ARIOSTI, Attilio

ARIOSTI, Attilio

ARIOSTI, Attilio (Malachia [Clemente]) [Frate Ottavio] (b Bologna 1666–d London 1729), Cantata de V. Sacram[en]to : O quam suavis, I/A/1/7

Mus. 2156-E-1

ARIOSTI, Attilio

ARIOSTI, Attilio (Malachia [Clemente]) [Frate Ottavio] (b Bologna 1666–d London 1729)

Cantata de V. Sacram[en]to : O quam suavis

Schranck I; Fach 1; Lage 7

I/A/1/7

‘Tenore Solo, co’ VVni Vla e Basso’

Partitura; Parti

Cantata quam suavis

Motets

[copied c1726-28]

Bound score in Zelenka’s hand copied between early 1726 and late 1728- to early 1729. Parts are missing from Dresden.
Label on cover to score: Ariosti, Attilio | Cant[ate] Ten[ore] Solo | O quam suavis (pencil). Reverse: A 11 (pencil).
Title page on blue-grey wrapper (hand of Zelenka): No 2 | Cantata | quam suavis | Tenore solo | Viol 2 | Oboe 2 | Viola | Basso Contin. | Attilio Ariosti.
This setting comprises an accompanied recitative and da capo aria. Horn (Hkm, 129), suggests this item is a reworking of a secular cantata.
Incipit given in Zelenka-Dokumentation, 48, Nr. 29.
A source with the Catalogo label of c1784 is held in the Russian State Library, Moscow. The label in the hand of Johann Gottlob Uhle reads: Lit A. Schranck No: I | 1. Fach 6. Lage | Cantata de V. Sacram. | O quam Suavis | à Tenore Solo | co’ VVni Viola ed Org. | Partitura e parti cav: | del Sigr. Ariosti | incipit.
An oval stamp, which may be that of the BIBLIOTHECA MUSICA REGIA, is almost obliterated. A score and set of parts are held in the Russian State Library. Label in the hand of Carl Gottlob Uhle (c1784): Lit: A | Schranck No: I. | 1. Fach 6. Lage | Cantata de N. Sacram. | O quam Suavis | à Tenore Solo | co VVni Viola ed Org. | Partitura e parti cav. | del Sigl. Ariosti | Incipit.
The set of parts shown by Maria Sawinkova in her presentation (Zelenka Conference: Prague, 2018) are for solo Tenor solo; vn 1 (“M. P”: Mons. Pisendel); vn. 2 x 2; vla x 2; Violone ripieno; Org.; Org./ vc; theorbo. No parts for oboes, nor for bassoons.

A 11

V. I (1900), 192–3: Ariosti, Attilio [...] Ms. Dresd. (Kathol. K.) O quam suavis, Cantata a Ten. solo c. 2 V. Va. Ob. ed org. P. u. Stb. [...] Mss. Dresd. Mus. B 101 a S. 5. 54. 141. Cantata ‘O quam suavis’ a Ten. solo c. strom. von Zelenka’s Hd. Ms. A 11, 3 Bll. fol. P.

Ariosti, Attilio: Cantata ‘O quam suavis’ f. Ten. solo [con. strom.] Part. 4to. Orig.-Mus. -Mscr. Zelenkas.

Score copy and parts for O quam suavis by Attilio Ariosti (Zelenka’s hand : Mus. 2156-E-1) were held by SLUB; parts listed in the Catalogo (1765) now are missing from Dresden and were not catalogued by SLB. Ten parts now held in the Russian State Library.

01-01-07