’s folksong collection, op.24]
Canzona, f, cl, str, 1883, ed. P. Lamm, A. Semenov (1947)
Symphony [no.3], d, 1884, ed. B.L. Yavorsky (1947)
Overture to Oresteya, op.6, 1889 (Leipzig, 1897)
Symphony for children’s insts, ?1895
Symphony no.4, c, op.12, 1896–8 (Leipzig, 1901) [orig. pubd as no.1]
Suite de concert, vn, orch, op.28, 1908–9 (Berlin and Moscow, 1910)

Chamber:
String Quartet, d, 1874–6 [2 movts completed], ed. in G. Kirkor, B. Dobrokhotov Kvartetï, iv (1952)
March, 2 pf, hnm, 3 trbn, vc, ob, glock, 1 other inst, 1877
String Trio, D, 1879–80, ed. (1956)
String Quartet, E , 1880, ed. in Kirkor and Dobrokhotov
String Quartet, C, 1882–3, ed. in Kirkor and Dobrokhotov
String Quartet, A, 1883, ed. in Kirkor and Dobrokhotov
String Quartet no.1, b , op.4, 1890 (1892)
Sonatina, A, vn, pf, 1895 [1st movt only; other 3 movts by Morozov, Koreshchenko and Konyus; for I.V. Grzhimali’s silver jubilee]
String Quartet no.2, C, op.5, 1894–5 (Leipzig, 1896)
String Quartet no.3, d, op.7, 1886, rev. 1896 (Leipzig, 1898)
Variations on a Favourite Theme, mand, vn, pf, 1897
String Quartet no.4, a, op.11, 1898–9 (Leipzig, 1900)
String Quartet no.5, A, op.13, 1902–3 (Leipzig, 1903)
String Quintet no.1, G, op.14, 1900–01, rev. 1903 (Leipzig, 1904)
String Quintet no.2, C, op.16, 1903–4 (Leipzig, 1905)
String Quartet no.6, B , op.19, 1903–5 (Leipzig, 1906)
Piano Quartet, E, op.20, 1902–6 (1907)
Trio, D, 2 vn, va, op.21, 1907 (1909)
Piano Trio, D, op.22, 1906–8 (1908)
Trio, E , vn, va, t va, op.31, 1910–11 (1911)
Piano Quintet, g, op.30, 1910–11 (1912)
Sonata, a, vn, pf, 1911, ed. (1948)
String Quartet, c, 1911 [2 movts only], ed. in Kvartetï, iv
String Trio, b [2 movts only], ed. (1952)

Keyboard:
for solo piano unless otherwise stated
Scherzo, e , 1874–5, ed. P. Lamm, V. Shebalin in Sochineniya dlya fortepiano (1953)
Theme and Variations, c, 1874, ed. in Sochineniya
Piano Sonata, E , 1874–5 [1st movt only]
4 Scherzos, F, C, g, d, 1875, ed. in Sochineniya
4 Pieces, ed. in Sochineniya: Quadrille, A, 1879; March, d, 1879; Otdokhnoveniye [Repose], 1880; Kolïbel'naya [Slumber Song], 1881
Variations on a theme of Mozart, E , 2 pf, 1880
March, C, pf 4 hands, 1881, ed. (1981)
Den' rozhdeniya kompozitora [The Composer’s Birthday], 1892 [a joke for Tchaikovsky’s birthday, based on themes from his ballets]
Choral varié, org, 1894 (Paris, 1914)
Prelude, F, 1894–5 (1904), arr. pf 4 hands, 1896
Improvisation, 1896 (1923) [for a set, collab. Arensky, Glazunov and Rachmaninoff]
Prelude and Fugue, g , op.29, 1910 (1911), arr. 2 pf (1914)
Andante semplice, ed. in Sochineniya

Work on tchaikovsky’s compositions:
Pf arrs.:
Sym. no.4, 4 hands (Moscow, 1879);
Sym. no.5, 4 hands, 1888;
Iolanta, vs (Moscow, 1892);
The Nutcracker, solo pf, ?1892;
Count Almaviva’s couplets from The Barber of Seville, vs, 1905

Orchestrations:
Ni slova, o drug moy [Not a Word, O My Friend], op.6 no.2;
Ne otkhodi ot menya [Do not Leave Me], op.27 no.3, 1891;
Strashnaya minuta [The Fearful Minute], op.28 no.6, 1891;
V ogorode, vozle brodu [In the Garden, Near the Ford], op.46 no.4;
Pesn' tsïganki [Gypsy’s Song], op.60 no.7, 1891;
Serenada, op.63 no.6; Noch' [Night]

Completions:
Duet for Romeo and Juliet, completed and orchd (Moscow, 1894);
Andante and Finale, pf, orch, op.79, completed and orchd (Moscow, 1897);
Impromptu, A , pf, completed (Moscow, 1898)

Other arrangements:
2 It. songs: Voca, voca, arr. SATB, pf, 1880;
Addio, mia bella Napoli, arr. SAB, pf, 1880
Transcrs. of 20 Caucasian folktunes, 1885
1st movt of Arensky’s orch Suite, op.7, arr. pf 4 hands, ?1886
Transcrs. of folksongs, 27 Ukr. and 1 Russ., c1880–90
2 Belarusian spring songs arr. ob, hp, ?1907
Vocal score of Arensky’s Gimn iskusstvu [Hymn to Art], 1913

Literatura:

O muzïke gorskikh tatar [On the music of the mountain Tatars], Vestnik Evropï, xxi/1 (1886), 94
Podvizhnoy kontrapunkt strogogo pis'ma [Invertible counterpoint in the strict style] (Leipzig and Moscow, 1909; Eng. trans., 1962)
ed. V.M. Belyayev: Ucheniye o kanone [The study of canon] (Moscow, 1929) 

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The Russian scholar Boris Asaf'yev observed that Taneyev, ‘like no other Russian composer, lived and worked immersed in the world of ideas, in the development of abstract concepts’. Taneyev is, indeed, a lone figure in late 19th-century Russian music, owing nothing to the indigenous Russian tradition established by Glinka, and openly disapproving of contemporary nationalist composers. He was the antithesis of Glinka, for whereas the latter was possessed of a powerful and vivid imagination but was deficient in technique, Taneyev had little imaginative endowment but commanded a compositional skill unsurpassed by any Russian composer of his period. The patient diligence of his approach to composition was the very opposite of the capricious bursts of energy that characterized the work habits of many of his contemporaries. It was his normal practice to do extensive preliminary work on his basic materials, such as working out contrapuntal possibilities, before setting about the main task of composition. His creative mentality is clearly exposed in a letter he wrote to Tchaikovsky while working on The Oresteia:
[My approach] means that not one number is written in its final form until the outline of the whole work is prepared. It is written, you might say, concentrically, not by composing the whole out of the separate, successive parts, but by going from the whole to the details: from the opera to the acts, from the acts to the scenes, from the scenes to the separate numbers … Thus one may perceive the most important points in the drama on which the attention of the composer must be most concentrated, determine the length of scenes and numbers according to their importance, plan the modulatory scheme of the acts, define the orchestral sounds, and such like.
Accordingly, his scores are among the most orderly and polished in Russian music. His inclination to contrapuntal techniques and his studies of the great contrapuntists of the past fortified his skill, resulting in textures which, however complex, are always engineered with precision and polish. He often used contrapuntal procedures as an enrichment of his harmonic palette, and despite the lack of individuality in his melodic fund, his skill in building melodic paragraphs and in devising interesting phrase structures is admirable. In an early work like the Canzona for clarinet and strings (1883) the lyricism and waltz proclivities of his teacher Tchaikovsky are clearly reflected, but his style was to develop a more broadly based eclecticism which ultimately achieved an illusion of individuality through its constant capacity to avoid commitment to the style of any one composer, however close certain passages may be to the sound worlds of masters like Tchaikovsky and Brahms (whose music, however, he claimed to dislike).

The fastidiousness of his craftsmanship is evident in his songs, many of which are admirable compositions, but his gifts are seen to better advantage in his accomplished handling of large-scale forms, particularly in his fluent sonata structures, as in the first movement of his C minor Symphony (1898), usually considered his finest instrumental work. The slow movement is also an impressive piece, revealing a warm lyricism deployed on an impressive scale, while the scherzo shows his capacity for delightful, if restrained, capriciousness. It was natural that a composer of Taneyev’s leanings should be drawn increasingly to chamber music. Nor is it surprising that one who thrived on counterpoint should wish to augment the linear resources of the string quartet, and to write, besides six numbered quartets, three string quintets. The first of these (1901, revised 1903) is typical of his chamber music, opening with a vast sonata structure which exhibits a thoroughly Germanic handling of thematic and tonal mechanisms. Despite that, his penchant for contrapuntal thinking is revealed in the constant thematic interactions of the first movement, and even more explicitly in the variation finale, which concludes with a parade of contrapuntal expertise in a fugue on three subjects. His contrapuntalism reached its apogee in his last work, the choral-orchestral At the Reading of a Psalm, a cantata which some regard as his masterpiece.

But his most ambitious work was The Oresteia, which, despite the retention of the original designation ‘trilogy’, is in fact an opera in three acts. Its subject suggests his antipathy both to the graphic realism and to the fairy-tale fantasy that dominated contemporary Russian opera, and though it has the stage-picture manner typical of the Russian tradition, this comes less from commitment to the principles that guided Glinka or Musorgsky than from his lack of interest in the events of the plot (significantly, for instance, the offstage murders of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra have no effect upon the musical flow), which are purely incidental to the broader themes of fate, revenge and expiation that are the fundamentals of Aeschylus’s drama. Taneyev employed musical styles and dramatic conventions deriving from French grand opera, but overlaid these with an epic vein which makes his loftier musical intentions clear. The care with which he composed the piece is reflected in the final result, which is a splendidly efficient score. Nevertheless, the conventional character and inequality of his musical invention causes the achievement to fall short of the intent. Taneyev had none of Tchaikovsky’s gift for full-blooded melody, and his lyrical passages sound like his master’s at their weakest; nor had he any trace of Musorgsky’s ability to capture a character or action within an unforgettable musical invention. His music envelops the tale in a noble aura instead of illuminating it by uncovering the souls and feelings of human beings caught in a train of events which is their destiny. In The Oresteia he was usually at his best when composing a passage in which his resourcefulness as a composer was exercised (as in some of the chromatic sections which avoid stock progressions and combinations), or when the dramatic situation demanded the construction of a large musical span. On such occasions he sometimes produced music that has real distinctiveness.

Taneyev, Sergey Ivanovich, composer (Grove Music Online)

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Léon Bonnat - Fille romaine à la fontaine
Obra de Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (1833-1922), pintor francès (1)



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En el dia de la commemoració del seu 53è aniversari de decés



Parlem de Pintura...

Léon-Joseph Bonnat (Bayonne, 20 de juny de 1833 - Monchy-Saint-Éloi, 8 de setembre de 1922) va ser un pintor francès. Fill de Joseph Bonnat, qui després de diverses empreses fallides a Baiona va obrir a Madrid una llibreria, Léon Bonnat es va traslladar a viure a la ciutat espanyola amb la seva família el desembre de 1846. El 1848 va ser admès a l'Escola de Belles Arts de l'Acadèmia de San Fernando, en la qual es va formar amb José i Federico de Madrazo. Per mediació de Federico de Madrazo, i gràcies a la bona acollida dels seus quadres, va rebre l'encàrrec reial de fer un retrat de l'antic rei espanyol Fruela II, entre els anys 1850 i 1852, per integrar-lo a la Sèrie cronològica dels reis d'Espanya. Bonnat va seguir assistint a les classes de l'Acadèmia de San Fernando fins que, després de la mort prematura del seu pare durant l'agost de 1853, va tornar amb la seva família a França. Una beca de l'Ajuntament de Baiona li va permetre instal·lar-se a París, on el 1854 va entrar al taller de Léon Cogniet, abans de marxar a Roma el 1857, on hi romandria fins el 1860. Després de la seva tornada a París, va sorprendre als crítics amb escenes religioses d'un cru realisme, després amb quadres orientalistes fruit d'un viatge del 1868 a Egipte i Terra Santa amb Jean-Léon Gérôme i, finalment, des de mitjans de la dècada dels setanta, amb una sèrie de retrats d'un realisme pràcticament fotogràfic amb els que es va convertir en una mena de retratista oficial de l'època. 

Davant ell van posar no només tots els grans polítics del moment, sinó també literats com Victor Hugo, Renan o Dumas i fins i tot pintors com Cogniet o Puvis de Chavannes. El 1867 va obrir un taller al qual van assistir nombrosos artistes, entre ells Toulouse-Lautrec i l'americà Thomas Eakins, als que va intentar inculcar l'amor pels mestres espanyols i va dirigir, quan va poder, cap al Museu del Prado. La pintura de Bonnat, progressivament impregnada d'academicisme, seguiria, quant a vitalitat, una evolució inversa a la del seu èxit social. D'altra banda, en la dècada de 1860 va emergir ja en la seva obra, sobretot en les escenes religioses, una altra influència major vers la pintura espanyola que acabaria per suplantar la del mateix Velázquez: la de Ribera. Va seguir viatjant amb freqüència a Madrid, va presentar circumstancialment algunes obres a l'Exposició Nacional de Belles Arts i va ser membre corresponent de l'Acadèmia de San Fernando. El 1919 va acompanyar al rei d'Espanya durant la seva visita a l'Acadèmia Francesa i per aquest motiu va rebre la gran creu d'Alfons XII. Va morir a Monchy-Saint-Éloi el setembre de 1922.




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Volkmar Andreae (Berna, 5 de juliol de 1879 - Zürich, 19 de juny de 1962) va ser un compositor i director d'orquestra suís. Va estudiar piano i composició amb Karl Munzinger a Berna i posteriorment amb Franz Wüllner a Koln (1897-1900), ciutat on va estrenar les seves primeres obres. El 1902 es va instal·lar a Zürich, on es va construir la seva carrera musical. Allà va ser promocionat al càrrec de director del Gemischter Chor (1902), del Winterthur Stadtsängerverein (1902) i del Zürich Männerchor (1904) abans d'assolir el seu càrrec més important com a director de la Tonhalle Orchestra (1906-1949). Addicionalment, va ser director del Conservatori de Zürich entre els anys 1914 i 1941 donant també classes a la universitat, on es va doctorar honoríficament el 1914. El 1920 va ser seleccionat president de la Schweizerischer Tonkünstlerverein, convertint-se en el primer president honorífic el 1925. Va gaudir de notable i internacional reputació dirigint, com a director convidat, nombroses orquestres europees. Va ser també un dels promotors de la música europea a Suïssa divulgant autors com Berlioz, Debussy, Ravel, Mahler, Strauss, Reger o Bruckner. El seu estil com a compositor fou romàntic en les seves obres primerenques per posteriorment explorar noves tendències, en clara sintonia amb les avantguardes emergents. Va morir a Zürich el juny de 1962.

OBRA:

Vocal:

Ratcliff (op, after H. Heine), op.25, Duisburg, 1914;
Abenteuer des Casanova (4 1-act ops, F. Lion), op.34, Dresden 1924;
La cité sur la montagne (incid music to Festspiel, G. de Reynold), op.41, Geneva, 1942

Vocal-orch:
Das Göttliche (J.W. von Goethe), op.2, T, chorus, orch, perf. 1900;
Charons Nachen (J.V. Widmann), op.3, solo vv, chorus, orch, perf. 1901;
Sinfonische Fantasie (W. Schaedelin), op.7, T, T chorus, orch, org, perf. 1903;
Vater unser, op.19, Mez/Bar, chorus, org; Magentalied, op.28, male vv, orch (1917)

Male choruses:
Waldesfriede und Graf Isenburg (M. Wetter), op.6;
4 Männerchöre (M. Lienert), op.13;
3 Männerchöre (G. Keller), op.22;
Suite (E. Zahn), op.38, perf. 1935; arrs.

Solo vocal:
Der Spielmann (Wetter), 4 Lieder, op.5 (1903);
6 Gedichte (C.F. Meyer), op.10 (1906);
4 Gedichte (H. Hesse), op.23 (1913);
Li-tai-pe (Chin., trans. Klabund), 8 Lieder, op.37, T, orch, perf. 1931

Instrumental:

Orch:
Pf Conc., d, perf. 1898;
Sym., F, perf. 1899;
Konzertstück, b, pf, orch, perf. 1900;
Kleine Suite, op.27, perf. 1917;
Notturno und Scherzo, op.30, perf. 1918;
Sym., C, op.31, perf. 1919;
Rhapsodie, op.32, vn, orch, perf. 1920;
Musik für Orch, op.35, perf. 1929;
Vn Conc., f, op.40, perf. 1936;
Ob Concertino, op.42, perf. 1941 (1947);
marches for band

Chbr:
Str Qt, E , perf. 1898;
Pf Trio no.1, f, op.1, perf. 1899;
Sonata, D, op.4, vn, pf; Str Qt, B, op.9, perf. 1905;
Pf Trio no.2, E , op.14, perf. 1908;
6 Klavierstücke, op.20 (1911);
Str Trio, d, op.29, perf. 1917;
Str Qt no.2, e, op.33 (1921);
Divertimento, op.43, fl, str trio, perf. 1942

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This is the third volume (vol. 1; vol. 2) in the Volkmar Andreae series from Guild and it presents three world premiere recording, all presided over by the composer’s grandson, conductor Marc Andreae. Charting a chronological course we start with the Symphony in F major, which was completed in 1900 when the composer was barely twenty-one. It’s couched in four movements, conventionally-styled, and lasts 37 minutes in this performance. Though the booklet notes ask us not to make much of Brahms’s influence, this is surely an impossible instruction to follow. It’s like asking a cat not to chase a mouse. This is a very Brahmsian work, in terms of thematic development and sonority, and many passages will alert one to the influence of the older composer on the student one. Andreae shows a firm control of his material and handles orchestration well – brass, lower strings and percussion in particular. If there is another influence it’s not Bruckner, whom Andreae was years later to champion as a conductor and whose splendid symphonic cycle I reviewed not so very long ago - and hugely admired, I should add. The other influence, at least in terms of the writing for winds, is Dvořák. The most interesting features of the work are the rather sombre march theme in the second movement and the auburn string tone in the finale, before the emergence of a triumphant chorale-like theme, and the symphony’s quiet resolution.

If the Symphony should be seen in the context of Andreae’s early development, Li-Tai-Pe, Eight Chinese Songs for tenor and orchestra, Op.37 is a product of his maturity. There’s considerable volatility here, both in terms of rhythmic vitality and also in the subtlety of the quietly reflective writing, deftly orchestrated, and illuminating the texts with real insight. The work suits the light tenor of Benjamin Hulett who negotiates the demands freshly and keenly. There are some moments of obvious chinoiserie in the wind writing but they are chosen to heighten the music, not to draw one’s ear for reasons of mere sonic titillation. The writing for strings is often refined and there are hints now and then of Mahler’s song cycles. All early performances of this work were given by the great Julius Patzak.

The final work is the Concertino for oboe and orchestra, Op.42, composed in 1941. This is a lovely, rather pastoral work that flows and muses, enshrining a more active, dynamic B section in the opening of its three movements. A perky Rondo is followed by a felicitous folkloric finale. The performance by John Anderson is extremely fine and as throughout the disc he is most sympathetically supported by Marc Andreae. Of the three works the Concertino is the most easy-going, the songs the most stringent and complex. But it’s the Concertino that most seduced me and I have to say it’s rather amazing that it’s never before been recorded. Incidentally no less a figure than Richard Strauss was later to dedicate his own Oboe Concerto to Andreae.

Uneven though this disc is, compositionally speaking (largely because of the Symphony), the third volume in this series brings with it very interesting and exciting features for the increasing number of Andreae admirers.

Jonathan Woolf (Review)

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Jan Brueghel the Elder - The Procession to Calvary
Obra de Jan Brueghel el Vell (1568-1625), pintor flamenc

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- 400è aniversari de compositors a qui difícilment escoltarem -



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Jan Brueghel el Vell (Brussel·les, 1568 - Anvers, 13 de gener de 1625), va ser un pintor flamenc, fill de Pieter Brueghel el Vell i pare de Jan Brueghel el Jove. Va ser anomenat Brueghel "el Vellut", "la Flor" o "el Paradís", deguts els dos últims noms als seus temes favorits i el primer al seu costum de vestir vellut. Prolífic pintor de naturaleses mortes, sovint de flors i paisatges, va crear un estil més independent del del seu pare que el del seu germà Pieter el Jove. Les seves primeres obres sovint són paisatges amb escenes bíbliques o històriques, en particular escenes boscoses mostrant la influència del mestre Gillis van Coninxloo. Més tard va evolucionar a pintura de paisatge pur, o vistes urbanes, i cap a naturaleses mortes al final de la seva carrera. Molts dels seus quadres són col·laboracions en els quals altres autors, com Peter Paul RubensHendrick de Clerk , Franken II, Paul BrillJoost de Momper i Hendrick van Belin pintaven figures.




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Innocentio Alberti (Treviso, c.1535 - Ferrara, 15 de juny de 1615) va ser un compositor italià, actiu principalment a Ferrara, i autor de madrigals i obra religiosa.


Innocentio Alberti (c.1535-1615) - Pavin of Albart & Gallyard

He came from a family of North Italian musicians that had lived in Treviso since the mid-15th century. His father was the town trumpeter; his uncle and brother were musicians in the courts of Ferrara and Munich respectively. He was one of the three young men brought to the newly founded Accademia degli Elevati in Padua in 1557 as music tutors under Francesco Portinaro. His first published madrigals appeared, together with madrigals by Rore, Portinaro and other members of the group around Rore, in Rore’s fourth book of madrigals for five voices (RISM 155723). In 1560 the Accademia degli Elevati was dissolved and Alberti went to work for the Este court at Ferrara. He remained on the salary rolls there, listed among the instrumentalists as ‘Innocentio del Cornetto’, until the dissolution of the court early in 1598. In 1568 he prepared a manuscript collection of madrigals for Henry, Earl of Arundel. In an autograph letter of 1607 (in I-MOs) Alberti appealed for financial relief to the Duke of Modena; an accompanying letter states that Alberti was ‘very poor and, what is worse, old, weak, and unable to earn his way’.

The perusal of a handful of Alberti’s madrigals from the 1580s indicates that he was a composer of minor importance, whose style was conservative and serious and whose craftsmanship was above average. The final three books of madrigals for four voices, published in the first decade of the 17th century, are almost certainly collections of madrigals written 10 to 30 years earlier. (EinsteinIM; NewcombMF)

OBRA:

Vocal secular:

Il primo libro de madrigali, 4vv (Venice, 1603)
Il secondo libro de madrigali, 4vv (Venice, 1604)
Terzo libro de madrigali, 4vv (Venice, 1607)
Further madrigals, 4, 5vv, 1557, 1560, 1582, 1586, 1591, 1592
22 madrigals, 1568, GB-Lbl Roy.App.36–40;
4 madrigals, after 1580, I-MOe Mus.F.1358
Canzoni, 5vv, lost; cited in catalogue FEc

Vocal religiosa:

Salmi penitenziali armonizzati, libro primo, 6vv (Ferrara, 1594)
Motetti, libro secondo, 6vv (Ferrara, 1594)

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Sethus Calvisius (Gorsleben, 21 de febrer de 1556 - 24 de novembre de 1615) va ser un compositor alemany, actiu principalment a Leipzig.


Sethus Calvisius (1556-1615) - Praeter rerum seriem

After attending schools at Frankenhausen and Magdeburg, Calvisius began his studies at the University of Helmstedt in 1579 and continued them from Easter 1580 at the University of Leipzig, where he had matriculated in 1576. In 1581 he became Kantor at the Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, only to move in November 1582, on the recommendation of the Leipzig theologian Nikolaus Selnecker, to Schulpforta as Kantor of the Fürstenschule. He spent 12 fruitful years there not only as an inspiring teacher but also in the study of history, chronology and music theory. In May 1594 he was recalled to Leipzig as Kantor of the Thomaskirche in succession to Valentin Otto. For a short period in about 1605 he also directed the music at the university church. Shortly before this, as a result of a knee injury which confined him to his bed for over a year and left him with a permanent limp, he found the time to complete his Opus chronologicum (1605), his most important non-musical work. Leipzig University rejected his Elenchus Calendarii Gregoriani (1613), but on the strength of his Opus chronologicum he was offered appointments at the universities of Frankfurt an der Oder and Wittenberg, neither of which he took up. He had a wide circle of scholarly friends, including the astronomer Johannes Kepler, Michael Praetorius and the music theorists Abraham Bartolus, Henricus Baryphonus, Nikolaus Gengenbach and Johannes Lippius. His many pupils included Erhard Bodenschatz and Martin Rinckart. He died with the words ‘Domino moriar. Ich will dem Herrn sterben’; at his funeral the choir of the Thomaskirche sang his last composition, the eight-part motet Unser Leben währet siebnzig Jahr. After his death his reputation grew, and as late as 1690 he was enthusiastically admired by W.C. Printz in his Historische Beschreibung der edelen Sing- und Kling-Kunst (xii, 10).

OBRA:

Vocal religiosa:

Hymns:
Hymni sacri latini et germanici, 4vv (Erfurt, 1594)
Harmonia cantionum ecclesiasticarum: Kirchengesänge und geistliche Lieder D. Lutheri und anderer frommen Christen, 4vv (Leipzig, 1597)
Der Psalter Davids gesangweis vom Herrn D. Cornelio Beckern … verfertiget, 4vv (Leipzig, 1605)

Other:
Bicinia septuaginta ad sententias evangeliorum anniversorum … additi sunt viginti canones, 2vv (Leipzig, 1599, enlarged 2/1612 with 90 works by other composers); 20 from 2nd edn ed. in Benndorf (1901)
Tricinia: ausserlesene teutsche Lieder, 3vv (Leipzig, 1603); ed. G. Trubel (Neuhausen-Stuttgart, 1975)
Der 150. Psalm Davids … auf 3 Chor, 12vv (Leipzig, ?1615) [wedding music for Caspar Anckelmann and Maria Magdalena Heintze]
Unser Leben währet siebnzig Jahr, 8vv (Leipzig, 1616), lost; 1621
9 motets, 1603, 1621; ed. F. Commer, Musica sacra, xxviii (Berlin, 1887); ed. in Geistliche Chormusik, 4th ser: Chorwerk alter Meister, xiii
1 work in J.C. Demantius: Threnodiae, das ist Ausserlesene trostreiche Begräbnüss Gesänge, 4–6vv (Freiberg, 1620)
Joseph, lieber Joseph, 6vv, D-Z; ed. in Arion, iii (London, 1899)
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, 8vv, MÜG; ed. A Tunger (Stuttgart, 1992)
Zion spricht: Der Herr hat mich verlassen, 8vv, Bsb

Literatura:

Theoretical works:
only those relating to music
Melopoeia sive melodiae condendae ratio, quam vulgo musicam poeticam vocant (Erfurt, 1592) [1582 according to Fétis and Gerber] (2/1630 with H. Baryphonus: Pleiades musicae)
Compendium musicae pro incipientibus (Leipzig, 1594, 3/1612 as simplified version Musicae artis praecepta nova et facilima); 11 examples from 1594 edn ed. A. Allerup, Die Musica practica des J.A. Herbst (diss., U. of Münster, 1931)
Exercitationes musicae duae (Leipzig, 1600)
Exercitatio musica tertia (Leipzig, 1609, 2/1611/R as Exercitationes musicae tres)

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Lodovico Cenci (Arezzo, 1615 - 1648) va ser un compositor italià.

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His Madrigali (Rome, 1647), for four and five voices, has a long preface (repr. in VogelB) in which he stoutly defended the a cappella madrigal and deplored the use of the continuo in chamber music for three or more voices, because he felt that voices and instruments do not blend in such ensembles. He did, however, concede the need for it in pieces for one or two voices and its usefulness in performances in large buildings such as churches and theatres. Another aspect of his conservatism is his support of Artusi's views about the treatment of dissonance. According to Fétis he published an earlier collection of madrigals, for three to five voices (Rome, 1644).

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Giovanni Antonio Grossi (Lodi, 1615 - Milano, abril de 1684) va ser un compositor italià, actiu principalment a Crema i a Milà.

Giovanni Antonio Grossi (1615-1668) - Quo Domine

He was maestro di cappella at Crema Cathedral from 1635 until at least 1640, and was made priest there in October 1638. He, along with his father and two brothers, received payments from the Consorzio del SS Sacramento, Crema. He worked in Piacenza from 1644, in Novara from 1648 to 1666 and then at S Antonio, Milan. In 1650 he competed for the office of maestro di cappella of Milan Cathedral, but was passed over in favour of M.A. Grancini. After Grancini’s death in 1669 he competed again, together with, among others, Bagatti and Legrenzi. Grossi and Legrenzi were classified as the best; after a new poll Grossi was elected on 28 November 1669 with an annual stipend of 1500 lire, which was increased to 1800 on 11 December 1670. He kept this post until his death. From autograph annotations on some compositions (in I-Mcap) we know that his father, Domenico, was a ‘basso ecclesiastico’ and his brother Giovanni Battista organist at Fontanella in northern Italy.

Grossi was a prolific composer of sacred music. The poetic texts he set are mostly Latin (only some canzoni spirituali are in Italian). Although he had a mastery of polyphonic technique (he often wrote for four or five choirs), he preferred writing for a small number of voices, often in the form of the sacred dialogue. His solo motets, some ‘con eco’, are really spiritual cantatas. His style is unoriginal but agreeably melodic and sometimes pathetic; in his monodic pieces it tends towards arioso.

OBRA:

Vocal religiosa:

Messa, et salmi bizarri, con le letanie della Beata Vergine, 4vv, et l’hinno Ave maris stella, 6vv, bc (org), op.1 (1640)
Sacri concenti, 2–4vv, con una messa, 5vv, bc, op.3 (1653)
Orfeo pellegrino ne sacri cantici, 2–4vv, et alcuni, 1, 2vv, 2 vn, bc (org), op.4 (1659)
Celeste tesoro: composto in musica di messe, 5, 8vv, bc (org), con sinfonia, e senza, e motetti, Te Deum, e letanie della SS Vergine Maria, op.5 (1664)
Il terzo libro de concerti ecclesiastici, 2–4vv, bc (org), e d’alcuni con sinfonie, op.7 (1670)
Terzo libro di motetti ecclesiastici, 1v, bc, et una Salve Regina con sinfonia, op.8 (1674)
Libro primo de Magnificat et Pater noster, 4–6vv, bc, per capella secondo il ritto ambrosiano, op.9 (1675)
Quarto libro de concerti ecclesiastici, 2–4vv, bc (org), op.10 (1677)
6 masses, 4vv (n.d.) [title-page missing]
More than 500 sacred works, mostly autograph, I-Mcap:
31 masses, 12 Credo, 4–16vv, 12 Gloria, 5–18vv, 31 Magnificat, litanies, Laudate Dominum, Laudate pueri, Pater noster, 6 psalm collections, 11 motet collections, Concerti a diverse voci, Opera volgare spirituale, 4vv, etc

Other sacred vocal music, incl. Ave suavis delectio, 4vv;
Jubilet aether Ashrani, 2vv, 2 vn;
O sanctissime Jesu, 2vv, 2 vn;
Venite advenae, 4vv: S-Uu

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Arcangelo Lori (Roma, 2 de gener de 1615 - Roma, 16 de gener de 1679) va ser un organista i compositor italià, actiu i molt conegut a Roma.


Arcangelo Lori (1615-1679) - Toccata del Sig. Arcangelo

He spent the whole of his known career in Rome, where he was a leading lutenist in the mid-17th century. He is first heard of, however, as an organist: it was he whom Luigi Rossi succeeded as organist of S Luigi dei Francesi on 1 April 1633. Lori maintained connections with this church, for, at least from 1649 to 1662 and again from 1665 until he was removed in 1667, he participated as a lutenist in the patronal festivals there (on 25 August). From 1655 to 1678 he was second lutenist in Lenten Oratorios performed by the Arciconfraternita del Ss Crocifisso at S Marcello. From 1651, at the latest, he was a member of the Congregazione di S Cecilia; between 1653 and 1657 and in 1664 he was guardiano of its various sections, on 19 November 1664 he was elected one of three almoners, and on 9 July 1665 he was appointed to a commission set up to revise the congregation’s statutes. A series of letters written by Lori in 1665 to the Venetian opera impresario Marco Faustini, and to Faustini’s friend Giovanni Antonio Leffio, reveal that the musician was active as a voice teacher, preparing a number of students for the operatic stage. His few surviving pieces show that he was a competent composer. Most are arias and cantatas for solo voice and continuo (in I-Rc and the Biblioteca Pamphiliana di S Agnese in Agone, Rome); one cantata, Dimmi, Amor (?c1645), whose source is now unknown, is published (ed. F.-A. Gevaert, Les gloires de l’Italie, Paris, 1868, i, and, attributed to ‘Giovanni Francesco del Leuto’, ed. A. Parisotti, Arie antiche, ii, Milan, 1890/R). There is also a motet, Venite, gentes, for soprano, violin, lute and continuo (in I-Bc).

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Alberigo Malvezzi (Firenze, 24 de maig de 1554 - Firenze, 29 de desembre de 1615) va ser un organista i compositor italià, actiu principalment a Florència.

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He was the brother of Cristofano Malvezzi, who mentioned him among the musicians who performed in the Florentine intermedi of 1589. Alberigo was organist of S Lorenzo, Florence, from about 1570 until his death, and in 1590 was also appointed organist of Florence Cathedral. He was granted Florentine citizenship on 28 April 1604. The title-page of his Primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci (RISM/159120) describes him as ‘organista della chiesa del serenissimo Gran Duca di Toscana’. The work contains a six-voice setting of Godi flora gentil, celebrating the birth of the grand duke’s son, and the only two known pieces by his father Nicolao Malvezzi.

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Johann Spiridion Nenning (Neustadt, 16 de juliol de 1615 - Bamberg, 21 de novembre de 1685) va ser un compositor i organista alemany.

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He entered the Carmelite order at the age of 17 and in 1643 was organist of the Seminario Germanico, Rome. He then spent a few years in Belgium, returning to Germany in 1650. In 1658 he was vicar of the convent at Neustadt an der Saale. In 1660 he was a preacher and ‘adiutor musicorum’ in Prague and in 1664 was transferred to Bamberg. He carried out duties for his order at Fährbrück, near Würzburg, in 1667 and then at Obergriesheim, near Heilbronn, before returning to the monastery at Bamberg in 1670. In his Nova instructio he stated that he had received his musical education from Abbot Francesco of Spezia. His Musica romana is a product of this Italian influence; it is a collective volume including 13 works by Carissimi, Francesco Foggia and Bonifatio Gratiani and a Salve regina of his own. His masses of 1668 are in the concertato style. The Nova instructio pro pulsandis organis, spinettis, manuchordiis (vols.i and ii, Bamberg, 1669–71; vol.iv, Gerbstedt, 1675) is a manual offering important evidence about performing and composing techniques in the second half of the 17th century.

OBRA:

Musica romana, 3vv, 2 vn ad lib, 1665
Musica theo-liturgica … complectens 4 missas, 5vv, 2 vn ad lib (Würzburg, 1668)

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Melchior Vulpius (Wasungen, c.1570 - Weimar, 7 d'agost de 1615) va ser un compositor alemany i un dels més importants escriptors d'himnes luterans del seu temps.


Melchior Vulpius (c.1570-1615) - Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott

Together with one of his brothers, Vulpius latinized the family name, Fuchs, but still occasionally used that form. He was the son of poor parents and as a result was only able to attend the small Lateinschule in his home town, where he was a pupil of Johann Steuerlein. In 1588 he was at Speyer as a fellow pupil of Christoph Thomas Walliser, whom he instructed in the elements of musica poetica, and he was there again in 1589. In that year he was appointed, on the recommendation of the Wasungen preacher A. Scherdiger and in spite of his not having attended a university, to a position as a supernumerary teacher of Latin at the Lateinschule at nearby Schleusingen, the former residence of the counts of Henneberg (who had become extinct in 1583). He was generally referred to, however, as ‘composer’, for he had already distinguished himself as such at Wasungen in the sphere of church music. His salary at Schleusingen was at first extremely modest, and it rose only slightly even after he secured a permanent appointment in the lowest grade of teacher in 1592 and had to assume the duties of Kantor. He was required to write music for the Lutheran service, chiefly motets and hymns. While at Schleusingen he no doubt became acquainted with the three Passions of Jacob Meiland, which survive in manuscripts copied there between 1567 and 1570, for his own St Matthew Passion is influenced by them (see below). From 1596 until his death he was municipal Kantor and a teacher at the Lateinschule at Weimar.

OBRA:

Vocal religiosa:

German
Kirchen Geseng und geistliche Lieder … mehrerntheils auff zwey oder dreyerley art … contrapunctsweise, 4, 5vv (Leipzig, 1604 [incl. 2 melodies attrib. Vulpius]; enlarged 2/1609 as Ein schön geistlich Gesangbuch [incl. 31 melodies attrib. Vulpius])
Erster Theil deutscher sonntäglicher evangelischer Sprüche von Advent biss auff Trinitatis, 4vv (Jena, 1612, repr. 1615, 1619); ed. H. Nitsche and H. Stern (Stuttgart, 1960)
Das Leiden unnd Sterben … Jesu Christi, aus dem heiligen Evangelisten Matthäo, 4 and more vv (Erfurt, 1613); ed. K. Ziebler (Kassel, 1934)
Der ander Theil deutscher sonn-täglicher evangelischer Sprüche von Trinitatis biss auff Advent, 4 and more vv (Jena, 1614, repr. 1617, 1622); ed. H. Nitsche and H. Stern (Stuttgart, 1960)
Complementum unnd dritter Theil fest- und aposteltägiger evangelischer Sprüche, durchs gantze Jahr … nach madrigalischer Manier … componieret und gesetzet, 4–8vv (Erfurt, 1621, repr. 1625)

Latin
[Motets] (Erfurt, 1595 or earlier), lost (cited in MGG1)
Pars prima cantionum sacrarum, 6–8 and more vv (Jena, 1602, 2/1610); ed. M. Ehrhorn (Kassel, 1968)
Pars secunda selectissimarum cantionum sacrarum, 6–8 and more vv (Jena, 1603, repr. 1610–11)
Canticum Beatissimae Virginis Mariae, 4–6 and more vv (Jena, 1605)
Opusculum novum selectissimarum cantionum sacrarum, 4–8vv (Erfurt, 1610)
occasional
Felicibus connubiis … Schärfii, 8vv (Jena, 1608), lost (cited in EitnerQ)
Coniugii dum sacra paras: auspicatissimis nuptiis … Joh. Poppi, civis Vinariensis … et Mariae … Langii, 6vv (Jena, 1609)
Epigramma quo nuptiis Dn. Joan. Fliegelii … per musicos numeros … congratulabatur Joh. Gebawer, 7vv (Liegnitz, 1609), lost [contrafactum of work from Pars prima cantionum sacrarum, see EitnerQ]
Nuptiis Ebaldo Langianis, 12vv (Jena, 1614), inc.
Christus der ist mein Leben, 4vv, Christliche Leich- Trost- und Ehren-Predigt … bey Begräbnüs des … Herrn Georgii Erffurdii Franckenhusani (Jena, 1618)
Sacred vocal works in 1617, 1618, 1621, 1622, 1627, 1641, D-B, Bds, Dlb, Lr, Us, Z, H-Bn, PL-WRu, S-Uu

Literatura:

Musicae compendium latino germanicum M. Heinrici Fabri … aliquantulum variatum ac dispositum, cum facili brevique de modis tractatu (Jena, 1608, 8/1665)

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Claude-Joseph Vernet - A Storm on a Mediterranean Coast (1767)
Obra de Claude Joseph Vernet (1714-1789), pintor francès (1)

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Parlem de Pintura...

Claude Joseph Vernet (Avinyó, 14 d'agost de 1714 - París, 3 de desembre de 1789) va ser un pintor francès. Va néixer en el si d'una família d'artistes, fill d'Antoine, un pròsper artesà i decorador, i al seu torn pare de dos escultors, Louis-François i Joseph. Vernet va rebre probablement les seves primeres lliçons del seu pare, qui el va enviar aviat al taller del mestre més destacat d'Avinyó: Philippe Sauvan, pintor de retaules i escenes mitològiques. Més tard va treballar amb Jacques Viali, pintor de paisatges i marines, gèneres en els quals es va especialitzar immediatament. El 1732 va viatjar amb una pensió concedida pel marquès de Caumont a Itàlia, on va realitzar dibuixos de monuments i escultures de l'Antiguitat pel seu mecenes. La seva formació va rebre supervisió primer de l'Acadèmia de França a Roma i després per part del pintor de marines Adrien Manglard. Gràcies a l'incipient turisme del Grand Tour, Vernet va aconseguir aviat una notable reputació internacional de paisatgista i pintor de marines. Els seus motius més venuts van ser les vistes pintoresques de la campanya romana, les vedute topogràfiques dels monuments romans i sobretot els paisatges i marines, en els quals queda de manifest la influència de la tècnica pictòrica holandesa del segle XVII i de l'obra de Claude Lorraine i Salvator Rosa

Els ingredients artístics elaborats per Vernet suggereixen una certa atmosfera de preromanticisme i corresponen a l'estètica del sublim, un tòpic molt de moda en el debat teòric del moment, sobretot al seu retorn a França. Allà Lluís XV li va encomanar la sèrie de vistes sobre els Ports de França, barreja de descripció topogràfica i artística amb tints idealitzats. Vernet, per a complir aquest encàrrec, va viatjar durant la dècada del 1750 al llarg de la costa mediterrània i dels ports situats al nord del país. Va realitzar, només, quinze llenços d'una bellesa extraordinària, reconeguda per Denis Diderot en els seus comentaris dels Salons, on Vernet els va exposar anualment. El 1765 es va instal·lar a la capital gala, on va continuar representant els mateixos temes que a Itàlia. El 1778 va emprendre un viatge als Alps suïssos, sumant-se a l'interès il·lustrat sorgit des de mitjans segle, per estudiar, pintar i reconèixer la bellesa dels fenomens geològics. Va morir a París el desembre de 1789.

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Parlem de Música...

John Alcock (London, 11 d'abril de 1715 - 23 de febrer de 1806) va ser un organista i compositor anglès, pare del també compositor John Alcock.

John Alcock - Organ voluntary in D major

He was a chorister of St Paul’s Cathedral when, in his own words (GB-Lcm 1189), he and Boyce were ‘Schoolfellows and Bedfellows’ under Charles King. Afterwards he was apprenticed to John Stanley. In the early years of the 18th century, growth in the number of organs in large provincial parish churches afforded new professional opportunities, and Alcock is an early example of an organist who reached a cathedral position through posts in parish churches – in his case St Andrew’s, Plymouth (1737), and St Laurence’s, Reading (1742). He was admitted vicar-choral and organist of Lichfield Cathedral in January 1750. He took the BMus degree at Oxford in 1755 and the DMus there in 1766. The cathedral documents fail to make clear exactly when he ceased to be organist, but this was certainly by September 1765. By the cathedral statutes, the organist held a place as vicar-choral, which constituted a freehold, and this Alcock continued to hold for the rest of his life, living in the cathedral close and doing duty in the choir. He was organist of Sutton Coldfield parish church, Warwickshire, from 1761 to 1786 (part of this time while still organist of Lichfield Cathedral), and of Tamworth parish church from 1766 to 1790. He was also private organist to the Earl of Donegal.

In the dedication of his Service in E minor in 1753 Alcock stated that sometimes only one priest vicar and one lay vicar attended the cathedral services, and he also alluded to ridiculous criticism of his organ accompaniments. In 1758 trouble arose between him and the men of the choir, who accused him of mockery and of ‘splenetic tricks upon the organ to expose or confound the performers’. Alcock’s fiery temperament is revealed in his semi-autobiographical novel, The Life of Miss Fanny Brown (published pseudonymously, under the name of John Piper, in 1761), in which these events are described. That Alcock considered himself hard done by as a result of his conditions of work at Lichfield is abundantly clear from his argumentative preface to his anthems published in 1771. It is possible that, far away in the Midlands yet having troubled to take a doctorate (for what it was then worth), he felt he lacked the status which his contemporary Boyce and others enjoyed. For that reason, perhaps, it was a gratification to him when visiting London in his old age to be invited to join the Musical Graduates’ Meeting established by Samuel Arnold (whom he helped with his Cathedral Music, 1790).

In the course of his work Alcock became impressed by the ‘numberless Mistakes’ in manuscript copies of older cathedral music, and in 1752 he issued a prospectus of a plan for a quarterly publication of a service engraved in score. He proposed to start with Tallis’s Dorian Mode Service, Byrd’s Short Service and Gibbons’s in F (all of which it is interesting to note that he proposed to transpose up a tone), and working through to Charles King. Apparently for lack of response nothing came of this, though Alcock issued his own Service in E minor as a specimen of the engraving. When he heard of Greene’s proposal to publish an anthology of cathedral music he presented him with the materials already gathered. Greene’s plan, as is well known, eventually came to fruition in Boyce’s Cathedral Music. Alcock had antiquarian interests, scoring for himself some of Tallis’s and Byrd’s Latin church music and Morley’s canzonets and balletts (Lbl Add.23624 and Lcm 952–3). He once owned the Tregian anthology, the ‘Sambrooke MS’ (now US-NYp Drexel 4302). It is to him that the story of Byrd’s contact with Philippe de Monte is owed.

Alcock’s own music has a good general level of competence in an idiom adhering to that prevailing in his early manhood. No doubt his instrumental music derived from Stanley, but without the master’s freshness and vigour. His anthems are in similar mould to those of Greene, whose general style they share, and in fact in his aforementioned preface he felt it necessary to anticipate possible charges of plagiarism from both Croft and Greene. But only the Service in E minor, of all his church music, ever attained any currency, and this is too lacking in character to have survived. As published it is a slightly revised form of the original composed in 1732. Alcock’s output includes several large-scale anthems with orchestra, including We will rejoice, which he contributed to the Worcester Music Meeting of 1773. He cultivated the art of catch and canon writing, and won Catch Club prizes in 1770, 1772 and 1778.

In connection with the organ accompaniment to cathedral music, Alcock made some remarks that are worth mentioning. To the anthem Unto thee have I cried he supplied an organ part in full (virtually a short score), in order to prevent people, when the vocal bass part rests, from ‘keeping a continual Roaring upon the Full-Organ, by striking Chords, or, at least, Octaves, with the Left-hand, to every Note’. And in relation to his E minor Service he said:
As in Cathedral Music the usual Method is to play the Treble [voice-part] uppermost, I have left out those Figures which are of Course expressed in that Part … they being quite unnecessary … [In verses] the Notes in the upper Parts [are] play’d just as they are wrote, (except when the Contra-Tenor, and Tenor Parts are uppermost, which are often performed eight Notes above) and not as in Through Bass, which is the Reason why I have not figured most of the Verses.

OBRA:

Vocal secular:

Twelve English Songs, with a Recitativo & Duet out of … Rosamond, 1v, fl, bc (1743) [duet acc. vn, bc]
Songs, catches, canons, glees and kbd works pubd singly and in contemporary anthologies

Vocal religiosa:

A Morning [Communion] and Evening Service, e, 3–6vv, org, 1732 (1753) [with important ded.]
Six and Twenty Select Anthems … a Burial Service … and part of … the 150th Psalm, 1–8vv, org, 1732–71 (1771 [with preface], 2/c1775)
Miserere, 4vv, 1756 (Lichfield and London, 1771)
3 anthems, 1778–9, in Six New Anthems, 2–4vv, 2 ob, bn, org (c1790) [remainder by John Alcock (ii)]

Chants and psalm tunes in:
Psalmody, or a Collection of Psalm Tunes … with Several Festival Hymns (Reading, ?1749);
Divine Harmony (Birmingham, 1752);
The Pious Soul’s Heavenly Exercise (1756) [with preface];
The Harmony of Sion (1779, 2/1816);
The Harmony of Jerusalem (1801)
Services, GB-Lsp, LF: Verse Service, B , 1771;
Third Service, F, 1788;
Services in C, E , a; setting of Commandments etc.

Anthems:
Laudate Dominum, double choir, orch, 1754, LF [rev. 1771 as We will rejoice]; Blessed is he, vv, orch, 1761, Ob [rev. 1776 as O praise the Lord];
The Ways of Sion, double choir, orch, 1766, Ob [rev. from verse anthem in Six and Twenty Select Anthems];
Sing unto the Lord, vv, orch, 1776, LF;
Behold how good, 1785, LF;
Almighty and everlasting God, 1789, LF;
Why do the heathen, 1793, Lcm;
Let every Soul, 1794;
Lord, teach us, 1798, LF

Instrumental:

Six Suite’s of Easy Lessons … with a Trumpet Piece, hpd (1741, 2/1742), ed. R. Jones (c1985)
Six Concerto’s in Seven Parts [2 fl, 2 ob, bn], 4 vn, va, vc, bc (1750/R1989 in TCMS, iii)
Ten Voluntaries, org/hpd, i (1774); nos.1, 2, 6, 10 ed. in Tallis to Wesley, xxiii (1961), nos.4, 5, 7, [8] ed. P. Marr, Eight Georgian Organ Voluntaries for Manuals (c1985)
Harmonia Festi, or a Collection of Canons … Glees, & Catches, mostly 4–5vv (Lichfield, 1791)

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Atys (St Domingue, 18 d'abril de 1715 - Paris, 8 d'agost de 1784) va ser un flautista i compositor francès.

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His skill as a flute virtuoso and teacher made him renowned in Paris and Vienna, but his concert career was cut short by a chin wound received in a pistol duel. He was among the first flautists to use crescendo and diminuendo instead of simple echo contrasts. His compositions, all published in Paris, are primarily intended for amateur flautists: they include duos ‘en forme de conversation’ op.1 (1754), sonatas ‘dans le goût italien’ op.2 (1756, lost), further duos and quartets, a Feste concertante (1775, lost) and minuets for orchestra. He also published two flute methods. (Choron-FayolleD; FétisB; La BordeE)

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Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (Weimar, 11 de maig de 1715 - Jena, 27 de maig de 1739) va ser un organista i compositor alemany, fill de Johann Sebastian Bach.

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He was a pupil of his father, and was organist of the Marienkirche in Mühlhausen, 1735-7. He then became organist of St Jacobi in Sangerhausen (a position for which his father had applied in 1702). He left Sangerhausen in spring 1738, with what intention is not known. In a letter of 26 May 1738 Johann Sebastian complained bitterly of his ‘undutiful son’, whose character was apparently unstable and who had got into debt. He matriculated as a law student at Jena University on 28 January 1739, but died only a few months later ‘of a high fever’.

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Pasquale Cafaro (S Pietro in Galatina, 8 de febrer de 1715 - Naples, 25 d'octubre de 1787) va ser un compositor italià, membre de la famosa Escola Napolitana d'Òpera i descobridor del famós castrat Caffarelli.

Pasquale Cafaro - Stabat Mater (Naples, 1785)

Italian composer. According to some sources he was born in 1706; however, when he entered the Naples Conservatorio di S Maria della Pietà dei Turchini on 23 December 1735, he declared himself to be 20 (or in his 20th year), which places his birthdate in 1715 or 1716. He was admitted to the conservatory under a five-year contract, studying under primo maestro Nicola Fago, secondo maestro Leonardo Leo and, after 1737, with Leo’s successor Lorenzo Fago. He remained in Naples all his life, and between 1745 and 1771 established himself as a respected composer of oratorios, operas, cantatas and church music. On 11 July 1759 he succeeded Girolamo Abos as secondo maestro of his former conservatory and, contrary to some accounts, did not resign from this post in 1785, but retained it until his death. His most notable student was Giacomo Tritto.

Between 1763 and 1766 Cafaro conducted operas by Hasse and Traetta, among others, at the Teatro S Carlo. Public recognition, and especially his compositions for court events (including cantatas for the king’s birthday), led to his appointment on 25 August 1768 as a maestro di cappella soprannumerario of the royal chapel; he was also music master to Queen Maria Carolina. After the death of Giuseppe de Majo, primo maestro of the royal chapel, the incumbent vice-maestro Giuseppe Marchitti was denied succession and, without the customary public competition, the position given to Cafaro on 21 December 1771; he also continued as maestro di musica della regina, later becoming maestro di musica della real camera. After assuming the leadership of the royal chapel he stopped writing operas and produced primarily sacred music. A Stabat mater, dedicated to the king and queen and printed in Naples in 1785, became his best-known work outside Italy.

Although Cafaro never composed an opera buffa, certain stylistic tendencies associated with this genre (simplicity of harmonic structure, texture and orchestration) are reflected in his serious works. In them the dramatic pathos of earlier composers gave way to Classicist abstraction, expert use of Neapolitan formulae and accepted modes of expression. As a result his music was praised by his contemporaries for ‘grace and purity of style’ and later criticized for ‘poverty of invention’. In the Neapolitan tradition Cafaro was one of the essential links between the generation of Leo and Durante and that of Cimarosa and Paisiello.

OBRA:

Vocal secular:

Operas
staged at S Carlo, Naples, unless otherwise stated
La disfatta di Dario (3, A. Morbilli), 20 Jan 1756, F-Pc*, I-Mc, Nc, P-La, US-Wc
L'incendio di Troia (3, Morbilli), 20 Jan 1757, A-Wn, F-Pc*, P-La, US-Wc
Ipermestra (3, P. Metastasio), 26 Dec 1761, F-Pc*, I-Vnm, P-La
Arianna e Teseo (3, P. Pariati), 20 Jan 1766, F-Pc*, I-Nc, P-La
Creso, ultimo rè della Lidia (3, G.G. Pizzi), Turin, Regio, spr. 1768, F-Pc* (dated 1777), P-La
L'olimpiade (3, Metastasio), 12 Jan 1769, F-Pc*, I-Nc, P-La, US-Wc
Antigono (3, Metastasio), 13 Aug 1770, F-Pc*, I-Nc, P-La, rev. 1774

Cants.:
Prologo per una cantata, 1v, 1764, F-Pc;
5 cants., Naples, S Carlo, for the king’s birthday: 12 Jan 1763, P-La, 1764, F-Pc, 1766, Pc, I-Nc, 1769, 1770, both F-Pc;
Peleo, Giasone e Pallade, 3vv, 1766, I-Nc;
Ercole ed Acheloo (Mattei), Naples, S Carlo, for King of Spain’s birthday, 20 Jan 1766;
La giustizia placata, for the Duke of Lavino, 1769, F-Pc;
4 cants., Naples, for the Translation of the Blood of S Gennaro, 6 May 1769, F-Pc, 1770, GB-Lbl, 1775, 1781, both F-Pc;
Cant., Naples, for the queen’s birthday, 13 Aug 1770, GB-Lbl;
Il natale d’Apollo (festa teatrale, Mattei), Naples, S Carlo, for birth of the hereditary prince, 4 Jan 1775, F-Pc;
La felicità della terra, I-Nc

Other:
Sacred and secular arias, duets, solfeggi, partimenti, GB-Lbl, I-Mc, Nc

Vocal religiosa:

Orats.:
Il figliuol prodigo ravveduto, 26 Feb 1745;
Il trionfo di Davidde, 1746;
La Betulia liberata (P. Metastasio), 1746;
L’invenzione della croce, 1747;
Oratorio per il glorioso S Antonio di Padova

Masses:
Ky, Gl, 2 choirs, 1760, I-Nc;
Messa breve, 4vv, 1769, F-Pc;
2 for 4vv, 1771, Pc;
Ky, Gl, Cr, 1772, Pc;
2 undated, Pc;
1 for 5vv, A-Wn;
1 for 5vv, 1785/6, GB-Lbl;
mass movts, Cfm, I-Nc;
Requiem, 4vv, D-MÜs

Motets:
Mottetto pastorale, 1747, I-Nc, 1 for 2 choirs, 1750, GB-Lbl, 1 dated 1753, F-Pc, 1 dated 1756, GB-Lbl, Cadant arma, 5vv, Lbl, Undique sacri amoris, 1v, I-Nc

Other sacred:
Litania in pastorale, 4vv, D-MÜs, I-Mc;
Mag, D-Mbs, MÜs;
Christus, 1v, I-Nc;
Confitebor, 4vv, 1759, GB-Lbl;
Confitemini (It. trans., S. Mattei), 1773, D-MÜs, F-Pc, I-Mc;
Deus in adjutorium, 2 choirs, 1746, Nc;
Dixit, 4vv, 1771, Nc;
Et misericordia, Nc;
Gloria Patri, 1780, GB-Lbl;
Laudate pueri, D-MÜs;
2 Miserere, 5vv, 1764, 4vv, unacc., both I-Nc;
Misit verbum, 2vv, Nc;
Propter quod, 5vv, Mc;
Regina coeli, 1v, GB-Lbl;
Holy Week Responsories, 4vv, I-Nc;
2 Salve regina, 5vv, vv, Mc, 1v, GB-Lbl;
2 Sepulto Domino, 4vv, bc, I-Mc, 5vv, 1774, Nc;
Subsequitur, 2vv, Nc;
Tantum ergo, 1v, Nc;
Stabat mater, 4vv, str, bc, 1784 (Naples, 1785), Mc*
Isacco figura del redentore (orat, Metastasio), 1763

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Giovanni Battista Casali (Roma, 1715 - Roma, 6 de juliol de 1792) va ser un compositor italià, membre de l'Accademia Filarmonica de Bolonya i actiu principalment a Roma.

Giovanni Battista Casali - Improperium expectavit

In 1740 he was admitted to the Bologna Accademia Filarmonica. He was assistant to Girolamo Chiti, maestro di cappella at S Giovanni in Laterano in Rome, and in 1745 was designated his successor, taking up the post in 1759. Between 1752 and 1791 he was a member of the Congregazione di S Cecilia, serving as one of the examiners and several times holding the office of guardiano della sezione dei maestri compositori. From 1754 until his death he was also maestro di cappella at S Maria in Vallicella and was active in several other churches in Rome. He exchanged letters (now in I-Bc) with Martini in Bologna.

Casali wrote much in the strict contrapuntal style of the Roman school, but also used the modern concertante style with virtuoso coloratura lines and homophonic writing, and often with instrumental accompaniment. Burney, who heard his oratorio Abigail (1770) in Rome, called the music ‘common-place, for though it could boast of no new melody or modulation, it had nothing vulgar in it’. This remark is perhaps the source of Fétis’s judgment that Casali ‘had little invention, but his style was very pure’. Grétry, who was Casali’s pupil for two years, praised his counterpoint instruction and called him one of the most famous maestri di cappella in Rome. Casali’s compositions, which are mainly sacred, are in church archives in large numbers, above all at S Giovanni in Laterano, Rome. His Roman oratorios followed the style of the mid-18th-century opera seria, which preserved the da capo aria. During his long term of office he became one of the best-known Italian composers of sacred music of his time.

OBRA:

Vocal secular:

Opera:
Candaspe (Campaspe) regina de’ Sciti (dramma per musica, B. Vitturi), Venice, S Angelo, carn. 1740;
La costanza vincitrice (dramma per musica), S Giovanni in Persiceto, Sept 1740, collab. others;
Il Bajazette (op, A. Piovene), Rimini, 1741;
La lavandarina (int, A. Lungi), Rome, Valle, 1746;
Le furbarie di Bruscolo Trasteverino (int), Rome, Pace, carn. 1747;
La finta merciaia (tedesca) (int), Rome, 1747;
L’impazzito (int, G. Aureli), Rome, Valle, carn. 1748;
Antigona (dramma per musica, G. Roccaforte), Turin, Regio, carn. 1752;
Arianna e Teseo, lost
Arias from Endimione (P. Metastasio)

Vocal religiosa:

Orats:
S Fermina, Rome, 1748;
Per la festività dell'assunzione di Maria Vergine, Rome, 1753;
La natività della Vergine, Foligno, 1754;
Il roveto di Mosè, Rome, 1755;
La pazienza ricompensata negli avvenimenti di Tobia, Bologna, 1761 [MS dated Rome, 1755];
La benedizione di Giacobbe, Rome, 1761;
Salomone re d’Israele, Rome ?1770;
Pastorale per il SS Natale, Rome, 1770;
Componimento drammatico per la festività del S Natale, Rome 1773;
Componimento sacro per la festa di S Filippo Neri, 1773;
Abigail, 1770, lost;
L’adorazione de’ magi, ?Rome

Other sacred:
c24 masses, 4–5vv and 8–9vv, 1 ed. A. Reinthaler (Wiesbaden, 1986), 1 ed. W. Fürlinger (Altötting, 1992);
Pastoralmesse; over 150 ants, 1–4vv;
c60 ps settings, 4–8vv;
c110 grads, mostly 2vv;
over 90 offs;
c10 Mag, 4–9vv;
c43 hymns;
5 tracts;
over 20 motets;
cants.;
seqs;
Tantum ergo;
alleluias;
invitatories;
responsories

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Constantin Christian Dedekind (Reinsdorf, 2 d'abril de 1628 - Dresden, 2 de setembre de 1715) va ser un poeta i compositor alemany, net d'Henning Dedekind.

Constantin Christian Dedekind - Högtlovad vare konungen

He received his early education at the famous abbey at Quedlinburg, where his teacher was the abbess, Anna Sophia, Landgravine of Hesse. At 13, influenced by the abbess, he had already begun to write poetry, and five years later he went to Dresden to study with Christoph Bernhard. In 1654 he became a bass singer in the Dresden Hofkantorei and was still in that position in 1663, by which time he had married Bernhard’s wife’s sister, Maria Dorothea Weber. In 1666, two years after Bernhard left Dresden for Hamburg, Dedekind was appointed director of the Dresden Hofkapelle. He was one of the numerous distinguished violinists then resident in Dresden, and the prominence of string music at the court attested to Dedekind’s influence. In 1675, however, he resigned in the face of mounting animosity towards him on the part of the other musicians: court music at Dresden was torn between Italian and German musicians each attempting to dominate, and despite the high level of performance the atmosphere was charged with unpleasant tensions. As a tax collector at Meissen and in the Erzgebirge, Dedekind had accrued enough wealth to survive now without a musical appointment. He tried his hand at music publishing but was unsuccessful. He had not neglected his poetry during his years in Dresden, however, and under the pseudonym ‘Con Cor D’ he was elected to the prominent poetic academy known as the Elbschwanenorden. During the last 40 years of his life he composed very little and devoted his artistic energies to poetry.

Dedekind’s most important work is his huge collection Aelbianische Musen-Lust (1657). It contains 146 sacred and secular solo songs with continuo. The texts, whose authorship is clearly indicated, are by the most important lieder poets of the time, including Dach, Finckelthaus, Fleming, Gläser, Rist, Schirmer and Dedekind himself. Nearly all the songs are strophic, with generally syllabic setting of the words. Most of his other music displays much more Italian influence. Following Adam Krieger he inserted instrumental ritornellos between strophes, and in a few cases the violins accompany the solo voice. His Musicalischer Jahrgang contains 120 ‘concertos’ – sacred works for two voices and bass, with the optional addition of a bass voice and two violins, or substitution of them for the continuo and the two voices respectively. The forms used include recitatives, ariosos and da capo arias, and these and other pieces in similar collections by Dedekind are thus examples of German sacred cantatas. He also wrote dance music of various types. His literary works include song texts, scriptural translations, lyric and satiric poetry, plays sacred and secular, intermedi and oratorio texts.

OBRA:

only those with music; literary works listed in Stege and Thomas
Selige Fortreis des … Melchior Albhartens (Dresden, 1651)
A. et O.: Jesus! Zehen andächtige Buss-Gesänge (1652, lost; 2/1655)
Aelbianische Musen-Lust (Dresden, 1657/R)
Doppelte Sangzälle (Dresden, 1662)
Geistliche Erstlinge (Dresden, 1662); several ed. in NM, xliii (1929)
Musikalische Spätlinge (Dresden, 1662)
Davidische geheime Musik-Kammer (Dresden, 1663)
Gottes stäte Liebe (Dresden, 1664)
Süsser Mandelkärnen (Dresden, 1664, enlarged 2/1665)
Davidisches Harfen-Spiel, das ist der ganze Psalter (Frankfurt, 1665)
K.R.P. belebte, oder ruchbare Myrrhen-Blätter (Dresden, 1666)
Davidischer Harfenschall (Frankfurt, 1670)
Geschwinder und seeliger Abschied der … Frauen Annen Margarethen … Metzner (Dresden, 1670)
… sonderbahrer Seelen-Freude, oder kleinerer Geistlichen Concerten, Erster Teil (Dresden, 1672)
Musicalischer Jahrgang und Vesper-Gesang … Deutsche Concerten …, 3vv (Dresden, 1673–4)
König Davids göldnes Kleinod, oder 119. Psalm (Dresden, 1674)
Chr. Findekellers Begräbnis-Chor (Dresden, 1675)
Singende Sonn- und Festtages unterl. Andachten (Dresden, 1683)

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William Felton (Drayton, 1715 - Hereford, 6 de desembre de 1769) va ser un organista i compositor anglès.

William Felton - Nunc Dimittis

He was the son of George Felton, a clerk, and was educated at Manchester Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge (BA, 1738; MA, 1743). He married Anna, daughter of the Rev. Egerton Leigh, by whom he had a daughter. Felton was ordained priest by the Bishop of Hereford on 11 August 1742, became a vicar-choral and sub-chanter of the cathedral on 3 February 1743, and minor canon in 1760. In 1769 he was made chaplain to the Princess Augusta, widow of the Prince of Wales, and in the same year he was appointed custos of the College of Vicars Choral at Hereford. From 1744 he held various parochial appointments in Herefordshire. He was buried in the Lady Chapel at Hereford Cathedral: the inscription on his gravestone states that he died at the age of 54 and was ‘multiplici doctrina eruditus, rerum musicarum peritissimus’.

Felton was a steward at the Three Choirs Festival in Hereford in 1744 and in Gloucester in 1745; and his name is on the list of subscribers to Thomas Chilcot's Twelve English Songs (1744). He seems to have enjoyed wide popularity as a performer on the harpsichord and organ. Burney, who considered Felton a better performer than composer, recollected hearing in his youth ‘the celebrated Mr Felton’ play at Shrewsbury, and wrote in his History of his ‘neat finger for common divisions and the rapid multiplication of notes’. In his Account of the Musical Performances … in Commemoration of Handel (London, 1785/R) he related an anecdote about Felton's endeavours to persuade Handel to subscribe to his op.2 concertos through the violinist Abraham Brown; Handel started up angrily and said: ‘A parson make concerto? Why he no make sarmon?’. Handel's name did, however, appear on the subscription list to Felton's op.1 concertos. Felton is chiefly known as a prolific composer of organ and harpsichord concertos; Burney pronounced that he ‘produced two concertos out of three sets that were thought worthy of playing in London’. Despite this, Felton's concertos were widely acquired by music society libraries and private collectors, and his music frequently appeared in 18th-century domestic manuscript anthologies (see Harley).

Felton had a natural ability for devising bold, powerful thematic material, but his keyboard skills tempted him to include an excessive amount of passage-work. The ‘Andante with variations’ of the third concerto in op.1 achieved wide popularity as ‘Felton's Gavot’ or ‘Farewell Manchester’ (the latter title probably dating from December 1745, when it was supposedly played as the troops of the Young Pretender left Manchester). It is also said to have been played at the execution, in 1746, of Jemmy Dawson, the Manchester Jacobite, who was a contemporary of Felton's at St John's College, Cambridge (this legend may originate in the fact that a Felton concerto was played at the Manchester subscription concerts, which were notoriously Jacobite, in 1744). In about 1748 the tune was printed as Fill the Glass, a song for three voices. Burney said that it appeared in Ciampi's opera Bertoldo, produced at Covent Garden in 1762. The tune remained popular until the middle of the 19th century.

OBRA:

Instrumental:

op.
1Six Concerto's, org/hpd, insts (1744)
2Six Concerto's, org/hpd, insts (1747)
Fill the glass (Farewell Manchester, or Felton's Gavot), song, 3vv (c1748) [adapted from Andante of op.1 no.3]
3Eight Suits of Easy Lessons, hpd (1752)
4Six Concerto's, org/hpd, insts (1752)
5Six Concerto's, org/hpd, insts (c1755)
6Eight Suits of Easy Lessons, hpd (1757)
7Eight Concerto's, org/hpd, insts (1762)

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Ignazio Fiorillo (Nàpols, 11 de maig de 1715 - Fritzlar, juny de 1787) va ser un compositor italià i pare del conegut compositor Federigo Fiorillo.


Ignazio Fiorillo - Clavicembalo sonata II

He studied with Durante and Leo at the Conservatorio di S Maria di Loreto in Naples. His début as an opera composer took place in Venice with Mandane (1736), and for the next few years he was active in northern Italy, producing at least seven operas in Venice, Milan and Padua. In 1745 he joined a travelling company; with it he toured central and northern Europe for the next four years. Three intermezzos by him were produced in Prague in 1748. The following year he left the company in Brunswick, where his opera L’olimpiade was successfully produced. It was followed in 1750 by Demofoonte, and in 1754 Fiorillo was appointed court conductor there. In the next eight years he wrote at least six Italian operas for Brunswick, all to librettos by Metastasio, as well as some church music. In 1762 he took up a similar position at the Hessian court in Kassel. He produced only four new operas there but continued to compose occasional church works, of which his Requiem was especially admired (see Apell). In 1780 he was pensioned and retired to Fritzlar.

Of Fiorillo’s 18 or more operas and intermezzos fewer than a third have survived; much of his church music, including the Requiem, has also disappeared. His style was said to be in imitation of Hasse.

OBRA:

Vocal secular:

Opera:
all opere serie unless otherwise stated
L’egeste (melodramma), Trieste, 1733;
Mandane (B. Vitture), Venice, 1736;
Partenope nell’Adria (serenata, B. Biancardi), Venice, 1738;
Artamene (N. Stampa), Milan, 1739;
Il vincitor di se stesso (A. Zaniboni), Venice, S Angelo, aut. 1741, aria I-Mc;
Volgeso (A. Zeno), Padua, 1742, D-Dl, Wa;
Angelica (P. Metastasio), Venice, 1744, W;
L’olimpiade (Metastasio), Venice, 1745, W;
L’amante ingannatore (int), Prague, 1748;
Li birbi (int, A. Zanetti), Prague, 1748;
Il finto pazzo (int), Prague, 1748;
Vecchio passo in amore (int), Hamburg, Nicolini, 1748;
Astige, re di Medi (dramma per musica, Apolloni), Brunswick, wint. 1749;
Demofoonte (Metastasio), Brunswick, 1750, only lib extant;
Didone abbandonata (Metastasio), Brunswick, 1751, Wa;
Siface (Metastasio), Brunswick, 1752, Wa;
Demetrio (Metastasio), Brunswick, 1753, Wa, aria I-PLa;
Ciro riconosciuto (Metastasio), ?Brunswick, 1753, D-Wa;
Endimione, ?Brunswick, 1754, rev. as Diana ed Endimione, 1763, pt 1, Kl, Wa;
Nitteti (Metastasio), Kassel, ?Brunswick, 1758, rev. 1771, Wa;
Ipermestra (Metastasio), Brunswick, 1759;Artaserse (Metastasio), ?1750s, Brunswick, rev. Kassel, 1765, pts 2, 3, Kl;
Andromeda (V.A. Cigna-Santi), Kassel, 1771;

Pantomimes, all perf. Brunswick, cited in GerberL: Arlequin Cupido, Arlequin esclave, La naisance d’arlequin;
Incidental music to Nicolini’s ballets, cited in GerberL
Arias: D-ROu, W, SWl; B-Bc; I-Mc, Nc

Vocal religiosa:

all lost works mentioned in Apell
Isacco (orat, Metastasio)
Requiem;
several masses; 1 Ky, 1 Gl, Kl;
3 TeD, 1 in Kl;
2 Miserere, frag. in Bsb;
2 Mag, 1 in Kl;
Libera;
revisions to Jommelli’s Requiem, Bsb;
psalms; motets

Instrumental:

[6] Sonate, hpd (Brunswick, 1750)
2 syms., cited in EitnerQ;
sinfonia, D, KA; 2 ov., B-Bc

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Pater Felix Gass (Neustadt, 8 d'agost de 1715 - 20 de febrer de 1752) va ser un compositor alemany.

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Fr. Felix Gass was born in Neustadt/Saale as first child of the couple Johannes and Susanna Margaretha Gass, born Hundertpfundt, and baptized under the name Georg Anton. His father Johannes Gass was a clerk of the bishopric office in Neustadt. After attending classes at the Augustinian school Gass professed to the Augustinian monastery of Muennerstadt on November 6th, 1733. In the following year he moved to the Augustinian convent of Uttenweiler where he studied moral theology. Probably after his studies he returned back to his home monastery of Muennerstadt. Therefrom Br. Felix was sent  to Freiburg/B. in June 1737. On March 28th, 1739 Gass was ordained. In the year 1740, Gass was confessor and organist in the Augustinian convent of St. Maurice in Fribourg/CH. In the year 1743 at the latest, Gass moved again to Freiburg/B. In Freiburg/B, Gass had the duties of a confessor and organist.

Gass died on February 20th, 1752 at the age of only 36 on a pulmonary catarrh that led to suffocation. All extant sources characterize him as an excellent organist and a much celebrated composer. Furthermore, he was a deeply religious and spiritual man. The prior of Muennerstadt writes about him: 'His musical abilities in playing the organ have been fully-trained and he was known as an excellent organist. Unfortunately, he was snatched in prosperous manhood from the music choir on earth and associated to the music choir in heaven as a sacred singer evermore.'

At the time of the publication of his only preserved work Gass was organist in Freiburg/B. The regrettably undated work was most probably written after his return from Fribourg/CH, thus between 1743 and 1745. This work with piano arias for the keyboard bears the Baroque title „David ludens ad arcam Dei“ (= „David plays in front of the Ark of the covenant“) and was printed in Augsburg by the Protestant publisher Johann Christian Leopold the Elder (1699–1755) [RISM G 469]. This collection totally attached to the piano setting contains 30 Arias for the keyboard. The carefreeness with which Gass used song and dance pieces for a  liturgical setting, testifies to late Baroque sensibility and extraversion. On account of easy playablilty he spares alto and tenor voices. Besides this printed work the necrology testifies further compositions: 12 Masses, 12 Offertories and 24 Concertos. These manuscripts have been lost so far. Furthermore Gass published a short manual to choral singing in 1746. The Augustinian Hermit Fr. Felix Gass from the Rhoen area has left an interesting heritage that should be rediscovered by music enthusiasts and musicologists in the future.

OBRA:

Vocal religiosa:

12 Masses;
12 Offertories;

Instrumental:

30 Piano Pieces;
24 Concertos;

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Georg Siegmund Gebel (Breslau, 1715 - Breslau, 1775) va ser un organista i compositor alemany, fill del també compositor Georg Gebel i germà de Georg Gebel.

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Second son of (1) Georg Gebel (i). He became second organist at St Elisabeth in Breslau in 1736. In 1744 he became second organist at St Maria Magdalena, in 1748 organist at the Dreifaltigkeitskirche, and in 1749 first organist at St Elisabeth, where he remained until 1762. He composed church cantatas and organ pieces, none of them known to survive.

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Bernhard Adam Grube (Walschleben, 21 de juny de 1715 - Bethlehem, 20 de març de 1808) va ser un compositor i cantant alemany, membre de la comunitat Moraviana i actiu principalment a Pennsylvania (EUA).

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Born into a family of the Moravian Church, he began his career as a teacher at the age of 17 following studies at the University of Jena. In 1748 he immigrated to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to become a missionary to the Delaware (Lenapi) nation. By 1765 he was pastor at Lititz, Pennsylvania, where he directed the collegium musicum of the church. He later served in North Carolina, New Jersey, and New England before retiring to a Moravian community. His music consists of a large number of sacred vocal works, mainly anthems.

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Charles-Joseph van Helmont (Brussels, 19 de març de 1715 - Brussels, 8 de juny de 1790) va ser un compositor, organista i director flamenc, actiu principalment a Brussel·les.

Charles-Joseph van Helmont - La Françoise

He studied as a choirboy under Petrus Hercules Brehy at the collegiate church of St Michel et Ste Gudule in Brussels where, at the age of 18, he succeeded Josse Boutmy as titular organist. In 1737 he was appointed choirmaster at the Kapellekerk of Brussels (the parish church of Notre Dame de la Chapelle), and styled himself ‘Directeur de musique de la Chapelle roÿale espagnolles’. The premature death of J.H. Fiocco in 1741 enabled him to return to Ste Gudule, this time as music director (zangmeester), a position he had aspired to since the onset of Brehy's terminal illness in October 1736, but which had gone to Fiocco. For the next 36 years, Van Helmont lived with his growing family in the choraelhuys (maîtise) where he supervised the musical and general education of the choristers, composed frequently for the service, and undertook the task of conserving Ste Gudule's extensive music collection. In 1768 he founded a musical association which gave weekly public concerts; this was one of the first societies of its kind in Brussels. In 1777 he resigned from Ste Gudule passing his duties to his son Adrien Joseph.

The majority of Van Helmont's compositions are sacred; they comprise a substantial corpus of the approximately 525 manuscripts of the fonds Ste-Gudule, now housed primarily in the Brussels Conservatory library, with additional manuscripts in the Royal Library Albert I. His numerous motets (written between 1733 and 1769) are nearly all for a choir of four (or more) parts and instruments, with tutti–ripieno technique; a few are for one or two solo voices, instruments and continuo. The works written before 1741 need only a limited instrumental complement as they were intended for a smaller musical establishment, while the later works employ more substantial forces, including transverse flutes, oboes and cors de chasse in addition to the customary strings and continuo. Many manuscripts survive with multiple sets of parts and full scores, of which several bear the date of composition and specific liturgical usage. The extent of Van Helmont's output is only now coming to light. His recently accessible 501-page manuscript Psalmi vesperarum et competi de officiis decanalibus, for four voices, strings and continuo, contains numerous motets and miscellaneous religious pieces (including three settings of the Te Deum for four voices and continuo by other composers) which the young Van Helmont submitted to the canons of Ste Gudule in his bid to succeed Brehy.

The copious rubrics are invaluable to our understanding of sacred music and liturgical practice in 18th-century Brussels. Many other works are listed in 18th-century inventories, although the whereabouts of these manuscripts are unknown. Van Helmont's motets are sectional and consist of a series of choruses interspersed with solo and duo sections, arias and solo recitatives. Da capo form predominates in the solo arias and duos. Thematically the works are strongly coloured by Italianate writing with mannerist formulae: the heavily ornamented melodies are set to predictable harmonic progressions underpinned by complex rhythmic devices. The masses are in the same style. Judith (1756), an oratorio to a Latin text, is a ‘sacred history’ of slight musical interest. Similarly, his three ‘Simphonies’ are not particularly original in nature. Van Helmont's main secular work, Le retour désiré (1749), is a divertissement written to mark the return of the Hapsburg governor-general Charles de Lorraine to the Austrian Netherlands after a French occupation. The Pièces de clavecin (1737) consists of two suites showing Rameau's influence and also a self-concious flamboyance. The pieces have evocative titles after the French style such as La caille, La sauteuse, La mélodieuse, Le parc and employ both rondeau structure and stylized dance forms. A familiarity with Handel is evident as well. The organ fugues are brief compositions that conclude with a full-voiced ricercar-like cadential structure or with an improvisatory flourish. Texturally they are better suited to the harpsichord than to the organ.

OBRA:

Vocal secular:

New airs for Gryselide (op, J.F. Caunaert, after A. Zeno), Brussels, Monnaie, 23 Jan 1736
Le retour désiré, divertissement pour la paix, vs (Brussels, 1749)

Vocal religiosa:

Masses (4vv, str, bc (org), unless otherwise indicated):
Missa pro defunctis, 1739;
Missa solemnis S Clarae, 2 ob, str, bc, 1739;
Missa solemnis SS Trinitatis, 1741;
Missa solemnis, 5vv, str, bc, 1742;
Missa solemnis novi altaris, 5vv, 2 fl/ob, 2 cl ad lib, str, bc, 1743;
Missa solemnis S Gudilae, 1745;
Missa doi chori, 8vv, ob, 2 hn, str, bc, Advent 1746;
Missa Jubilemus, 6vv, 2 ob, 2 hn, 2 bn, timp, db, bc, 2 vn, bc, 1751;
Missa pastorella, fl, 2 hn, 2 vn, bc, 1756;
Missa solemnis, ob, 2 vn, bc, 1757;
Missa S Caeciliae, 8vv, str, bc, 1769;
Missa de Nativitate;
Missa solemnis, 2 ob, str, bc;
Missa Venatoria (B-Br)

65 motets (most for 4vv, insts, org; some for solo vv):
41 dated, 1733–69, 24 undated, detailed list in Wangermée;
4 addl motets, undated (B-Br); others, lost

Other works:
Litaniae BMV, 4vv, bc: 5 collections, 1756–9;
Litaniae Lauretanae, 4 vv, str, bc, 1739 (B-Br);
5 Ants for the Mass of St Roch, 4 vv, bc (Br);
3 Mag, 4vv, insts, bc;
Lamentations: Les 9 leçons de la Semaine Sainte, 1v, insts, 1737;
3me lamentation du Jeudÿ Sainte, 1v, va/vc, bc, 1756;
6 concentus sacri, incl, 1 mass, 3 motets, lits, 1 TeD, 4vv, str, bc (Brussels, ? 1751–64);
Stabat mater dolorosa, 4vv, str, bc, 1759 (Br);
Tantum ergo, 4vv, bc (Br);
Tantum ergo, 4vv, bc, 1769 (Br);
Tantum ergo, 4vv, str, bc (Br);
Te Domine, 1748, inc. (Br);
Hymn, 8vv, str, bc (Br);
Vespers ant, 4vv, str, bc (Br)

Psalmi versperarum et completi de officiis decanalibus (organ preludes, office hymns and motets, mostly for 4vv, insts, bc), 1737 (Br)
Judith (orat), 5 solo vv, ob, 2 hn, str, bc, 1756

Instrumental:

Overtura, 2 orchs, 1754, Bc;
Symphonia, 1739 (Br);
Symphonia, 1741 (Br)

Kbd:
Pièces, hpd (Brussels, 1737), 1st suite ed. in MMBel, vi (1948);
6 fugues, org, D-Bsb, nos.1–3, 5 ed. in MMBel, vi (1948)

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Melchior Hoffmann (Bärenstein, c.1679 - Leipzig, 6 d'octubre de 1715) va ser un organista i compositor alemany.

Melchior Hoffmann - De Aeternitate Schlage doch

As a choirboy in the Dresden Hofkapelle, Hoffmann received his musical training from Johann Christoph Schmidt (i). He went to Leipzig in autumn 1702 and enrolled at the university to study law. He also joined the student collegium musicum founded by Telemann. When Telemann left Leipzig in June 1705, Hoffmann succeeded him as organist and music director of the Neukirche, and took over as director of Telemann’s collegium musicum. He was also conductor of the Leipzig civic opera, which had been in existence since 1693 and for which he wrote a number of works. In 1709 he met the violin virtuoso Johann Georg Pisendel, who became leader of the orchestra of Hoffmann’s collegium. At this time the ensemble consisted of 50 to 60 musicians and had won fame and recognition beyond the Leipzig area.

Hoffmann seems to have visited England between 1709 and 1710, but no details are known. There is no definite evidence of a visit to Italy in 1714 either, and it is unlikely that he went there. In 1713 he applied, along with J.S. Bach and three other candidates, to succeed F.W. Zachow as organist at the Liebfrauenkirche in Halle. When Bach eventually declined the appointment on 19 March 1714 the Halle consistory offered it to Hoffmann, but although he officially accepted the post he never took up his duties in Halle, and in fact resigned on 23 July. On 9 September 1714 he married Margaretha Elisabeth Philipp and in the same month became one of the few Leipzig musicians of the time to be granted citizenship. He had been suffering from a serious illness since 1713 and died on the evening of 6 October 1715, aged only 36. He was buried in the Johannisfriedhof in Leipzig on 10 October; all the pupils of the Thomasschule attended the funeral.

Hoffmann died a prosperous citizen, regarded by his contemporaries as an important composer and a sensitive musician. The Leipzig chronicler Christoph Ernst Sicul described him in an obituary as ‘a famous composer’, whose collegium musicum had produced many fine musicians holding prominent positions as organists or in the Kapellen of major German courts. Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, a member of Hoffmann’s collegium from 1707 to 1710, and the Darmstadt court poet Georg Christian Lehms also paid tribute to Hoffmann’s great importance in their writings, and Charles Burney regarded him as one of the finest composers of the first half of the 18th century. In spite of his early death Hoffmann left a quite extensive body of work, although only a fraction of it has survived. Very little from his secular output, and in particular from his operas, is extant, and his music only began to attract attention from musicologists when three works previously attributed to Bach (bwv53, 189 and Anh.21) were recognized as being by Hoffmann (or, in the case of bwv53, probably by him). In older studies Hoffmann has often been confused with the Breslau composer Johann Georg Hoffmann.

Melchior Hoffmann’s music shows a feeling for unusual and effective orchestration. His cantata and opera arias are notable for their pleasant, attractive and accessible melodies, sometimes with a strong emotional emphasis, as in the cantata Meine Seele rühmt und preist. His later compositions show Italian influence.

OBRA:

Vocal secular:

Operas:
performed in Leipzig; music lost except for some arias in D-SHs and S-L
Acontius und Cydippe, 1709;
Banise, oder Die dritte Abteilung dieser asiatischen Prinzessin, 1710;
Balacin, oder Die erste Abteilung der asiatischen Banise, 1712;
Chaumigrem, oder Die andere Abteilung der asiatischen Banise, 1712;
Die amazonische Königin Orithya, 1713;
Rhea Sylvia, 1714

Other secular vocal:
Cants.:
Auf, muntre Sinnen zum Jagen, T, str, bc;
Ich lebe als im Schlafe, S, str, bc;
Schönste Lippen, eure Liebe, S, ob, bc;
Treue Liebe edler Seelen, S, str, bc;
Verdopple, Tyranne, verdopple dein Rasen, S, ob, str, bc;
Verfolge mich immer mit rasenden Stürmen, S, str, bc: all D-SHs

Lost:
8 cants., listed in Breitkopf catalogue, 1761

Vocal religiosa:

Missa (e), B, vn/fl, bc, D-Bsb (partly autograph), later version (a), S/T, va, bc, Bsb;
Sanctus (a), SATB, str, bc, 1708, Bsb*;
Sanctus (C), SATB, 3 tpt, timp, str, bc, Bsb*;
Sanctus (D), SATB, 3 tpt, timp, 2 ob, str, bc, Bsb; Mag (d), SATB, 2 vn, 2 va, bc, 1700, Bsb*

Cants.:
Entfernet euch, ihr schmeichlenden Gedanken, S/T, 2 hn, 2 ob, str, bc, Dl;
Lob sei dem allerhöchsten Gott, SATB, 2 tpt, str, bc, B-Bc;
Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn, S, fl, str, bc, D-Bsb (partly autograph), RUS-SPsc*;
Meine Seele rühmt und preist, T, fl, ob, vn, bc, D-Bsb;
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, SATB, 2 tpt, timp, str, bc, 1708, Bsb, DK-Kk*

Doubtful:
3 missa brevis (C, C, G), D-Bsb;
4 cants., MÜG;
Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde (cant.), A, bells, str, bc, Bsb

Lost:
32 cants., listed in Breitkopf catalogues, 1761 and 1764

Instrumental:

Sinfonie (f), str, D-Dl, GB-Lbl;
Conc. (E ), hn, 2 ob, str, D-Dl;
Sonata (g), ob, vn, bc, Dl

Lost:
5 sinfonie (D, D, F, A, B ), str, bc, listed in Breitkopf catalogue, 1762

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Ikuta Kengyō (1656 - Kyoto, juny de 1715) va ser un instrumentista i compositor japonès, especialista en l'art del heikyoku.

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He specialized in the heikyoku, which he probably studied with Imai Kengyō, and the koto, which he probably studied with Kitajima Kengyō. In 1696 he was promoted to the rank of Kengyō in the guild of professional blind musicians. He may have inaugurated the Ikuta-ryū school of koto playing. He has been attributed with transforming the koto tsume (plectrum) from the narrow, long version used by the tsukushi-goto into the modern ikuta form (square-shaped); with inventing two new tuning systems, hon-kumoi-jōshi and nakazora-chōshi; and with producing the first ensemble combination of koto and shamisen (shamisen) by adding a jiuta. All of these are significant milestones in the development of sōkyoku and its relationship with jiuta. However, there is no evidence that he made these innovations alone; it is widely thought that they should be equally attributed to Kitajima Kengyō, who died before Ikuta was promoted to the rank of Kengyō. The name ‘Ikuta Kengyō’ was later adopted by Ōmori Kengyō and Hideshima Kengyō on their respective promotions to the rank of Kengyō in 1715 and 1740.

The following works are probably by Ikuta: 3 koto kumiuta (Kagami no kyoku; Koryū shiki genji (also attributed to Yatsuhashi); Omoigawa (also attributed to Kitajima)); the danmono Godan no shirabe (also attributed to Kitajima and Tomino Kōtō); Kinuta; the nagauta (Ozasa); and Jūnidan sugagaki (for shamisen). At first, Ikuta's music was transmitted orally and later it was transcribed and printed. Omoigawa and Godan no shirabe were printed in Sōkyoku tailshū (Tokyo, 1792), while Kagami no kyoku and Koryū shiki genji were secretly transmitted and notated only in 1941. Kinuta was printed in Yanoichi zōhan bon kinuta no fu (Tokyo, 1822) and its slightly transformed version is still practised. Ozasa was not notated and only its song text is preserved. Many of these works are in an edition by H. Kikuhara (Jiuta Sōkyoku gskufu zensha, Tokyo, 1987).

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Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar (Weimar, 25 de desembre de 1696 - Frankfurt, 1 d'agost de 1715) va ser un violinista i compositor alemany.

Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar - Violin Concerto

This gifted, short-lived prince was the second son of Johann Ernst IX of the Ernestine branch of the Saxon house of Wettin. He was highly regarded by his contemporaries, J.S. Bach, Telemann, Walther, Mattheson and Bellermann. As a child, he was taught the violin by G.C. Eilenstein, court musician, and, after 1707, the keyboard by J.G. Walther, Weimar town organist. Walther’s birthday gift to the young prince in 1708 was a manuscript treatise, Praecepta der musikalischen Composition (ed. P. Benary, Leipzig, 1955). He was in direct contact with J.S. Bach, Weimar court organist from 1708 to 1717. He was sent to study at the University of Utrecht, returning in spring 1713; thereafter he studied composition with Walther for nine months.

Of his 19 instrumental works cited by Walther, six violin concertos survive as op.1, Six Concerts à un Violon concertant, deux Violons, une Taille, et Clavecin ou Basse de Viole. They were engraved on copper plates and published posthumously by Telemann in 1718 (according to Telemann’s preface, the prince was engraving the plates before his death). Four of the concertos are in three movements, two in four; four are in minor keys, two in major. Italian violinistic figures are common. Vivaldi’s influence is quite possible: the prince could have returned from Holland with Vivaldi’s op.3 concertos published in Amsterdam in 1712. Four compositions by Johann Ernst provide the basis for six keyboard concerto arrangements by J.S. Bach: unknown works were used for bwv592 and 595, for organ (or 592a and 984 for harpsichord), and op.1 nos.1 and 4 became bwv982 and 987, for harpsichord. Telemann dedicated his first published music, Six Sonates à violon seul (Frankfurt, 1715), to the prince.

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Václav Kalous (bap. Solnice, 27 de gener de 1715 - Rychnov nad Kněžnou, 22 de juliol de 1786) va ser un compositor txec i un dels més importants del seu país durant el segle XVIII.

Václav Kalous - Pastores quem vidistis in C

He is best known under his monastic name, Simon à Scto Bartholomaeo (or simply Simon). After studying at the Piarist Gymnasium in Rychnov nad Kněžnou, he began serving his novitiate in Lipník nad Bečvou (17 October 1736), where with special dispensation he was able to take his vows after a year, on 23 October 1737. Thereafter he worked in colleges and schools of his order as priest, teacher, organist and choirmaster. His best-known pupils were F.X. Brixi and Antonín Brosmann. He taught in Strážnice (1737–8, 1761–9), Vienna (1738–9, 1741–2), Horn (1739–41, 1742–4), Mikulov (1745–6), Kosmonosy (1746–8, 1756–7), Lipník nad Bečvou (1748–50), Benešov (1750–52), Prague (1752–6), Slaný (1757–9) and Kroměříž (1759–61). In 1769 he began working in Rychnov nad Kněžnou, where he remained until his death, even though the local Piarist Gymnasium was closed in 1783.

Kalous is one of the prolific Czech composers of the 18th century who mastered the technique of church music but had little individuality. The mingling of Baroque elements (mainly from the works of Caldara and J.J. Fux) with incipient Classical traits (simplification of the harmony and the preponderance of homophonic writing) is typical of Kalous's work. His melody is vocal, rich in Baroque sequences and coloratura, but almost without chromaticism and dotted rhythms. He composed mostly for one or four voices accompanied by two violins, viola, bass and organ, occasionally with added oboes, horns and trumpets. He introduced into Czech church music the type of three-sectional Italian offertory made up of a homophonic vocal tutti, solo arias and a concluding vocal fugue prefaced by a short homophonic introduction. Kalous's works were popular in Bohemia and Moravia up to the first two decades of the 19th century. A thematic catalogue compiled by Straka lists 103 items, but does not include (for instance) the music for school plays which Kalous presumably wrote but which has not been found.

OBRA:

Vocal religiosa:

27 masses;
Requiem
2 Vespers;
8 litanies;
11 Regina coeli;
5 Salve regina;
4 Stationes theophoricae;
Sepolcro Affectus erga Christum in sepulcro (on parts of the Stabat mater text)
44 offertories, graduals and other smaller church compositions

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Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht (Ulm, 17 d'abril de 1715 - Ansbach, 20 de febrer de 1786) va ser un violinista i compositor alemany.

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He first studied the violin with his father and apparently made an impressive début as a youthful performer. After studies at the Gymnasium in Ulm he toured several German cities with success and in 1733 became a member of the court chapel at Stuttgart. There he studied the violin with the Kapellmeister, G.A. Brescianello, and shortly thereafter embarked on another successful tour of many German courts. This led to an appointment as first violinist at the court of Eisenach, a position from which he soon obtained leave to serve as guest conductor at the court at Bayreuth. In 1738 he became the director at Bayreuth and in this capacity encountered many of the best performers from Berlin and Dresden, among them the violinist Franz Benda, whose style Kleinknecht thereafter adopted as a model. He returned to Eisenach briefly to fulfil his obligation to that court and to pursue his own musical studies, but after the death of his patron he again went to Bayreuth and remained until 1769, when the entire chapel moved to Ansbach. Hiller described Johann Wolfgang as an outstanding violinist whose execution was noted for its rhythmic accuracy, energy, and beauty of tone, and claims these qualities enlivened the entire orchestra at Bayreuth. His biography first appeared in Meusel's Miscellaneen in 1782.

OBRA:

composer identified only as Kleinknecht; many of the lost works may be by other members of the family

Instrumental:

6 sonatas, vn, bc (Paris, c1760)
3 Sonatas or Duets, 2 vc/bn (London, 1774)

Lost works, listed in Brook:
9 concs.;
2 partitas, insts;
1 sinfonie, insts;
13 trios, 2 fl, bc;
12 trios, 2 vn, bc;
6 duets, 2 fl;
6 solos, vn, bc;
Sonata, kbd solo;
Trio, fl, kbd obbl;
Duet, 2 vc
40 addl lost works, listed in Delius

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Jakob Kremberg (Warsaw, c.1650 - London, 20 de setembre de 1715) va ser un compositor polonès, actiu principalment a Anglaterra.

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He was registered at the University of Leipzig in 1672, became a chamber musician to the Duke-Administrator of Magdeburg in 1677, and joined the royal music at Stockholm the next year. He was an alto at the Dresden court between 1682 and at least 1691. Between 1693 and 1695 he directed the Hamburg opera with Johann Sigismund Kusser; he may have been the author of the libretto for Georg Bronner's opera Venus, oder Die siegende Liebe (1694; lost). Some time in the following two years he was at the University of Leiden, where he composed a setting of a poem by the physician and scientist Herman Boerhaave and perhaps taught John Clerk of Penicuik (Davidson). Kremberg is next heard of advertising a concert series on 24 November 1697 at Hickford's Dancing School in London, claiming that he had ‘lately come out of Italy’. Boerhaave told Clerk in a letter dated 9 February 1698 that Kremberg ‘kept a band of fine musicians in London’, who were praised for performing pieces celebrating the Peace of Ryswick, the king's birthday, the New Year and ‘the elevation of the Count of Albermarle’. Furthermore, though he ‘sang and played the lute at night by the bed of the King with his young son’, he ‘was not paid a single penny, rather he incurred immense expenses and ran up enormous debts’.

Nothing more of him is known until 1702, when he is encountered in Scotland as music master to the children of Lady Grisell Baillie of Mellerstain House, Berwickshire. He finally received an English court post in April 1706, and was replaced by James Moore on 23 September 1715; he is presumably the ‘James Cranbrook’ who was buried three days earlier at St Anne's, Soho. He was survived by his wife Dorothea Sophia; the James Kremberg who had four children baptized at St Andrew's, Holborn, between 1715 and 1722 was presumably his son. Kremberg was one of the more incompetent composers of the period, though that did not prevent him from writing some large-scale pieces, including A New-Framed Entertainment, a series of operatic scenes for a lost play similar to The Rehearsal, by the 2nd Duke of Buckingham. However, he is included in a list of leading lutenists in the Milleran manuscript (F-Pn Rés.823) and was an accomplished music copyist. All the surviving manuscripts of his compositions are in his elegant, distinctive hand, and he also copied GB-Lcm 779 (facs. in MLE, E1, 1990), a shortened English version of Giovanni Bononcini's Camilla possibly prepared for a court performance on 6 February 1707, and US-Wc M1515.A11 Case, a score of theatre suites by William Corbett, William Croft, John Eccles, James Paisible, Daniel Purcell and others, mainly copied from the Walsh series Harmonia Anglicana.

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Betrachtung der Welt (Ade O Weltigkeit!), 4vv, bc (Dresden, 1687); ed. in EDM, lxxix
Musicalische Gemüths-Ergötzung oder Arien (40 songs, 16 with verses by Kremberg), 1v, bc/lute/b viol/angélique/gui (Dresden, 1689); 3 ed. in Friedlaender, 1 ed. in Wolf
England's Glory (masque), for Queen Anne's birthday (London, 1706), music lost
A Collection of Easy and Familiar Aires, 2 rec; ov., passacaille, 3 rec (London, 1707), frag.
A New-Framed Entertainment (operatic scenes for a lost play), GB-Lcm
4 songs: Aurelia has sweet pleasing charms, 1v, vn/ob, hpd/bn; Farewell ye gilded follies, 1v, fl/vn, hpd; Lavinia has majestic charms, 1v, bc; Since I have seen Lucinda's charms, 1v, rec/vn, hpd, Och, US-LAuc
Setting of a poem by H. Boerhaave, ?1696/7, lost
Conc., C, 3 vn, opt. bc, S-Uu

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Georg Gottfried Petri (Sorau, 9 de desembre de 1715 - Görlitz, 6 de juliol de 1795) va ser un compositor alemany, kantor i germà de Balthasar Abraham Petri (1704-1793).

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After studying law for four years in Halle he practised that profession for a short time in several places; he was appointed lecturer in law in Halle in 1740, and then served as a private tutor for government officials. From 1748 he was the music director in Guben, and was assistant headmaster there from 1763 (in 1755 he had applied unsuccessfully for the post of Thomaskantor in Leipzig). When he became Kantor in Görlitz in 1764 his well-known teaching abilities as well as his knowledge of music and foreign languages were cited. He continued in that office, also directing the music at the church of St Peter und St Paul, until his death.

Petri was a prolific composer, especially of church music, but his only proven extant work is the second part of the two-volume Musikalische Gemüths-Belustigungen (Pförten [Brody], 1761–2), consisting of songs, keyboard pieces and violin pieces. He composed at least three yearly cycles of church cantatas and other occasional sacred works (some of the texts were published in the Lausitzisches Magazin from 1768); for the 200th anniversary of the Gymnasium at Görlitz in 1765 he composed Gesang der drei Männer im Feuerofen, a drama musicum, and published the essay Oratio saecularis, qua confirmatur coniunctionem studii musici cum reliquis litterarum studiis erudito non tantum utilem esse, sed et necessariam videri (Görlitz, 1765). According to an advertisement in the Oberlausitzer Monatsschrift of 1796, Petri's library at his death contained about 1000 musical works. He himself had written more than any other composer, but there were 102 works by Telemann and others by Agricola, Bach, Doles, Graun, Hasse and Homilius. The two masses marked ‘Petri’ in the Luckau church archives may be by him (Biehle attributed them to (3) Johann Samuel Petri).

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Johann Christoph Ritter (1715 - Clausthal, 25 de gener de 1767) va ser un organista i compositor alemany, alumne de J.S. Bach.

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Ritter was from 1744 until his death the organist of the Marktkirche in Clausthal, an important mining centre in the Harz mountains with a lively and independent cultural life. A complete copy of Bach’s Clavier-übung, i–ii (bwv 825–30, 971, 831), which he prepared around 1740, was long thought to be the only extant copy of these works dating from before Bach’s death; however, it seems to depend on the printed version of 1731 and obviously contains some writing errors (see Jones). Another copy of the same works, known in Bach scholarship as p215, is also in Ritter’s hand, but it was not written until after 1755. Barthold Fritz, the Brunswick builder of keyboard instruments, frequently mentioned him in his treatise on keyboard tuning as the consignee of clavichords ‘for commission’, and Ritter’s numerous petitions to the Clausthal council regarding the disrepair of the organ show a comprehensive knowledge of and great experience in organ building. His only extant compositions are a set of Drey Sonaten, denen Liebhabern des Claviers verfertiget … erster Theil (1751), dedicated to the superintendent of mines, G.P. von Bülow, and published by Haffner of Nuremberg. These works, always interesting and full of good ideas, represent a historically important stage in the development of the early pre-Classical keyboard sonata.

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Antonio de Salazar (Puebla, c.1650 - Mexico, 25 de març de 1715) va ser un compositor mexicà, mestre de capella de la Catedral Metropolitana de Mèxic.

Antonio de Salazar - Tarará, que yo soy Antón

According to Estrada, he (or someone of the same name) sought admission to the capilla of Mexico City Cathedral as a player of the bajón in November 1672. He was turned down, but may have been appointed to the post at some later date. On 20 June 1679 Salazar applied for the position of maestro de capilla at Puebla Cathedral, identifying himself as a resident of Puebla. After a rigorous examination in every facet of performance and composition, he was appointed maestro de capilla on 11 July. His duties included giving a daily one-hour lesson in polyphonic music to the entire cathedral music staff, and he was also ordered to deposit copies of his compositions in the cathedral archive. At the same time the authorities offered him remuneration of 64 pesos for villancicos and chanzonetas already composed. At Puebla Salazar composed Latin motets and hymns as well as many villancicos for special feasts, including five sets to texts by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz for the feasts of Christmas 1678 and 1680, St Peter the Apostle 1680 and 1683 and the Assumption 1681. In August 1688 he entered the competition for the post of maestro de capilla at Mexico City, and after demonstrating his abilities in plainchant, counterpoint and the composition of a motet and a villiancico, he was appointed on 3 September, receiving more than twice as many votes as the nearest of his four rivals for the position. His annual salary was 500 pesos with the opportunity to earn more for extra duties. He was also given the services of a copyist and a quantity of music paper. His place at Puebla was taken by Miguel Dallo y Lana.

In Mexico City Salazar found the cathedral music archive to be in a lamentable state, with many works missing altogether, and he set about reorganizing it. In 1692 he also helped to supervise the installation of a new organ built in Madrid by Jorge de Sesma; it was placed on the Epistle side of the cathedral. A significant number of Salazar's villancicos remain. They include movements based on popular dance and song forms such as the folía, jácara, kalenda, negro, ensaladilla and juguete. In the 1691 villancicos for the feast of St Peter, attributed to Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, there are references to many instruments – clarín, trompeta, sacabuche, cornett, organ, bajón, violin, chirimía, trumpet marine, cítara, violón, tenor, vihuela, rabelillo, bandurria and harp – and it is possible that some of these were included in Salazar's scores. Salazar's villancicos to texts by Sor Juana for Mexico City Cathedral include those for St Peter the Apostle 1690 and 1692 and for the Assumption 1690. The ensalada that concludes the 1690 villancicos for the Assumption includes a juguete and quotes the popular tune Yo voy con todo la artillería in the jácara. In his two-voice negro Tarara tarara qui yo soy Antoniyo and other vernacular works Salazar demonstrated his ability at writing popular semi-theatrical pieces in black dialect. Salazar's sacred Latin works show a mature command of counterpoint. His double-choir O sacrum convivium uses imitation, antiphonal writing and rhythmic vitality to fine effect, and in Quis Deus magnus the contrasting of major and minor modes and the use of initial upbeats are distinctive. In the six-part Inveni David a tenor soloist alternates with four-part chorus and two continuo lines (probably played on one or two organs, dulcians and possibly harp).

Salazar's compositions were disseminated throughout New Spain, and are found today in archives in Guatemala, Mexico City, Morelia, Oaxaca, Puebla and Tepotzotlán. Many of his villancicos survive in Mexico City Cathedral and in the Sánchez Garza Collection in the Centro Nacional de Investigación y Documentación Musical ‘Carlos Chávez’, Mexico City, which originated in the music archive of the Convento de la SS Trinidad in Puebla. The parts for Angelicos coros con gozo cantad name the nuns who originally performed the music. Male teachers and musicians were sometimes called in to examine or instruct nuns and novices. In 1712, in the Convento de S Jerónimo, Salazar examined and attested to the musical abilities of Josepha de Torres Moctezuma on the harp and organ. Stevenson (1996, pp.23–37) has suggested that Salazar, Francisco López Capillas and Joseph de Agurto y Loaysa gave Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz musical instruction at the Convento de S Jerónimo. Salazar's other pupils included José Pérez de Guzmán, who became maestro de capilla at Oaxaca Cathedral, and Manuel Francisco de Cárdenas from Guadalajara, who remained in Mexico City as a singer.

In 1710 the cathedral authorities agreed to Salazar's petition to cease his duties as teacher of counterpoint and canto figurado to the choirboys since, at the age of 60, he was almost blind and in poor health. During his illness his pupil Manuel de Zumaya deputized for him as director of music at the cathedral, and also collaborated with him in composing four Latin hymns (in MEX-Mc Choirbook V), Salazar writing the first parts of Egregie Doctor Paule, Christe sanctorum decus and Miris modis repente liber and the second part of O crux ave spes unica. Salazar died intestate on 25 March 1715 in his house on Calle Tabuca, leaving his widow Doña Antonia de Cáceres. In recognition of his importance he was buried in Mexico City Cathedral. Zumaya succeeded him as maestro de capilla.

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Vocal religiosa:

Missa sine nomine, 5vv, Morelia, Colegio de las Rosas
Oficio de difuntos, 4vv, bc, MEX-Pc
Mag, 5vv, Pc;
Mag, 8vv, Oaxaca Cathedral;
Mag toni octavi, 12vv, Oaxaca Cathedral

Lits:
Letania a Maria SS nuestra señora, 5vv, bc, Pc;
Letania a 6, Pc;
Letania de nuestra señora de Loreto, 1690, Mexico City, Colección Sánchez Garza

Motets etc.:
Benedicamus Patrem et Filium, Mc;
Benedictus Dominus Deus a 8, Mc;
Dixit Dominus, 5vv, bc, Pc;
Euge serve bone a 8, Mc;
Exurgens Ioseph a somno fecit, 4vv, Pc;
Hic est Michael Archangelus, 8vv, tpts, vns, Pc;
Hodie concepta est BVM, 8vv, Mc;
Inveni David a 6, 1703, Mc;
Joseph fili David noli temere, 8vv, Oaxaca Cathedral;
Missus est Gabriel angelus, 4vv, Pc;
Motete de Señor S Joseph, 8vv, Oaxaca Cathedral;
O sacrum convivium, 8vv, Tepotzotlán, Museo del Virreinato;
Quis Deus magnus, Mc;
Salve regina, 8vv, Pc;
Stabat mater dolorosa, 4vv, Pc; Tibi laus, Mc; Vidi Dominum, Mc

Hymns:
Christe sanctorum decus (collab. M. de Zumaya), Mc;
Egregie Doctor Paule (collab. Zumaya), Mc;
In Assumptione Virginis ad Laudes, 4vv, Pc;
In festo Petri et Pauli ad Laudes, 4vv, Pc;
In festo Petri et Pauli ad Matutinum, 5vv, Pc;
In festo S Jacobi Apostoli ad Vesp., 4vv, Pc;
In festo S Joseph Conf., 4vv, Pc;
Miris modis repente liber (collab. Zumaya), Mc;
O crux ave spes unica (collab. Zumaya), Mc

Villancicos and chanzonetas:
MSS in Mexico City, Colección Sánchez Garza, unless otherwise stated
A celebrar, 1714, Mc;
A coger las floras, 4vv, bc, MEX-Pc;
A coronarse reyna de los cielos, Mc;
A de la nave, 1708, Mc;
A de la zentinela, 1707, Mc;
A del cielo, a de la tierra,1699, Mc;
A el portal sagalejos, 1707, Mc;
A el ver nazer entre pajas;
Aguas, tierras, fuego, vientos, 1703, Mc;
A la estrella que borda los valles, 2vv, bc, doubtful;
Al agua marineros, 1708, Mc;
A la lid que sea presta, 1713, Mc;
A la mar, 1705, Mc;
A la palestra a la lied, 1714, Mc;
Alarma toquen, 1713, Mc;
Al ayre fragrancias despidan las flores;
Albrisias, 1714, Mc;
Al Campo, 1713, Mc;
Al son que dos clarines, Mc;
Angelicos coros con gozo cantad, a 8;
Arde afable hermosura, 1693, Mc;
Atension, atension, 1698, Mc;
Atencion del aire y del fuego, a 8;
Aves flores, luces fuentes, a 11, 1704, Oaxaca Cathedral;
Ay, ay de quanta fragrancia, a 6;
Ay que el sol de toledo, 1710, Mc;
Ayresillos, 1713, Mc;
Ciega la fe los sentidos, a 8;
De Pedro sagrado, Mc;
Despertad, despertad, 1968, Mc;
Detente, tu firmesa, Mc;
Digan, digan, 1701, Mc;
Digan quien vio tal;
Escuche lo nenglo que vamo a belen;
Escuchen que en este día, Oaxaca Cathedral;
Guachi pelos alanbeque, a 6;
Guarda la fiera, 1691, ed. in Saldívar (1934);
Las campanas, 1712, Mc;
Los clarines resuenen, 1706, Mc;
La culpa y el amor, 1712, Mc;
Marinero, marinero a la playa, Mc;
Mi Dios si Ilorais, 2vv, bc, GCA-Gc;
No es sino que el Auror, 1702, Mc;
No me tengais pastores, 1700, Mc;
Nora buena vengais Anton, 3vv;
Oid, aprended, 1699, Mc;
Oigan la xacarilla;
Oigan un vexamen, 5vv, ed. in Saldívar (1934);
Ola hao marineros, 1710, Mc;
Ola, ola principes sacros, 1702, Mc;
Oygan, Mc;
Oygan que de un sirculo brebe, 4vv;
Oy que Maria, 1710, Mc;
Pajarillos garsotas del ayre bajad a mi accento, Mc;
Paloma soverana, 1709, Mc;
Pastores del valle, 1712, Mc;
Pedro aunque el mar, 1709, Mc;
Plantas, flores, 1710, Mc;
Primores amanyes, Gc;
Pues el alva aparese, 1694, Mc;
Que alegre la tierra, 1712, Mc;
Repiquen alegres, 1714, Mc;
Resonad, 1711, Mc;
Si el agravio Pedro, 4vv, bc, 1710, ed. in Orta Velázquez, Mc;
Sobre el primero, 1720, Mc;
Suenen, suenen clarines alegres, 1703, Mc;
Tarara qui yo soy Anton ninglito, negro, S, S, bc;
Tierra, tierra, 1713, Mc;
Toquen a fuego, a 4, Oaxaca Cathedral;
Toquen los clarines, 1709, Mc;
Un ciego que contravajo canta, a 2;
Va de vejamen y de fiesta y de chansa, 1701, Mc;
Vaya otra ves, 1706, Mc;
Vengan corriendo, A, T, bc, Gc;
Vengan, vengan que llama, Mc;
Villancico a nuestro padre S Pedro, 2vv, bc, Oaxaca Cathedral

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Johann Matthäus Schmiedeknecht (Ülleben, 1660 - Gotha, abril de 1715) va ser un professor i compositor alemany, actiu principalment a Gotha.

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After working in Ichtershausen he became court Kantor in Gotha in 1685 and was a respected if not specially important music teacher. He had connections with the court Kapellmeisters Wolfgang Mylius and Christian Witt, and with the traditional musical institutions of Gotha, which were linked with the names of Pachelbel, Telemann and, in music education, Andreas Reyher. His Tyrocinium musices is related to Reyher’s Gothaer Schulmethodus and is dedicated to ‘enthusiastic and music-loving youth’, following the model of the textbooks by Schneegass, Dedekind and others. His compositions, many of them in the traditional form of the motet for two choirs, show a marked personal touch in their rhythmic and dynamic subtlety.

OBRA:

Ein Diener soll in Freud und Lied, motet, 8vv (Gotha, 1696) [second choir as ‘echo’]
Da pacem Domine, motet, 8vv, D-Bsb
Kommt, ihr Engel und wieget, motet 6vv, Grossenlupnitz Church, Eisenach
Der Herr segne dich, motet, 8vv, Grossenlupnitz Church, Eisenach
4 funeral anthems, 4–8vv (Gotha, 1688–99)
Tyrocinium musices, das ist Erster Angang zur Singkunst [or Fundamente] (Gotha, 1710)

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Carlo Sodi (Rome, c.1715 - Paris, setembre de 1788) va ser un compositor italià, actiu principalment a França.

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On arriving in Paris around 1749, he obtained a position as violinist in the orchestra of the Comédie-Italienne, performed his mandolin concerto at the Concert Spirituel (6 April 1750) and became music master to Mme Favart. He provided the music for several ballet-pantomimes choreographed by his younger brother Pietro, but enjoyed greater success with his parodies of Italian intermezzos presented mainly at the Comédie-Italienne during the 1750s. He was granted a pension by the Comédie in 1765, thereafter teaching the mandolin but struggling against poverty and failing sight.

Baïocco et Serpilla (1753) was one of the first in a series of works by various librettists and composers parodying the popular repertory of the Bouffon troupe, which performed in Paris between 1752 and 1754. Parody techniques – the borrowing of text or music, or both – were important in preparing the ground for a more sophisticated type of opéra comique in which original librettos were set to original music. The text of Baïocco was adapted by C.-S. Favart from Il giocatore (performed by the Bouffons in August 1752), and this was set by Sodi as recitative, ariettes and dialogue duets. Contemporary reviews of M.-J.-B. Favart’s performance and other documents suggest that, during 1753, two versions of the Baïocco parody were staged at the Comédie-Italienne: the older (by Biancolleli and Romagnesi, first inspired by performances of Orlandini’s original at the Opéra in June 1729) was revived in May but was replaced by Sodi’s newer and more vibrant version in either August or September. Sodi composed further parodies, but by the end of the 1750s original composition had superseded parody techniques as the basis for opéra comique. He subsequently set a new libretto by Sedaine, Les troqueurs dupés, in 1760, but this was a failure.

Pietro Sodi (b Rome, c1716; d Charleston, c1775), younger brother of Charles, was a dancer and choreographer active throughout Europe. During the 1740s he partnered Marie Camargo and Mlle Lany at the Paris Opéra. He later moved to the Comédie-Française as maître de ballet and also worked at the Comédie-Italienne’s école de danse. The ballet-pantomimes he choreographed during the 1740s and 1750s were staged at all the major Parisian theatrical venues, including the royal court. From 1756 to 1757 he worked as a maître de ballet at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna, where he met Hilverding and Angiolini. Well known for his spectacular leaps and turns in the then fashionable grotesque style, Sodi’s highly pantomimic comic dances may have had some influence on the early ballet d’action. He worked for a short period at the Teatro San Samuele, Venice (1757–8) then returned to Paris before his departure to America in 1774.

OBRA:

Vocal secular:

Stage:
all first performed in Paris
Baïocco et Serpilla (opéra bouffon italien, 3, C.-S. Favart, after the Bouffons: Il giocatore), Comédie-Italienne (Bourgogne), ? 6 Sept 1753 (Paris, n.d.)
Le charlatan (cmda, 2, J. Lacombe, after the Bouffons: Tracollo medico ignorante), Comédie-Italienne (Bourgogne), 17 Nov 1756, excerpts in J. Dubreuil: Dictionnaire lyrique portatif (Paris, 1764)
La femme orgueilleuse (parodie, 2, A.-F. Quétant, after the Bouffons: La donna superba), Comédie-Italienne (Bourgogne), 8 Oct 1759, excerpts in Dubreuil
Les troqueurs dupés (cmda, 1, M.-J. Sedaine), OC (Foire St-Germain), 6 March 1760
Ballet-pantomimes (choreographed by P. Sodi): Les mandolines, Opéra, 1744;
Les vendangeurs (La vendange), Comédie-Italienne (Bourgogne), 26 Feb 1751;
Le jardin des fées, OC (Foire St-Laurent), 13 July 1752;
Les batteurs en grange, OC (Foire St-Laurent), 12 Aug 1752;
Les amusements champêtres, Comédie-Française, 1753;
Le bal, Comédie-Italienne (Bourgogne), 14 Feb 1754;
La cocagne, ou Les jours gras de Naples, Comédie-Italienne (Bourgogne), 25 Feb 1759;
L’amour vainqueur de la magie, Comédie-Italienne (Bourgogne), 8 March 1759;
Le bouquet, Opéra;
La noce, Comédie-Française

Vocal religiosa:

La passione di Gèsu Cristo, 1733;
Gioas re di Giuda, 1739;
Betulia liberata, 1740: all listed in SartoriL

Instrumental:

Mandolin Concerto, perf. 6 April 1750
6 airs, acc. 2 vn, va, b (Paris, 1780)

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Franz Sparry (Graz, 28 d'abril de 1715 - Kremsmünster, 7 d'abril de 1767) va ser un compositor austríac.

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After serving as a choirboy at the monastery of Admont, he studied philosophy at Salzburg University. He entered the Benedictine house of Kremsmünster in 1735, but later returned to Salzburg to study theology. While there he met and may have studied with J.E. Eberlin, the court organist, and his first compositions date from his second period there, in 1736. He finally left Salzburg in 1739 and returned to the monastery, but in 1740 the abbot, who wished to encourage his musical talent, allowed him to go to Italy to study. He went first to Naples, where he was a pupil of Leo, and heard and copied much music by other leading Neapolitans, such as Jommelli and Alessandro Scarlatti. In 1741 he left for Rome to study the a cappella style with Chiti. In 1742 he returned to Kremsmünster, after a disastrous journey complicated by the War of Austrian Succession (northern Italy was overrun with Spanish troops), during which he lost most of his transcriptions of Italian music in a violent storm in the Adriatic. He spent the rest of his life in the monastery, where he was director of music from 1747 until his death.

The bulk of Sparry’s output consists of Latin oratorios and incidental music for the annual school plays at Kremsmünster and Lambach, but he also wrote many German sacred arias and a good deal of liturgical music (now in A-KR, LA). His attempts to imitate the current Italian style in his Latin oratorios are rather colourless, for he lacked the appropriate melodic gift. But his Italian training stood him in good stead in German arias, of which he wrote about 50; they often have a lyrical quality, rhythmic flexibility and harmonic variety not to be found in similar works by his more thoroughly Teutonic contemporaries. (A. Kellner: Musikgeschichte des Stiftes Kremsmünster, Kassel, 1956)

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Gottfried Vopelius (Herwigsdorf, 28 de gener de 1645 - Leipzig, 3 de febrer de 1715) va ser un editor i compositor alemany.

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He attended the Gymnasium in Zittau and showed such promise that in due course he was promoted choir leader. He later studied at Leipzig University. On 3 July 1671 he was appointed collaborator ultimus at the Nikolaischule at Leipzig, and on 31 March 1677 he became Kantor there and at the Nikolaikirche. He taught syntax, Latin etymology, prosody, Greek Testament and geography as well as music, and he also supervised Bible reading and poetry exercises. He remained there until his death, in spite of the comment in a visitation of 1712 that he had become an embarrassment to the institution. He published Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch, von den schönsten und besten Liedern verfasset … mit 4. 5. bis 6. Stimmen, deren Melodeyen theils aus Johann Herman Scheins Cantional, und andern guten Autoribus zusammen getragen, theils aber selbsten componiret (Leipzig, 1682). This compendium, comprising 1104 pages and important for the study of church music in Leipzig in the later 17th century, contains 55 pieces for solo voice, two in three parts, 241 in four, 14 in five and four in six, as well as two Passions (after Johann Walter (i)) and a Resurrection history (after Scandello); there are also 113 items of which only the texts are given. Where necessary, Latin and German texts are both printed. Among the composers represented are Joachim a Burck, Johannes Crüger, Demantius, Melchior Franck, Hammerschmidt, Tobias Michael, Michael Praetorius, Rosenmüller, Schelle, Heinrich Schütz and Schein, whose Cantional (1627), from which 96 pieces were taken, was the mainstay of the collection. Vopelius included three pieces of his own, among them the chorale aria Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, which Bach used (bwv68). An interesting development of a theme of Vopelius by Rosenmüller is given by Moser.

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Marc’Antonio Ziani (Venice, c.1653 - Viena, 22 de gener de 1715) va ser un compositor italià, actiu parcialment a Àustria, nebot de Pietro Andrea Ziani i un dels músics més importants de la cort de Viena durant els primers anys del segle XVIII.

Marc’Antonio Ziani - Chi piacere altrui desia

The most important influence on Ziani's early life was probably his uncle, with whom he may have studied. Certainly Pietro Andrea's reputation and connections, particularly in Venice and Vienna, must have aided Ziani throughout his life. Marc’Antonio began his career as an opera composer in 1674 by adapting older works for the Venetian stage. In 1677 he acted as an intermediary for his uncle (who was in Naples) during negotiations with S Marco concerning the latter's post as first organist; after Pietro Andrea resigned, Marc’Antonio boldly applied for the position, but was passed over. Pietro Andrea may have arranged for his nephew's first opera, Alessandro Magno in Sidone, first performed in Venice in 1679, to be repeated in Naples later that year. Ziani may have attended his uncle's deathbed in Naples early in 1684. Letters written in 1699 and 1703 suggest that he spent a considerable amount of time in Bologna, and possibly studied there.

On 28 September 1686 Ziani became maestro di cappella di chiesa to Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, last Duke of Mantua; his uncle's past service to Empress Eleanora Gonzaga in Vienna may have influenced this appointment. Caffi's assertion (Storia della musica, 1854–5) that the duke paid Ziani to give music lessons to Caldara remains unproven. Although Ziani was in Ferdinando Carlo's service until at least 1691, he remained active in Venice, where the duke often visited. He soon became (with Pollarolo) one of the republic's leading opera composers. He was a member of the Venetian congregation of St Cecilia (1687) and the instrumentalists’ guild Arte de Sonadori (c1694, presumably as an organist); he may also have been involved (as Pietro Andrea had been) with the Ospedale degli Incurabili. His Venetian operas were revived numerous times in other cities; Tullo Ostilio was particularly successful. In 1695 he supervised a production of L'amante eroe (as Alessandro amante eroe) in Turin.

Already at the height of a brilliant career in Venice, on 1 April 1700 Ziani was appointed vice-Hofkapellmeister to Emperor Leopold I in Vienna. In December 1711 he participated in the coronation of Charles VI at Frankfurt, and on 1 January 1712 Charles officially promoted him to Hofkapellmeister (the previous Hofkapellmeister, Antonio Pancotti, died in 1709). In Vienna, Ziani's duties included composing operas and shorter dramatic pieces for birthdays and namedays of imperial family members, as well as for carnival; he probably wrote several of the anonymous dramatic works performed in Vienna during these years. He also composed sepolcri for the annual Good Friday celebrations, as well as masses and motets for special feasts and saints' days. On his death he was succeeded by his vice-Hofkapellmeister, J.J. Fux.

Ziani's excellent reputation continued to be evident after his death, when the emperor granted life pensions not only to his widow but also to his brother Francesco. An elaborate memorial service was held at S Salvatore, Venice, in which Senesino participated. Ziani's works continued to be performed regularly in Vienna until the 1740s, and he was mentioned in Bartolomeo Dotti's Satire (Amsterdam, 1709) and Lotti's plagiarism dispute with Bononcini. He continued to be highly regarded until the late 18th century: Arteaga, for example, included him among those composers who wrote ‘in the very best taste’. A Pietro Ziani (b c1663, possibly Marc’Antonio's brother) was named one of the best violinists in Venice in 1706; he was active both at S Marco and the Mantuan court.

Ziani's first known works, modestly presented as ‘retouchings’ of operas by more famous masters, are instead virtual recompositions that show a secure grasp of Venetian styles. His arias of the early 1680s typically feature a repeating bass pattern, often imitated by the voice; the most successful numbers (like those of his uncle) are poignant, slow arias in 3/2 or a measured 4/4. His recitative is graceful and melodious, its harmonic motion and melodic inflections carefully tailored to reflect the ebb and flow of the drama. A hallmark of Ziani's style throughout his career was an attempt to achieve variety in both form and texture. His works show a reluctance to capitulate entirely to the da capo aria trend, often favouring altered A sections with codas, as well as more complex forms and occasional arioso fragments. By the 1690s he was finding imaginative ways to vary the instrumental texture using just the 4-part strings and continuo (with occasional trumpet) typical in Venice; for example, he sometimes included elaborate obbligato lines for continuo instruments.

In Vienna, Ziani had tremendous resources at his disposal. He was part of a brilliant team that included the Bononcinis, Fux and Ariosti, the court poets Cupeda, Bernardoni and Stampiglia, the designers Burnacini and the Galli-Bibienas, plus an impressive stable of singers and a large and interesting assortment of virtuoso instrumentalists (including theorbist and composer F.B. Conti). Ziani took particular advantage of the latter group: many arias feature difficult obbligato parts for violin, cello, viola da gamba, bassoon, trombone (in sacred works), and lute (L'Ercole vincitor dell'Invidia, 1706); he was one of the first to use the chalumeau (Caio Popilio, 1704). In 1702 the oboe joined the Viennese orchestra; thereafter Ziani's works regularly require oboes, often playing independent parts, and sometimes forming a concertino contrasting with the strings. Schoenbaum saw parallels with Bach in Ziani's treatment of solo instruments, in the contours of his themes and in the nature of his thematic development.

Like his uncle, Ziani exemplified the superb technique favoured at the imperial court. His command of counterpoint is often apparent, as in the double fugues of the introductions to his sepolcri, and the cantus firmus movement ‘La scala’ in the opera Il sacrifizio d'Isacco (1707), in which the strings portray the character's increasing anxiety by weaving elaborate counterpoint around a series of rising hexachords. Wellesz felt that such pieces ‘have scarcely ever been surpassed’. Ziani's operas and oratorios have extensively developed sinfonias and ritornellos; those in sepolcri contain striking chromatic passages that may have influenced Vivaldi. Affective chromaticism is also prominent in his later vocal writing. A vast number of liturgical pieces by Ziani survive, most apparently dating to his years in Vienna; some were still in the repertory of Austrian monasteries as late as 1785. These works use both stile antico (‘con l'organo e senza’) and more modern concerted styles, with a rich range of instruments.

OBRA:

music lost unless source given

Vocal secular:

Operas:
La schiava fortunata (G.C. Corradi, after G.A. Moniglia), S Moisè, 1 Jan 1674, I-MOe, Vnm, arias MOe; rev. of A. Cesti, Semirami
Leonida in Tegea (N. Minato), S Moisè, 9 Feb 1676, Vnm, arias Vc, Vqs; rev. of A. Draghi's setting
Alessandro Magno in Sidone (La virtù sublimata dal grande) (A. Aureli), SS Giovanni e Paolo, carn. 1679, Nc, Vnm, arias D-HVs, I-MOe, Nc, Rvat, Vqs; aria ed. M. Zanon, 36 arie italiane di 36 diversi autori dei secoli XVII e XVIII (Milan, 1959)
Damira placata (?F. Acciaiuoli, after Aureli), site of S Moisè, carn. 1680, Vnm; perf. with puppets
L'Alcibiade (Aureli), SS Giovanni e Paolo, carn. 1680, MOe (perf. Modena, 1685), Vnm, arias B-Bc, I-Vqs
La Flora (N. Bonis), S Angelo, carn. 1681, Vnm, arias Bca, Rvat, Vqs; completion of op by A. Sartorio
Tullo Ostilio (Alba soggiogata dai Romani) (A. Morselli), S Salvatore, carn. 1685, D-Mbs (perf. Verona, ?1689), F-Pc (perf. Reggio, 1686), arias D-MÜs
L'inganno regnante, o vero L'Atanagilda regina di Gottia (Corradi), SS Giovanni e Paolo, 26 Dec 1687, arias GB-Lbl, Ob, I-Rvat
Il gran Tamerlano (Corradi), SS Giovanni e Paolo, 1689, arias F-Pn, I-MOe
La Falsirena (Marte deluso) (R. Cialli), S Angelo, carn. 1690, arias D-MÜs, GB-Lbl, Och, I-MOe, Rli, Rvat
Creonte (Cialli), S Angelo, carn. 1691, arias F-Pn, GB-Cfm, I-Rvat
L'amante eroe (Alessandro amante eroe) (D. David), S Salvatore, carn. 1691, arias D-MÜs
La Virtù trionfante dell'Amore e dell'Odio (Gl'amori ministri della fortuna) (F. Silvani), S Salvatore, aut. 1691, arias GB-Lam, I-Rvat
La Rosalinda (A. Marchi, after B. Morando), S Angelo, 11 Nov 1692, arias I-Rvat
L'Amore figlio del Merito (M. Noris), S Angelo, carn. 1694, arias, PAc, Rvat
La moglie nemica (Silvani), S Salvatore, 10 Jan 1694, arias, PAc, Rvat
Il Domizio (Corradi), S Angelo, carn. 1696, arias F-Pn, I-Rvat
La finta pazzia d'Ulisse (Noris), S Salvatore, carn. 1696, arias Rvat
La costanza in trionfo (Silvani), S Angelo, 3 Nov 1696, D-AN, arias B-Bc, I-Vc, Vlevi
I rivali generosi (Belisario in Ravenna) (A. Zeno), S Salvatore, carn. 1697, arias A-Wn, F-Pn, GB-Ob
La ninfa bizzarra (dramma pastorale, Aureli), Venice, Dolo, nr Novo Teatro, Oct 1697
Eumene (Zeno), S Angelo, aut. 1697
Odoardo (Zeno), S Angelo, carn. 1698, arias Ob, I-Rvat
L'Egisto re' di Cipro (Corradi), S Cassiano, aut. 1698, arias B-Bc
Gl'amori tra' gl' odii, o sia Il Ramiro in Norvegia (M.A. Remena), S Cassiano, carn. 1699
Il Teodosio (various), S Cassiano, carn. 1699; lib not by V. Grimani
Il duello d'amore e di vendetta (L'odio placato) (Silvani), S Salvatore, 26 Dec 1699, arias GB-Lpro
La pace generosa (Silvani, after L.A. Seneca: Troades), S Salvatore, 10 Feb 1700
Le gare dei beni (applauso poetico per musica, 1), Vienna, Favorita garden, 25 July 1700, A-Wn; also attrib. C.A. Badia
Il Gordiano pio (D. Cupeda), Vienna, Wiener Neustadt, 26 Aug 1700, D-B, I-Vgc
La congiura del Vizio contro la Virtù (scherzo musicale, 1, Cupeda), Vienna, Hof, 15 Nov 1700; not by P.A. Ziani
Temistocle (azzione scenica, 3, Zeno), Vienna, Favorita garden, 27 June 1701
Gli ossequi della notte (serenata, 1, Cupeda), Vienna, Favorita garden, 25 July 1701
La fuga dell'Invidia (poemetto drammatico, 1, P.A. Bernardoni), Vienna, Hof, 15 Nov 1701
Il Romolo (Cupeda), Vienna, Favorita, 20 Aug 1702
L'Esopo (tragicomedia per musica, 3), Vienna, Hof, 13 Feb 1703, A-Wn (Act 3 only)
Caio Popilio (trattenimento musicale, 1, Cupeda), Vienna, Gran Sala avanti il Teatro, 9 Jun 1704, Wn
L'Ercole vincitor dell'Invidia (D. Mazza), Vienna, Hof, 19 March 1706, Wn
La Flora (poemetto drammatico pastorale, 1, Bernardoni), Vienna, 21 April 1706, Wn, D-Dl; with arias by Joseph I
Il Meleagro (Bernardoni), Vienna, Hof, 16 Aug 1706, A-Wn
L'Alboino, Vienna, Hof, carn. 1707, Wn (Act 3 only); lib not by Corradi
Il campidoglio ricuperato (festa per musica, S. Stampiglia), Vienna, Hof, 26 July 1709, Wn
Chilonida (Minato), Vienna, Hof, carn. 1710, Wn; with arias by Joseph I; possibly perf. 21 April 1709
L'Atenaide [Act I] (Zeno), Vienna, Hof, 19 Nov 1714, Wn, D-W; Act 2 by A. Negri, Act 3 by A. Caldara
Amor tra nemici, Vienna, 1714
Andromeda (poemetto drammatico, P. Pariati), Vienna, Hof, 1714, A-Wn

Other:
Introduzione per musica al problema della prima accademia … se si possi trovare un'amore senza speranza (cant., Bernardoni), 1706, A-Wn*
Introduzione per musica al problema della seconda accademia … sè più innamori bella donna che pianga, overo Bella donna, che canti (cant., Bernardoni), 1706, Wn*
Introduzione per musica al problema d'un accademia (cant., Bernardoni), 1707
Introduzione per musica per una altra accademia (cant., Bernardoni), 1707
Other secular cants. and arias, Wgm, Wn, D-B, MÜs, GB-Lbl, Lam, I-BGc, MOe

Vocal religiosa:

18 masses, 4, 5, 8vv, some with insts, A-HE, KN, Wgm, Wn*, D-B, OB; 1 ed. K. Rasch and H. Boehm (Augsburg and Vienna, 1932)
3 requiem settings, A-HE, KN, Wn
116 motets, etc., H, HE, KN, Wgm, Wm, Wn, CH-Saf, CZ-Bm, K, D-B, Lem, OB, I-Vgc;
5 motets ed. in DTÖ, ci–cii (1962);
2 pieces ed. K. Shifrin, The Solo Baroque Trombone in Chamber Music, i, ii (Nottingham, 1987)

11 sepolcri:
Il fascietto di Mirra, in petto alla sposa de'sacri cantici (?D. Cupeda), 1701;
Le profezie adempiute e le figure illustrate (?Cupeda), 1702;
La tempesta de'dolori (?Cupeda), 1703;
Il mistico Giobbe (Cupeda), 1704, A-Wgm (excerpts), Wn, D-Rp;
Le due Passioni: una di Christo nel corpo, l'altra della vergine madre nell'anima (P.A. Bernardoni), 1705, I-Vnm (‘Il sepolcro’, not by B. Marcello; ?autograph);
La morte vinta sul Calvario (Bernardoni), 1706, A-Wn, I-Vgc;
Il sacrifizio d'Isacco (Bernardoni), 1707, A-Wn, I-Vgc;
La Passione nell'orto (Bernardoni), 1708, A-Wn, I-Vgc;
Giesù flagellato (Bernardoni), 1709, A-Wn, I-Vgc;
La sapienza umana, illuminata dalla religione nella Passione del figliuolo di Dio (G.B. Ancioni), 1710, A-Wn, I-Vgc;
Il sepolcro nell'orto (S. Stampiglia), 1711, A-Wn, I-Vgc

5 orats:
La Giuditta, 1686, F-Pc;
Davide liberato (L. Verzuso Beretti), 1687;
Il giudizio di Salomone (R. Cialli), 1687/1698, A-Wn (perf. 1701);
Santa Pelagia, 1698;
Santa Eufrosina (P. del Nero), 1713, Wn, I-Vgc

Doubtful:
15 masses, 5 requiem settings, 8 vespers settings, other sacred pieces, A-Ee, H, KR, LA, CZ-Bm, Pak, St František, Prague, D-DS, F-Pn

Instrumental:

Ziani's Aires or Sonatas in 3 Parts, 2 vn, bc, op.1 (London, 1703), nos.1–12 probably by T.G. Albinoni, nos.13–22 probably by Ziani; see also ‘Doubtful Works’ (6 sonatas)
Sonata, 2 vn, bc, GB-Ob

Attributed to ‘ziani’
Arias and cants. D-DS, Kl, MÜs, F-Pn, GB-Lbl, I-Bc, Nc, Vc, US-IDt:
Sonata, C, org, in: Sonate da organo, ed. G.C. Arresti (Bologna, ?1697//R);
[17] Sonates, org, hpd (Amsterdam, 1705);
Volentarys & fugues (London, 1710/R); D-Dl (lost), MÜp, GB-Lbl (‘Capriccio’), I-Nc
Individual pieces in: Select preludes & voluntarys, vn (London, 1705/R);
Select preludes & volluntarys, fl (London, 1708);
Meslanges de musique (Paris, 1726)
Ov., C, 2 vn, bc, A-WIL

Doubtful works
Pimpinone (intermezzo, P. Pariati); set by Albinoni, 1708, F.B. Conti, 1717
6 sonatas (B , g, e, f, A, F), 2 vn, 2 va, vc, org, GB-DRc, Och; arr. a 3 in 6 sonates (Amsterdam, 1702), Ziani's Aires (London, 1703), attrib. ‘Ziani’ in these sources, probably by Albinoni
6 sonatas, 3 vn, vc, bc, A-Wst, attrib. Marco Ziani
Sonata a 6, D, tpt, str, bc, GB-Och, attrib. ‘Ziani’, probably by Albinoni
9 toccatas, hpd, I-Nc, attrib. ‘D. Nicolò Ziani Napoletano’

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Giuseppe Zonca (Brescia, 1715 - Monaco di Baviera, 4 de gener de 1772) va ser un cantant i compositor italià, actiu principalment a Alemanya.

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After philosophical and theological studies he was ordained a priest, but then dedicated himself to music. On 22 April 1752 he was hired as a bass singer in the Munich Hofkapelle. In 1754 his oratorio La morte d’Abel was performed at the court (also performed in Bologna, 1759, and Bonn, 1760, with Beethoven’s father in the role of Adamo); his serenata L’Angelica and opera Il re pastore were presented there in 1758 and 1760 respectively. Lipowsky (1811) praised the unusually deep notes and pleasant upper register of his voice. As a composer he set many texts by Metastasio and followed the methods of Italian opera seria without originality. Some of the works attributed to him may have been composed by his brother (or nephew) Giovanni Battista Zonca.

OBRA:

Vocal secular:

L’Angelica (serenata, 2, Metastasio), Munich, Hof, 28 Aug 1758, D-Mbs
Il re pastore (os, 3, Metastasio), Munich, Hof, 15 June 1760, lost
La partenza (serenata, Metastasio), collab. N. Jommelli, Dlb [? by G.B. Zonca]

Arias:
Cessa o Tirsi, B, bc, 1783, A-Wgm [? by G.B. Zonca];
4 in D-Dlb; 2 in Mbs; 1 in DK (formerly DO); 1 in SWl;
1, from Ipermestra, in EB; aria from Artaserse, cited in GerberNL;
21 arias (Metastasio), 2 from Antigono, Artaserse, Catone in Utica, Demetrio, Demofoonte, Ezio, Semiramide, Siroe, cited in thematic catalogue of Electress Maria Anna Sophie’s collection, Mbs

Vocal religiosa:

La morte d’Abel (orat, P. Metastasio), Munich, Hof, 10 March 1754, lost
2 motets, cited in GerberNL [? by G.B. Zonca]

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PAGUERAS, Cayetano (c.1740-c.1810) - Missa a cuatro voces

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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - Ascención (c.1745)
Obra de Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804), pintor italià (1)




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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venècia, 30 d'agost de 1727 - Venècia, 3 de març de 1804) va ser un pintor i gravador italià, fill gran del famós pintor Giambattista Tiepolo i germà del també pintor Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo. De la mateixa manera que el seu germà Lorenzo, es va formar amb el seu pare Giambattista i ambdós van col·laborar en el taller familiar, principalment completant encàrrecs del seu pare. A l'haver de produir obres amb una estètica homogènia, no va poder manifestar un estil propi fins que el seu pare va morir. Va ser a partir del 1750 que va començar a realitzar obres per sí mateix, destacant la sèrie Via Crucis per a l'oratori de San Polo de Venècia. Va seguir treballant amb el seu pare fins i tot quan aquest va treballar al servei de Carles III d'Espanya el 1762, on van decorar diversos salons del Palau Reial de Madrid. Després de la mort de Giambattista, Giovanni Domenico va tornar a Venècia, mentre que Lorenzo va preferir quedar-se a Madrid, on va morir pocs anys després. El seu estil va canviar sobtadament, dedicant-se a escenes de gènere i personatges populars i de caràcter més profà. Precisament va ser aquesta obra, en què destaquen els esbossos que va fer de Polichinela, la que va influenciar a Goya quan va visitar Itàlia. Giovanni Domenico va ser també un important gravador, fet que va potenciar el ressò de la seva obra però especialment la del seu pare. Va morir a Venècia el març de 1804.




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Cayetano Pagueras (Barcelona, c.1740 - La Habana, c.1810) va ser un compositor i organista català. Va néixer en una data desconeguda a Barcelona ciutat on va viure i es va formar els primers anys abans d'emigrar a Cuba on es creu que hi va arribar a l'entorn del 1750. Allà va conèixer i possiblement es va educar amb Esteban Salas, el compositor cubà més important de la seva època. A partir del 1779, i per encàrrec de Manuel Lazo de la Vega, va començar a compondre regularment per als nombrosos oficis religiosos d'aleshores. Al mateix temps, va postular pels càrrecs de mestre de capella a Puebla, Mèxic, i a la mateixa Catedral de la Virgen María de la Concepción Inmaculada de La Habana, en ambdós casos sense fortuna. Va ser d'aquesta manera que es va dedicar al cant, com a contralt, i organista de la Catedral. Va seguir escrivint música i participant en els actes religiosos fins el 1810, any que es creu que va morir a la mateixa ciutat cubana.

OBRA:

Vocal religiosa:

Pasión del Domingo de Ramos, 1796, para dos tiples, alto, bajo y contrabajo;
Pasión del Viernes Santo, 1796, para dos tiples, alto, bajo y contrabajo;
Passio Domini Nostri Jesus Christi para el Domingo de Ramos, para dos tiples, alto, tenor y fagot;
Passio Domini Nostri Jesus Christi para el Viernes Santo, para dos tiples, alto, tenor y fagot;
Nunc dimittis, Gradual para el día de la Purificación de Nuestra Señora después de Septuagésimo, para tiple, tenor, dos violines, dos clarinetes, dos trompas, fagot, contrabajo y órgano;
Invitatorio y responsorios para los Maytines de Resurrección, 1798, para tiple, alto, tenor, bajo y órgano;
Misa de Réquiem, 1801, para tiple, alto, tenor, bajo, dos violines, cello, contrabajo, dos clarinetes, dos trompas y trombón;
Misas;
Motets;
Other works:

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Després d'una temporada llarga de silenci obligat, engeguem motors, posem la primera amb suavitat i iniciem un nou camí, llarg i sinuós, de música i de compositors coneguts i especialment desconeguts que de ben segur, amb menor o major fortuna, ens sorprendran gustosament. Amb ganes i amb esperit renovat, procurarem seguir ampliant l'extensa enciclopèdia amb què s'ha anat convertint aquest espai. Un espai que curiosament celebra, aquest mes, el seu quart aniversari de vida en un horitzó temporal impensable pel seu autor que no imaginava que aquesta aventura musical fos perenne en el temps. Si bé he de confessar que el més afortunat, possiblement, he estat jo mateix creant-lo ja que ha motivat una cerca, fruit d'una inesgotable passió per la música, que ha redundat en centenars de descobriments tant de músiques i compositors com d'intèrprets. Fa temps algú va dir, 'cordeu-vos el cinturó que fa baixada'... personalment espero poder seguir compartint aquest amor infinit per la música amb totes les ànimes que segueixen (seguiu), de forma fidel o passatgera, aquest espai.

Poques novetats metodològiques en aquest inici de curs musical, potser la més destacada el fet que intentarem il·lustrar-nos més amb la 'veu d'altri', és a dir, allò que diuen (en l'idioma que sigui) els experts, els crítics, les persones enteses o els mitjans de comunicació musicals per tal de posar en valor la ciència i no tant la paraula del simple melòman sense coneixements tècnics musicals que us escriu. A partir d'aquí, música i més música que serà, i així espero que sigui, la protagonista diària amb noms i més noms de totes les èpoques i, com va sent alma máter del bloc, amb la perseverança quasi malaltissa de fer-los coincidir amb els seus aniversaris pertinents. Avui, tanmateix, incoherència amb aquesta darrera afirmació ja que del nostre benaurat compositor del dia resulta impossible saber-ne la seva cronologia exacta. Bé, aquesta circumstància, en qualsevol cas menor, no ens despistarà en allò que realment ens interessa, la música que escoltarem. I com que tampoc serà casualitat el fet de reiniciar-nos en diumenge, la sorpresa del dia vindrà de la mà d'un compositor català tant desconegut que situarem entre els anys 1740 i 1810.

Cayetano Pagueras, nascut probablement a Barcelona, va ser un músic que va viure poc temps a Catalunya ja que, com a mínim, el 1778 ja estava residint a La Habana. Allà va procurar accedir, sense èxit, al càrrec de mestre de capella de la Catedral de Puebla de los Ángeles a Nova Espanya, és a dir, al Mèxic actual precisament on es preserven la majoria de les seves obres. Al no tenir sort, va decidir provar fortuna a la Catedral de la Virgen María de la Concepción Inmaculada de La Habana on s'hi va vincular a partir del 1795 i on va postular, novament sense sort, al càrrec de mestre de capella. Possiblement cap-cot, es va acabar conformant amb la seva condició de cantant i organista a la Catedral. Més tard, va tenir un càrrec musical sense especificar al Monestir de l'Ordre dels Germans de Betlem abans de perdre's el seu rastre definitivament el 1810. La seva música, conseqüentment, va ser principalment religiosa i així ho serà avui diumenge en què recuperarem la seva Missa a cuatro voces per a solistes, cor i orquestra i els dos motets Angelus domini descendit, a mode d'obertura de l'eucaristia, i el festiu Alleluja. Dominus regnavit decorem a mode de clausura. Tot i que la interpretació pateix algunes irregularitats vocals, en general la qualitat és remarcable i més tenint en compte el repertori absolutament inèdit recuperat.

En aquest dia de tornada, i amb l'acompanyament d'aquesta deliciosa música clàssica, m'agradaria agrair especialment al company de viatge musical Andrés que des de Xile i amb el seu simpàtic, exhaustiu i ben documentat correu electrònic, em va donar a conèixer a aquest autor així com d'altres autors que properament també descobrirem. La música no té límits horitzontals ni verticals i aquest viatge que avui iniciem amb Cayetano Pagueras, un català a Cuba, així ens ho demostra!

Gaudiu i compartiu! 



Informació addicional... 

INTÈRPRETS: Camerata Vocale Sine Nomine; Orquesta del Instituto Superior de Arte adjunta al Lyceum Morzantiano de La Habana; Leonor Suárez y José Antonio Méndez (dirección)
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DE FOSSA, François (1775-1849) - Trois Quatuors Op. 19

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Attributed to Hugues Jean François Paul Duqueylard - Orpheus
Obra de Paul Duqueylar (1771-1845), pintor francès (1)



- Recordatori de François de Fossa -
En el dia de la celebració del seu 240è aniversari de naixement



Parlem de Pintura...

Paul Duqueylar (Digne, 1771 - Lambesc, 1845) va ser un pintor francès. Es va formar amb el famós pintor francès Jacques-Louis David, un dels millors representants de l'estil neoclàssic. Duqueylar va adoptar aquest estil i es va especialitzar en pintura històrica antiga així com dels poetes clàssics. Va viure a Roma on va estudiar l'arquitectura i les fonts clàssiques. Va retornar a França on va participar activament en els Salons d'Art i on va morir el 1845.

Font: En català: No disponible En castellano: No disponible In english: Paul Duqueylar (1771-1845) - Altres: Paul Duqueylar (1771-1845)



Parlem de Música...

François de Fossa (Perpinyà, 31 d'agost de 1775 - París, 3 de juny de 1849) va ser un guitarrista i compositor francès. Fill d'un jurista i historiador perpinyanenc de la petita noblesa, als 21 anys se'n va anar a Espanya com a membre voluntari de la Legió dels Pirineus, que en aquell temps formava part de l'Exèrcit dels Emigrats, força contrarevolucionària que pretenia reinstaurar a França l'Antic Règim. També va visitar Mèxic, Nova Espanya aleshores, entre el 1798 i el 1803. Després va accedir a Espanya a un càrrec de cap de gabinet al Ministeri de les Índies. Empresonat a Granada arran de la invasió napoleònica, va tornar a França l'any 1814, a través dels Pirineus, una vegada les tropes franceses havien estat derrotades pels britànics. Va ser nomenat cap de batalló a Molins de Rei l'any 1824, arran de la campanya del duc d'Angulema. Va ser condecorat per les monarquies francesa i espanyola, les de Lluís XVIII i Ferran VII. Se li van imposar les insígnies d'oficial de la Legió d'Honor abans de la seva participació, el 1830, en la batalla d'Alger. Paral·lelament a la seva carrera militar, va ser un músic i guitarrista. Les seves primeres aproximacions a la composició van tenir lloc a Cadis. Posteriorment, al voltant de 1808, va donar a conèixer públicament les seves obres a Madrid. Durant la Restauració francesa i entre el 1824 i el 1844 va dedicar-se amb intensitat a la música i va editar la seva obra. Obres per a guitarra sola però també en duet i acompanyada de violí i violoncel. Va traduir al francès el mètode de guitarra de Dionisio Aguado, i el va editar a França. Els darrers anys va viure a París, on va morir el juny de 1849.



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François de Fossa va ser un militar antirevolucionari francès que va dedicar bona part de la seva vida a la música. Fill del famós historiador François de Fossa, va viure una vida d'aventures que el van dur pels camins de l'exili, entre altres, a Catalunya, Andalusia i Mèxic. Tot aquest moviment no va impedir la seva important i brillant labor com a guitarrista i compositor. Contemporani de Ferran Sor, amb qui potser va arribar a coincidir a París, es va fer especialment conegut per la traducció al francès del mètode de guitarra de Dionisio Aguado, amb qui va compartir amistat. I si bé la biografia en parla d'una forma generalment més militar que musical el cert és que De Fossa es considerava músic. De fet, la correspondència recuperada que regularment va escriure a la seva germana Teresa descriu detalladament la seva vida com a guitarrista, en un temps en què aquest instrument i els seus intèrprets van viure una esplèndida edat d'or. Oblidat al nostre temps fins fa quatre dies, la seva vinculació amb Aguado ha estat possiblement l'excusa per a recuperar-lo monogràficament. L'edició que avui recuperem, farcida de música de cambra per a dues guitarres, violí i violoncel, i que escoltarem en nom del seu Quatuor No. 3 en La major, ens permet observar quina va ser la seva inspiració i talent en un estil principalment clàssic que no amaga una bellesa genuïna, original i de poètica encantadora. Personalment, De Fossa era un autèntic desconegut en el meu repertori motiu pel qual parlar-ne avui, en el seu aniversari, resulta gustosament gratificant!

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La ressenya de la Quinta de Mahler diu:

El gran despliegue de la guitarra se produjo en la primera mitad del siglo XIX con los Carcassi, Sor, Giuliani, Huerta, Carulli, Mertz, Aguado, Matiegka, Coste, Moretti, Diabelli, Broca, Molino, etc; pero mucho antes, a finales del siglo XVII, Gaspar Sanz, los hermanos Guerau, etc, habían iniciado un ascenso llamativo que la conduciría a las manos de Boccherini y otros grandes músicos, desde Paganini y Hummel, pasando por Weber, Schubert y Spohr, hasta Sibelius o Stravinsky. La figura de François de Fossa (1775-1849) es muy característica de la etapa de transición entre el clasicismo y el primer romanticismo, durante la cual la guitarra logró ingresar abiertamente en los salones de la burguesía europea. Fossa es un riguroso contemporáneo de Fernando Sor (1778-1839) y también como él nacido en el área catalana, próximo al Mediterráneo, pues era natural de Perpiñán. Su vinculación a España proviene no solo por su interés hacia la guitarra, a la cual aportó innovaciones que permitirían tocar armónicamente cada una de las notas a través de toda la extensión del instrumento. Lo sabemos a través de su íntimo amigo, gran guitarrista y compositor madrileño Dionisio Aguado (1784-1849), quien además nos dio cuenta en la segunda edición de su "Método", traducido por Fossa al francés, que éste había arreglado la obertura de "Jeune Henri" para dos guitarras para demostrar de modo práctico la forma de producir octavas armónicas sobre la guitarra. 

Cuando Fossa tradujo y logró publicar traducido al francés, ampliado y corregido, el "Método" de Aguado (París, 1827), éste se lo agradeció dedicándole su Op.2 (Tríos Rondo Brillants"). Gracias a la portada de su edición, por A. Meissonier, nos enteramos de que era entonces François de Fossa "Chef de Bataillon au 23cm Régiment de Ligne, es decir era un oficial del ejército francés en un batallón de choque. Pero anteriormente había pertenecido durante veinte años al ejército español, residiendo primero en España, donde quizá conoció en Madrid a Aguado y a Sor, aficionándose a la guitarra, y después en México. Fossa regresó a la Península Ibérica en 1803. Le vemos en Andalucía y luego en Madrid. Cuando el alzamiento de mayo de 1808, Fossa fue apresado por los franceses, aunque Napoleón le perdonó la vida por su experiencia militar. A la caída del emperador corso, Fossa dejó España, incorporándose al ejército francés. Combatió en varias campañas, entre ellas la de Argelia. Se retiró a componer y realizar arreglos para la guitarra en 1844. Sus obras fueron publicadas por importantes editores como Schott, de Maguncia y Simrock, de Bonn. Algunos manuscritos suyos se han conservado en la Sociedad de la Guitarra de Berlín. 

Los "Cuartetos para dos guitarras, violín y violonchelo" que figuran en esta grabación fueron publicados por Richault en París el año 1825, aunque al parecer, se conservan otros cuartetos con guitarra en la Biblioteca de la señora Beckford, en Los Ángeles (California). Sabemos, por ejemplo, que gracias a François de Fossa sobrevivieron los manuscritos de los "Quintetos" que Boccherini arregló para guitarra y cuerdas para el marqués de Benavent, a partir de "Quintetos" con dos violonchelos de él mismo. A la del insigne toscano madrileñizado recuerda la música de Fossa. Su elegante, sereno y a veces melancólico discurrir, nos lleva tanto hacia el dulce maestro de Lucca como hacia Haydn, incluso en ciertos momentos "Sturm und Drang". Música humana, razonable, de gran delicadeza expresiva, traslada al oyente a una época en la que el respeto a los demás y la educación ciudadana no había sufrido el deterioro que produjo en uno y otra la revolución industrial y el capitalismo. La versión de Ivan Rabaglia (violín), Enrico Bronzi, (violonchelo) y los guitarristas Mateo Mela y Lorenzo Micheli hace honor a los tres "Quatuors", Op.19, dedicados al conde de Montboissier, oficial del mismo regimiento del músico rosellonés, y buenos ejemplos de lo mucho que puede conseguir la guitarra en la música de cámara. 

Andrés Ruíz Tarazona

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Informació addicional... 

INTÈRPRETS: Matteo Mela& Lorenzo Micheli (guitars); Ivan Rabaglia (violin); Enrico Bronzi (cello)
LAQUINTADEMAHLER: DE FOSSA, F. - Trois Quatuors Op. 19


















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PACHELBEL, Johann Christoph (1653-1706) - Hexachordum Apollinis 1699

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Jan Brueghel II - Dörfliche Szene am Ziehbrunnen (c.1625)
Obra de Jan Brueghel el Jove (1601-1678), pintor flamenc (1)



- Recordatori de Johann Christoph Pachelbel -
En el dia de la celebració del seu 362è aniversari de naixement



Parlem de Pintura...

Jan Brueghel el Jove (Antwerp, 13 de setembre de 1601 - Antwerp, 1 de setembre de 1678) va ser un pintor barroc flamenc, fill de Jan Brueghel el Vell i nét del famós i reconegut Pieter Brueghel el Vell. Va ser entrenat pel seu pare i va passar la seva carrera pintant obres d'estil i gènere semblants a les del seu progenitor. Juntament amb el seu germà Ambrosius, va produir paisatges, escenes al·legòriques i altres obres amb un característic i meticulós detall. Brueghel va ser un espavilat pintor que va copiar les obres del seu pare i les va vendre amb la signatura d'aquest. Va morir a Antwerp el setembre de 1678.




Parlem de Música...

Johann Pachelbel (Nuremberg, 1 de setembre de 1653 - Nuremberg, 3 de març de 1706) va ser un compositor, organista i professor alemany i un dels músics més importants de la generació anterior a J.S. Bach. Va rebre la primera formació musical de Georg Caspar Wecker, organista de la Sebalduskirche, i d'Heinrich Schwemmer, un músic que més tard es convertia en el cantor de la mateixa església. Johann Mattheson, una de les fonts més importants d'informació sobre la vida de Pachelbel, esmenta en la seva obra Grundlage einer Ehrenpforte (Hamburg, 1740) que Pachelbel de jove va demostrar unes habilitats musicals i acadèmiques excepcionals. Va estudiar a escoles de primària de Nuremberg i va entrar a la Universitat d'Altdorf el 1669. Durant la seva estada en aquesta ciutat, va compaginar les classes amb les seves activitats com a organista a la Lorenzkirche. Per completar els seus estudis, va aconseguir una beca al Gymnasium Poeticum de Ratisbona. Les autoritats escolars de Ratisbona, impressionades per les qualificacions acadèmiques de Pachelbel i el seu nivell musical, li van permetre estudiar música amb Kaspar Prentz, un alumne de Johann Kaspar Kerll, músic alemany influenciat pel compositor italià Carissimi.

El 1674, potser orientat per Prentz, va viatjar a Viena on va assolir el càrrec d'organista suplent a la Catedral de Sant Esteve. Allà va entrar en contacte amb Johann Kaspar Kerll de qui, probablement, va rebre classes. Va viure a Viena durant cinc anys, i allà va absorbir la música dels compositors catòlics del sud d'Alemanya i d'Itàlia, els estils del qual contrastaven amb la tradició musical luterana, molt més estricta en les formes i els continguts. El 1677 va ser nomenat organista de la cort ducal a Eisenach, on va conèixer la família Bach i a on va compartir amistat amb Johann Ambrosius Bach, el pare de J.S. Bach. Allà hi va romandre un any abans de marxar camí d'Erfurt. El juny de 1678, Pachelbel va ser contractat com a organista de la Predigerkirche a Erfurt, succeint a Johann Bach, el fill gran dels Bach. Allà precisament es va convertir en el padrí de la filla de Johann Ambrosius, Johanna Juditha, i va ser el mestre de Johann Christoph Bach. Va viure a Erfurt durant dotze anys ciutat on va consolidar la seva reputació com un dels principals organistes d'Alemanya. Els seus preludis coral serien les obres més representatives del període d'Erfurt.

El 15 d'agost del 1690 Pachelbel va deixar el seu càrrec d'Erfurt amb el reconeixement dels seus serveis per tal de millorar la seva posició professional. Poc després, l'1 de setembre, va aconseguir el càrrec de músic i organista a la cort de Württemberg a Stuttgart, sota el patronatge de la duquessa Magdalena Sibylla. Per desgràcia l'any 1692 es va veure obligat a fugir a causa d'una invasió francesa. Pocs mesos més tard va tornar a la seva regió natal, Turíngia, on el 8 de novembre del 1692 va ser nomenat organista de la ciutat de Gotha. Aquí va publicar la seva primera i única obra de música litúrgica, Acht Chorale zum Praeambulieren (1693). Durant la seva estada de tres anys a Gotha, Pachelbel va rebre ofertes de feina de diverses ciutats. Una d'elles va ser quan Georg Caspar Wecker, l'antic professor de Pachelbel i organista de la Sebalduskirche de Nuremberg, va morir el 20 d'abril del 1695. Les autoritats de la ciutat van voler que un famós fill de la ciutat com Pachelbel fos el seu successor i l'hi van enviar una invitació oficial ocupant el càrrec durant l'estiu del 1695. En la seva darrera etapa va veure publicades la Musikalische Ergötzung, una selecció de música de cambra i, principalment, els Hexachordum Apollinis (Nuremberg, 1699), un conjunt de sis àries amb variacions per a teclat, que va dedicar a Dieterich Buxtehude. Va morir a Nuremberg el març de 1706.

OBRA:

Veure llistat d'obres de Johann Pachelbel.

Font: En català: Johann Christoph Pachelbel (1653-1706) En castellano: Johann Christoph Pachelbel (1653-1706) In english: Johann Christoph Pachelbel (1653-1706) - Altres: Johann Christoph Pachelbel (1653-1706)



Parlem en veu pròpia o en veu d'altri...

La figura de Pachelbel, si més no en el meu cas, ha passat d'una quasi clandestinitat a ser un dels màxims referents del Barroc a un nivell que per mèrits propis i per cronologia situaria a un esglaó molt proper al de Bach. Tota música que vaig descobrint i amb el temps escoltant no fa sinó ratificar la descomunal qualitat d'un mestre avui dia imprescindible i feliçment consolidat. En aquest espai d'exemples en podrem escoltar en múltiples ocasions (Johann Pachelbel) i avui novament i en motiu de celebrar el seu aniversari, tornarem a il·luminar-nos i a emocionar-nos amb la seva música. Concretament, ens centrarem en la seva extensa producció per a orgue de la qual l'edició d'avui recupera dues xacones, que escoltarem en nom de la Chaconne en Re major, i el seu famós Hexachordum Apollinis de 1699. Recordem que aquest recull per a orgue consta de sis àries cada una d'elles amb el seu corresponent tema i variacions. Considerada la més brillant en la forma de variacions de Pachelbel, escoltarem l'Aria Prima en Re minor i l'Aria Sexta en Fa menor 'Aria Sebaldina' (en honor a l'església de St Sebaldus de Nuremberg, on va ser organista durant 11 anys). I si bé Pachelbel no va pensar estrictament aquesta sèrie de composicions únicament per a orgue, el cert és que amb un excel·lent intèrpret com és el cas, la qualitat i la bellesa són insuperables!

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DE JERUSALEM, Ignacio (1707-1769) - Vocal Music

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Noël Hallé - Saint François de Sales donnant à sainte Jeanne de Chantal la règle de l'ordre de la Visitation
Obra de Noël Hallé (1711-1781), pintor francès (1)




Parlem de Pintura...

Noël Hallé (París, 2 de setembre de 1711 - París, 5 de juny de 1781) va ser un pintor, dibuixant i gravador francès. Va néixer en una família d'artistes i es va formar inicialment amb el seu pare, el pintor Claude-Guy Hallé. Va ser membre de l'Acadèmia Reial de Pintura i Escultura francesa. Entre els seus mèrits destaquen el Premi de Roma que va guanyar el 1736 i les seves obres La mort de Sèneca, Cornelia Africana, Mare de Gracchi i La Justícia de Trajà. Es va fer famós, involuntàriament, per les àcides crítiques del filòsof Diderot en motiu d'una exposició al Saló de París. Va morir precisament a la capital francesa el juny de 1781.

Font: En català: Noël Hallé (1711-1781) En castellano: No disponible In english: Noël Hallé (1711-1781) - Altres: Noël Hallé (1711-1781)



Parlem de Música...

Ignacio de Jerusalem y Stella (Lecce, 3 de juny de 1707 - Ciudad de México, 15 de desembre de 1769) va ser un violinista i compositor italià. Va iniciar la seva activitat musical a Itàlia com a violinista, també va ser músic del Coliseu de Cadis i a Nova Espanya va arribar a ser mestre de capella de la Catedral de la Asunción de María de Mèxic. Els seus contemporanis el coneixien com el "miracle musical" perquè el seu talent i capacitats musicals rivalitzaven amb el mateix mestre de capella de Madrid. El 1732 va abandonar Itàlia i es va instal·lar a Cadis on va treballar en el Coliseu d'aquella ciutat. El 1742 José Cárdenas, del Reial Tribunal de Comptes, el va contractar a Espanya juntament amb altres músics i cantants destinats a complir els seus serveis a Mèxic. Va arribar a la capital de Nova Espanya el 1742 per a treballar com a violinista i director musical del Coliseu de Mèxic. A partir del 1746 va compondre obres per a la Catedral de Mèxic i el 1749 va ser ascendit a mestre de capella interí. L'any següent va rebre el nomenament de mestre titular, càrrec que va exercir la resta de la seva vida. Com a mestre de capella, Ignacio de Jerusalem va ser precedit per Domingo Dutra i Andrade (1741-1750) i succeït per Mateo Tollis della Rocca (1769-1780). Allà va compondre el corpus de la seva obra, format per centenars de composicions de caràcter religiós principalment. Va ser extraordinàriament popular al seu temps a tot centre Amèrica. Va morir a Ciudad de México el desembre de 1769.

OBRA:

all for voices and orchestra; all manuscripts in Mexico City Cathedral unless otherwise stated
latin sacred

Vocal religiosa:

7 masses:
in D, 4vv, 1763;
in D, 8vv, US-SBm, ed. C.H. Russell (Los Osos, CA, 1993);
in F, 4vv, 1768, Mexico City Cathedral and US-SBm;
in F, 8vv, Ky and Gl ed. C.H. Russell (Los Osos, CA, 1996);
in G, 4vv, 1767;
in G, 8vv, Mexico City Cathedral and US-SBm; 8vv

2 requiem:
in a, 8vv, 1760;
in E

Vespers pss:
Beatus vir (F), 2vv;
Beatus vir (C), 8vv;
Confitebor tibi Domine (g);
Credidi (F), 8vv;
Dilexi quoniam exaudit Dominus (G);
Dixit Dominus (B ), 2vv;
Dixit Dominus (B ), 8vv;
Dixit Dominus (D), 8vv;
Dixit Dominus (d), 8vv;
Dixit Dominus (F), 2vv;
Dixit Dominus (F);
Dixit Dominus (G), 4vv;
Dixit Dominus (G), 8vv;
Laetatus sum (a), 8vv;
Laetatus sum (B ), 8vv, ?1758;
Laetatus sum (E );
Laetatus sum, 4vv, 1764;
Lauda Jerusalem (F), 8vv;
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (B ), 1v;
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (B ), 8vv;
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (d), 8vv;
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (F);
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (G), 4vv;
Levavi oculos meos (G);
Memorabilia, 4vv, 1764

Vespers hymns and canticles:
Ave maris stella (F), 8vv;
Ave maris stella (d), 8vv;
Decora lux (G), 5vv;
Defensor alme (D), 8vv;
Exultet orbis (D), 2vv;
Jesu corona (D);
Mag (a), 8vv;
Mag (B ), 2vv;
Mag (C), 2vv;
Mag (E );
Mag (F), 8vv (3 settings);
Pange lingua (g), 8vv;
Placare Christe (F), 8vv;
Te Joseph (G), 8vv;
Ut queant laxis (G);
Veni creator spiritus (G), 8vv

Motets, ants etc.:
Ascendit Christus (D), 8vv;
Ascendit Christus (E), 1v;
Egregiae martyr Philipe;
Non fecit tatiter, 8vv;
Non turbetur cor vesinum;
O voz omnes, 8vv;
Pauperum primo genita, 4vv;
Psalmo de nona primera miravilia, 8vv;
Qui vult venire post me, 4vv (= Plantas frondosas de aqueste jardín, see ‘Villancicos’);
Regem cui omnia vivunt, 4vv;
Salve regina (C), 1v;
Salve regina (D), 8vv;
Stabat mater, 8vv;
Sub tuum praesidium, 8vv;
Tota pulcra es, 8vv;
Veni Sancte Spiritus, 8vv;
Veni sponsa Christi, 8vv;
Victimae paschali, 8vv

11 Matins cycles of responsories, invitatories and hymns, 1–8vv: for Christmas;
Assumption; St Peter;
Our Lady of the Conception;
feast day of St Joseph;
patronage of St Joseph;
Our Lady of the Pillar;
Our Lady of Guadalupe (2 cycles, 1 ed. C.H. Russell, Los Osos, CA, 1997);
St Ildefonso and the Pontifical Confessors;
St Philip Neri and the Common Confessors

Other works:
Office of the Dead;
2 Te Deum;
5 Lamentations;
6 Miserere

Villancicos:
A de la dulce métrica armonía, 4vv;
A de los cielos, 8vv;
Admirado el orbe, 8vv;
A gozar el sumo bien, 4vv;
Aguila caudalosa, 4vv;
A la esposa es de Dios, 4vv;
A la milagrosa escuela, 4vv, 1765;
Al arma contra Luzes, 1v;
A la tierra venid, 4vv;
Al cielo subiendo, 1v;
Alerta las vozes, 4vv;
Al mirar los rayos, 4vv;
Al penetran la hermosura, 8vv;
Al que en solio de rayos, 4vv;
Amante peregrino, 3vv;
Animase, alientese, 8vv;
Aplaudan alegres, 4vv;
Arca perfectísima, 1v;
Arcano sagrado, 4vv;
Armoniosos metros, 4vv;
A tan gran afector, 2vv;
A tan regia vista, 4vv;
A tu feliz natalicio, 1v;
A velas llamas, 8vv;
Ay mi bien, 8vv;
Bendito sea el Señor, 4vv;
Celestes armonias terrestres consonancias alarma, 8vv;
Cielo, que alto mirais, 2vv, E-CU;
Clarines sonad;
Con añores ecos nuestro pecho amante celebra, 8vv, 1766;
Con canoros secos
De amor el incendio, 1v;
De aquel muro en las esfera, 2vv;
Del diciembre rizado, 1v;
De noche ha nacido, 4vv;
De su fé las glorias, 2vv;
Devoto el coro con alegría llama a María, 4vv;
Dolencia padre, 2vv;
Dulce incendio, 2vv;
El aire, la tierra, 1v;
El amor y el afecto, 8vv;
El celeste gozo, 4vv;
El clarín de la fama, 8vv;
Ella feliz Bagel, 2vv;
El tesoro sagrado, 4vv;
El viento ayrado, 1v;
En este triste valle, 4vv;
En tiempo, sin tiempo, 4vv;
En una ligera nave, 4vv;
Esta noche las zágalas, 8vv;
Este alto sacramento, 1v;
Gloria lo ofrece, 8vv;
Gorgeos trinando, 2vv;
La angélica turba, 8vv;
La esfera triumphante rompa la luz, 4vv;
La gloria más bella, 2vv;
La tierra se alegra, 4vv;
Libre de la pena, 2vv;
Los rayos ardientes, 4vv;
Manda Dios que observen, 4vv
Octavo kalendas, 1v;
Ola, ola, pastorcillos, 8vv;
O Niño si tiritas, 2vv;
O sacra luziente antorcha;
País de Noél, 5vv;
Pedro amado, 2vv;
Plantas frondosas de aqueste jardín, 4vv (= Qui vult venire post me, see ‘Latin sacred’);
Propitia estrella, 1v;
Protegido de una estrella, 4vv;
Pues el Asturiano alegre, 4vv;
Que admiráis mortales, 4vv;
Que rayos (= Si aleve fortuna), 1v;
Que tempestad amenaza, 8vv;
Remedio lucido, 4vv;
Rendido qual mariposa, 8vv;
Rompa la esfera, 8vv;
Si admito tu fineza, 2vv;
Si aleve fortuna (= Que rayos);
Si el alma de Dios embelleza, 4vv;
Sus glorias cantando, 4vv;
Todos pueden alegar, 1v;
Toquen al arma, 4vv;
Varones ilustres, 1v;
Vierte blandamente, 1v;
Virgen pura, arca sagrada, 2vv;
Virgen pura, arca sagrada, 4vv;
Y vive amor en mí, 1v

Other spanish sacred:
Loas:
A el eco de la fama dispertando, 4vv;
Con respectuosos esmeros, 4vv;
En hora dichosa la laguna admire coronada, 4vv;
Si es gloria del orbe, 4vv

Pastorelas:
A que esperáis cherubas;
Para donde caminas, 5vv, Morelia, Conservatorio de las Rosas;
Pastorela, 8vv

Font: En català: No disponible En castellano: Ignacio de Jerusalem (1707-1769) In english: Ignacio de Jerusalem (1707-1769) - Altres: Ignacio de Jerusalem (1707-1769)



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Si el diumenge viatjàvem a Cuba en companyia d'un català, avui visitarem Mèxic, una geografia que va viure en l'abundància musical durant els segles XVII i XVIII. De Jerusalem va ser un músic italià que va recorre un llarg camí abans d'establir-se i consolidar-se a Nova Espanya on va assolir un èxit sense precedents tant per volum com per qualitat en el seu càrrec de mestre de capella, entre els anys 1750 i 1769, de la Catedral de la Asunción de María de Mèxic. Allà va escriure abundant música religiosa però també secular amb el denominador comú de ser obra essencialment vocal amb acompanyament d'orquestra. El seu estil va viure immers de ple, i de forma precursora, en la forma galant. La varietat rítmica, les harmonies lentes, el seu impressionant domini de la forma orquestral i coral a gran escala i les textures homofòniques són elements característics del seu treball i curiosament es mouen en comoditat pels ritmes italians, fins i tot, endèmics de la seva regió natal, motiu pel qual va ser rebut amb entusiasme a Mèxic i per extensió a tot Centre Amèrica.

Escoltant-lo ens resultarà fàcil entendre la magnitud del seu nom i inevitablement obligarà a preguntar-nos quin hauria estat, o fins i tot quin seria el ressò de la seva obra en cas d'haver viscut i treballat a Europa. Sens dubte, tot un mestre clàssic que anticipa per moments l'exuberància de Mozart. La gràcil teatralitat de les obres que escoltarem com Triumphe Maria reyna sagradaDespierta bato, Ni del mar ni del ayre Rompa ayrado el cieloCielos que aquesto miras Llore yoEa feliz vajel Nave dichosaEn un portal arruinado, és evident. Per a veus solistes, en duet o quartet i fins i tot algunes d'elles amb recitatiu i ària, en un clar mirall operístic, Mèxic va despertar del somni polifònic per a endinsar-se, de ple, en el classicisme i la pirotècnia lírica italiana, a les antípodes de la tradició religiosa fins aleshores dominant. No hi ha dubte que De Jerusalem fou atrevit i considerablement valent innovant i alhora liquidant, d'una estocada, el que fins el 1749 havia estat intocable a la Catedral de Mèxic. Tot un personatge que parlant en primera persona em desperta un interès il·limitat. Recordeu-lo, i si l'heu d'escriure, feu-ho en majúscules perquè s'ho mereix!

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Jan Toorop - Broek in Waterland (1889)
Obra de Jan Toorop (1858-1928), pintor holandès (1)



- Recordatori d'Alphonsus Johannes Maria Diepenbrock -
En el dia de la celebració del seu 153è aniversari de naixement



Parlem de Pintura...

Jan Toorop (Purworedjo, 20 de desembre de 1858 - La Haia, 3 de març de 1928) va ser un pintor holandès. Va néixer l'illa de Java, en aquell temps colònia holandesa. Va realitzar els seus estudis a l'Acadèmia de Delf i a Àmsterdam, viatjant més tard per ampliar-los a Brussel·les, Londres i París. En aquesta ciutat va rebre la influència de Gustave Moreau i Edouard Manet. A cavall entre el simbolisme i el modernisme, va desenvolupar un estil propi que va conjugar motius javanesos i simbòlics. Els seus dibuixos d'àlbers i figures curvilínies van ser precursores dels patrons pictòrics de l'Art Nouveau. El 1890 es va orientar breument vers el puntillisme. Després de la seva conversió al catolicisme (1905) va pintar escenes religioses i simbòliques. Va morir a La Haia el març de 1928.

Font: En català: Jan Toorop (1858-1928) En castellano: Jan Toorop (1858-1928) In english: Jan Toorop (1858-1928) - Altres: Jan Toorop (1858-1928)



Parlem de Música...

Alphonsus Johannes Maria Diepenbrock (Amsterdam, 2 de setembre de 1862 - Àmsterdam, 5 d'abril de 1921) va ser un compositor holandès. Va créixer en el sí d'una família catòlica burgesa que va inculcar al seu fill l'interès per la música i la literatura. Va rebre classes de música però en general va ser autodidacta aprenent a tocar el piano, l'orgue i el violí per sí mateix. Tot i aquest talent innat, es va matricular a la Universitat d'Àmsterdam per a estudiar-hi literatura clàssica. Paral·lelament, va formar un cor d'estudiants que es va especialitzar en música antiga, principalment d'autors com Palestrina i Sweelinck, autors a qui admirava profundament. A partir del 1882 va començar a compondre de forma més o menys regular, especialment obres corals i cançons. El 1888 va entrar a treballar com a professor de literatura a 's-Hertogenbosch. Allà va compondre nombrosa música religiosa, entre ella, la celebrada Missa in die festo (1890), una de les seves grans obres monumentals. El 1895 es va casar i va tornar a Àmsterdam on va treballar en múltiples activitats, també com a músic i escriptor. Il·lustrat i intel·lectual, va participar en els debats polítics, filosòfics i artístics de la ciutat holandesa. L'estrena del seu Te Deum el 1897 el va acabar de consolidar com a compositor, considerat el més important a Holanda. Va fer amistat amb Mahler, amb qui va compartir admiració mútua i a qui va promocionar activament en la seva etapa de director d'orquestra. Va seguir escrivint música fins l'esclat de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Va morir a Àmsterdam l'abril de 1921.

OBRA:

Vocal secular:

Choral:
With orch: Les elfes (Leconte de Lisle), S, Bar, female chorus, orch, 1887, rev. 1896;
Rey van Clarissen, Rey van Amsterdamsche Maegden (J. van den Vondel), female chorus, orch, 1893–6;
Rey van Edelingen (Vondel), mixed chorus, orch, 1895–6;
Hymne aan Rembrandt (P.H. van Moerkerken), S, female chorus, orch, 1906;

Other acc.:
Rouw om het jaar (A. Verwey), female chorus, pf, 1886;

Unacc:
Dämmerung (J.W. von Goethe), mixed chorus, 1884;
Tibur (Matthison), male chorus, 1884;
XVe eeuwsch bruyloftslied, mixed chorus, 1884;
Rey van Burchtsaeten (Vondel), mixed chorus, 1892;
Chanson d’automne (P. Verlaine), mixed chorus, 1897;
Carmen saeculare (Horace), mixed chorus, 1901;
Oud paaschlied uit twente, mixed chorus, 1902;

Solo vocal:
With orch, ens:
Hymen an die Nacht (F. von Hardenberg [Novalis]), 1899:
Gehoben ist der Stein, S, orch, Muss immer der Morgen wiederkommen, A, orch;
Vondel’s vaart naar Agrippine (J. Alberdingk Thijm), Bar, orch, 1903;
Im grossen Schweigen (F. Nietzsche), Bar, orch, 1905–6;
Die Nacht (F. Hölderlin), Mez, orch, 1910–11;
Bruiloftslied (J. Beukers), S, A, ob, triangle, vn, va, 2 vc, 1912;
Lydische Nacht (B. Verhagen), spkr, Bar, orch, 1913

Unacc. S, A, T, B:
Den uil, 1902;
De groote hond en de kleine kat (A. Verwey), 1903;
Auf dem See (Goethe), 1908; Ergo bibamus (Goethe), 1908;
Gleich zu gleich (Goethe), 1908;
Wanderers Nachtlied (Goethe), 1908

1v, pf:
Blauw, blauw bloemelijn (G. Antheunis), 1880;
Entsagung (J. Uhland), T, pf, 1883;
Der Abend kommt gezogen (H. Heine), 1884;
Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend (Heine), 1884;
Der Fischer (Goethe), T, pf, 1884;
Mignon (Goethe), 1884, orchd 1907;
De klare dag (F. van Eeden), 1884;
Avondzang (J. Perk), high v, pf, 1885, orchd 1903;
Maanlicht (A. Verwey), high v, pf, 1885;
Meinacht (H. Swarth), 1885;
Der König in Thule (Goethe), 1886, orchd 1907;
Mignons Verklärung (Goethe), 1886;
Die Liebende schreibt (Goethe), Mez, pf, 1887;
Es war ein alter König (Heine), Mez, pf, 1890;
La chanson de l’hypertrophique (J. Laforgue), 1895;
Hinüber wall’ ich (Novalis), 1897, orchd 1907
Ecoutez la chanson bien douce (Verlaine), S, pf, 1898, orchd 1907;
Ik ben in eenzaamheid niet meer alleen (L. van Deyssel), 1898, orchd 1906;
La lune blanche luit dans les bois (Verlaine), high v, pf, 1898;
Clair de lune (Verlaine), 1898, orchd 1907;
Lied der Spinnerin (C. Brentano), S, pf, 1898, orchd 1906;
Zij sluimert (Perk), 1900, orchd 1903;
Kann ich im Busen heisse Wünsche tragen (C. von Günderode), Mez, pf, 1902;
Ils ont fermé le monastère (C. Daniélou), 1903;
Les chats (C. Baudelaire), 1906, orchd 1907;
Recueillement (Baudelaire), S, pf, 1907, orchd;
Der Abend (Brentano), S, pf, 1908, orchd 1908;
Celebrität (Goethe), 1908;
Liebesklage (Günderode), Mez, pf, 1908
Mandoline (Verlaine), medium v, pf, 1909;
Puisque l’aube grandit (Verlaine), medium v, pf, 1909, orchd 1916;
En sourdine (Verlaine), medium v, pf, 1910;
Berceuse (C. van Lerberghe), 1912, arr. Mez, vc, pf, orchd 1918;
Serenade (E. Diepenbrock), 1912;
L’invitation au voyage (Baudelaire), 1913;
Simeon’s Lofzang (Vondel), 1914;
Les poilus de l’Argonne (A. Rameau), 1915;
Waak op, Nederland (B. Verhagen), 1915;
Beiaard (Vada), 1916;
Belges, debout! (F.H. de Puymaly), 1916;
Incantation (Gide), 1916;
Le vin de la revanche (Puymaly), 1916;
Come raggio di sol, 1917, arr. S, ww qnt

1v, org:
Wenn ich ihn nur habe (Novalis), 1898, orchd 1906, arr. S, ww qnt, db, 1915;
Wenige wissen das Geheimnis der Liebe (Novalis), 1898, orchd 1902;
Memorare (Bernard of Clairvaux), 1902, version with It. trans. Preghiera alla madonna, 1v, pf, 1917

Vocal religiosa:

Choral:
With orch:
Te Deum, S, A, T, B, double chorus, orch, 1897;
Kyrie and Gloria, S, A, T, B, mixed chorus, male chorus, orch, 1913 [from Missa in die festo]

Other acc.:
Missa in die festo, T, double chorus, org, 1890–94 [Kyrie and Gloria orchd 1913];
Tantum ergo (Thomas Aquinas), male chorus, org, 1901;
Hymnus de spiritu sancto, male chorus, org, 1906

Unacc:
Stabat mater dolorosa (J. da Todi), male chorus, 1888;
Stabat mater dolorosa (Todi), mixed chorus, 1896;
Stabat mater speciosa (Todi), mixed chorus, 1896;
Caelestis urbs Jerusalem, mixed chorus, 1897;
Veni creator spiritus, male chorus, 1906;
Ecce quomodo moritur, male chorus, 1913

1v, org:
Ave Maria, 1889, version for 1v, pf;
Jesu dulcis memoria (Bernard of Clairvaux), 1889, version for 1v, pf;
O Jesu ego amo te (St Francis Xavier), 1893, version for 1v, pf;

Instrumental:

Academische feestmarsch, wind orch, 1882, lost, orchd for wind C.L. Walther Boer from pf score, also orchd C. Dopper;
Hymne, vn, pf, 1898, orchd 1899, rev. 1905, 1910, 1917;
Marsyas of De betooverde bron [Marsyas or The Enchanted Well], suite, orch, 1909–10 [from incid music];
Avondschemer, pf, 1915;
Arr. C. Debussy: Berceuse héroïque, 1916;
Zegeklanken, carillon, 1916

Incidental music:
Marsyas of De betooverde bron (B. Verhagen), 1909–10;
Gijsbreght van Aemstel (Vondel), 1911–12;
De Vogels (Aristophanes, trans. C. Deknatel), 1917;
Faust (Goethe), 1918;
Electra (Sophocles, trans. P.C. Boutens), 1919–20

Font: En català: Alphonsus Johannes Maria Diepenbrock (1862-1921) En castellano: No disponible In english: Alphonsus Johannes Maria Diepenbrock (1862-1921) - Altres: Alphonsus Johannes Maria Diepenbrock (1862-1921)



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Partint d'un neòfit coneixement a l'entorn d'aquest, si més no personalment, desconegudissim autor holandès l'obra del qual és voluminosament considerable, avui intentarem conèixer alguna de les seves partitures instrumentals. Pel que diuen els experts que l'han estudiat, Diepenbrock va ser un compositor de perfil eclèctic, poc aficionat a un estil concret i delimitat que va decidir explorar les fonts clàssiques, l'edat mitjana, la poesia holandesa o la romàntica literatura de Goethe i els seus coetanis. Com ràpidament podrem observar i deduir, va tenir especial predilecció per la música vocal, una obra que va dotar d'una evocadora atmosfera, espiritual i mística convertint-lo en un dels compositors holandesos més importants del seu temps. No obstant, avui centrarem la nostra atenció en algunes partitures instrumentals, de les que escoltarem la Suite Simfònica Elektra. Basada en la tragèdia grega de Sòfocles, l'acció transcorre a la ciutat d'Argos uns anys després de la Guerra de Troia, i narra la venjança d'Electra i el seu germà Orestes envers la seva mare Clitemnestra i el seu padrastre Egist, responsables de l'assassinat del seu pare Agamèmnon. Poc avesat al músic holandès, he de reconèixer que la primera audició m'ha resultat desconcertant i certament confusa. Tanmateix, la meva opinió en relació a músics i músiques post-romàntiques no és, ni haurà de ser, indicador de bona o mala qualitat. Més agradables i properes m'han semblat l'Ouverture 'De Vogels' i el preciós Hymne an die Nacht 'Gehoben ist der Stein' que també trobarem en aquesta edició monogràfica en veu i en nom de Diepenbrock. La interpretació val a dir-ho, impecable, com correspon al gran mestre Riccardo Chailly!

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The Dutch have always been proud of their cultural achievements—think Rembrandt and van Gogh—but after Sweelinck (1562–1621) they went for exactly three centuries without a composer of international stature. Alphons Diepenbrock (1862–1921) seemed to fill the bill, creating extraordinarily dramatic, very individual music. The trouble was, he wrote in none of the popular, conventional forms (no symphonies, concertos, sonatas, operas, string quartets) and was thus a hard sell to the world of Beethoven, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, and eventually Mahler (who was a close friend). Diepenbrock wrote primarily vocal and choral music, specializing in symphonic songs that are practically vocal tone poems, in which the voice became an integral part of the orchestra. In addition, he wrote incidental music for stage dramas, a form dominated by a single masterpiece: Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream . Diepenbrock was entirely self-trained as a musician, having earned his doctorate in classical languages and cultures. His first major work to attract attention was a Te Deum, in 1897, a full-scale oratorio for soloists, chorus, and orchestra. 

Diepenbrock’s final work and his best-known was the incidental music for a Dutch production of Sophocles’s tragedy Elektra . Again its form prevented it from achieving acceptance beyond the theater: A firm believer in the melodrama, he scored this music for reciter and orchestra. Diepenbrock’s biographer, Dutch musicologist Eduard Reeser, created an orchestral suite in 1952, which became the standard concert-hall representation not only of the composer but of Dutch music. The Concertgebouw Orchestra included it in its first Western Hemisphere concert, in Carnegie Hall in 1954 (I remember driving half a day to attend and most of a night to get home). This is sumptuous, highly dramatic music, four movements that seem more like a single tone poem. The dark atmosphere recalls Rachmaninoff, but the music is both meatier and more subtle than the Russian’s. The orchestration is lush late-Romanticism, a blend of Rachmaninoff and Strauss (closer to Salome than the latter’s Elektra ), to which Diepenbrock adds a sound all his own, an agonized shriek from trumpets and strings. Diepenbrock (and Reeser) omitted French horns and bassoons, creating a darker blend suitable to this classical tragedy. 

In 1899, Diepenbrock set two different Novalis poems called Hymn an der Nacht. This one, Gehoben ist der Stein (my limited German suggests: The Weight Is Lifted— by the salvation of mankind through resurrection, according to the program notes), is generally labeled No. 1. The 16-minute piece is a series of variations on two principal themes, typical of the composer in its gloomy atmosphere and its lengthy purely orchestral passages. The vocal line has echoes of Wagner as well as some wide leaps, most of which Augér negotiates with gleaming tone and convincing sincerity. The texts appear in the booklet only in the sung German. Aristophanes’s The Birds is intermittently a satire but always a comedy. Diepenbrock’s score for a 1917 production by schoolchildren is his only happy music. As with Elektra , it contains numbers with the spoken voice, so the overture is its most often played section; recognizable as a sonata-form movement, it sparkles gently. A flute is the most prominent of several solo woodwinds, but some of the bird calls are assigned to a not-so-joyous bassoon. 

The Elektra Suite has appeared often on Dutch records, including a 1958 performance that was Haitink’s first Concertgebouw recording. Those 13 minutes are the 1952 Suite, which Reeser later expanded to the 23 minutes heard here; the Chailly is superior in performance and recorded sound to both the Haitink and to a later Concertgebouw recording led by van Otterloo. There is also a fine two-CD Chandos set of Diepenbrock music, including four orchestral works and four more of Diepenbrock’s six symphonic songs, by the Hague Residentie Orchestra under Hans Vonk. His Elektra , fast and loud, does the score less justice than Chailly’s finely gauged, beautifully played performance. In addition, 35 Diepenbrock songs appear on three NM Classics single CDs, 92050–52. Donemus is a Dutch organization that commissions and publishes Dutch music; it has issued many hundreds of recordings over the past half century; its early LPs included full scores with each record. Dutch engineering standards have always been high (which is why we have so many listenable Mengelberg live performances from the 1930s and 1940s), and these live recordings from the Concertgebouw are the equal of the best commercial efforts in that magnificent acoustic environment. This CD was issued in 1995 but was only briefly available in this country; Forte Distributing LLC has now brought both Donemus and NM Classics back to our shores. It also imports many other small European labels, among them Oehms Classics, Cyprès, Cala, and Almaviva. To view its fascinating catalog, log on to www.shopforte.com. 

FANFARE: James H. North (font/source: aquí)

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