GERBICH
Title
GERBICH
Description
GÖRBIG, Johann Anton (Thaddeus). Also Gärbig, Gerbich, Gerbig. (b Brüx [Most] 1684–d Prague-Strahov 1737), Litaniae Lauretanae, I/G/20/5
D-Dl
Mus. 2873-D-1
Composer
GERBICH
Uniform Composer
GÖRBIG, Johann Anton (Thaddeus). Also Gärbig, Gerbich, Gerbig. (b Brüx [Most] 1684–d Prague-Strahov 1737)
Title (Catalogo)
Litaniae Lauretanae
Location (1765)
Schranck I; Fach 20; Lage 5
SFL_combination
I/G/20/5
Scoring (1765)
‘a 4 voci co’ VVni Vla e Corni’
Materials (1765)
Partitura; Parti
Title Partitura
Litaniae Lauretanae
Uniform Title
Litanies
RISM Links
Remarks
Bound score copy in hand of ZS 1. Parts are missing.
Title page (Zelenka’s hand): F: (upper right) N 7 (upper left) | Litaniae Lauretanae del Gerbich; (‘del Gerbich’ in pencil) | à 4 | C: A: T: B: | Violin | Viola | Corn du Caccia si pace | Lower right in smaller writing: Korbichi (Korbicher?). A similar remark is written at the conclusion of the score (Körbats?).
Bohemian organist, gamba/violoncello player, and jurist, Johann Görbig held the position of Capellae magister at the Metropolitan Cathedral Prague between 1734–1737. This litany represents an example of exchanges of music between Görbig and Zelenka, and is one of a group of five relatively short settings of the Litany of Loreto by Bohemian composers entered into this Catalogo (1765). Each comes from Zelenka’s music collection, but not listed into his Inventarium. These settings probably were acquired for use in the Dresden Catholic court church following the expansion in 1727 of the Kapellknaben ensemble and of Marian devotions. In that year the annual letter to Rome reported: ‘At the beginning of the school year the number of young musicians was increased in order to amplify Marian devotions, and all Saturdays and also ferial days preceding Marian feasts will be celebrated with litanies [...].’ Annuae Litterae Missionis Dresdensis ad annum 1727, ARSI (I-Rar), Boh 143, 19.
The composers of similar Litanies of Loreto (all provenance of Zelenka) are Czerwenka (missing), Gerbich (Görbig), the Cistercian Grünberger (OC), Muck, and Schütze. Each composer is also represented in the Osek music catalogues. In some copies of these litanies the scribe gives a phonetic spelling or an interpretation of the written name of the composer: Korbischi = Görbig or Gerbich; Krusberger = Grünberger; Muk = Muck.
Title page (Zelenka’s hand): F: (upper right) N 7 (upper left) | Litaniae Lauretanae del Gerbich; (‘del Gerbich’ in pencil) | à 4 | C: A: T: B: | Violin | Viola | Corn du Caccia si pace | Lower right in smaller writing: Korbichi (Korbicher?). A similar remark is written at the conclusion of the score (Körbats?).
Bohemian organist, gamba/violoncello player, and jurist, Johann Görbig held the position of Capellae magister at the Metropolitan Cathedral Prague between 1734–1737. This litany represents an example of exchanges of music between Görbig and Zelenka, and is one of a group of five relatively short settings of the Litany of Loreto by Bohemian composers entered into this Catalogo (1765). Each comes from Zelenka’s music collection, but not listed into his Inventarium. These settings probably were acquired for use in the Dresden Catholic court church following the expansion in 1727 of the Kapellknaben ensemble and of Marian devotions. In that year the annual letter to Rome reported: ‘At the beginning of the school year the number of young musicians was increased in order to amplify Marian devotions, and all Saturdays and also ferial days preceding Marian feasts will be celebrated with litanies [...].’ Annuae Litterae Missionis Dresdensis ad annum 1727, ARSI (I-Rar), Boh 143, 19.
The composers of similar Litanies of Loreto (all provenance of Zelenka) are Czerwenka (missing), Gerbich (Görbig), the Cistercian Grünberger (OC), Muck, and Schütze. Each composer is also represented in the Osek music catalogues. In some copies of these litanies the scribe gives a phonetic spelling or an interpretation of the written name of the composer: Korbischi = Görbig or Gerbich; Krusberger = Grünberger; Muk = Muck.
Stamps
Sächs. Landesbibliothek. Depositum der Kath. Hofkirche.
Eitner
V. 4 (1901), 205: Gerbich (= Johann Anton Görbig) [...] nur bekannt durch eine Litania Lauretana a 4 voci c. 2 V. Va. Corni ed org. Ms. P. u. Stb. [Dresd. kathol. Kirche.
SLB Card Catalog
Gerbich, . . . Litania Lauretana à 4 [con strom.] F-dur. C. Part u. St. o. J. 1 H. mit 16 St. quer-4to u. 4to . Mus-Mscr. Kath. Hofkirche. Stimmen stehen gesondert
Status
Score copy of Litaniae Lauretanae by Gerbich [Görbig] (Mus. 2873-D-1) held by SLUB; 16 parts missing from Dresden.
Sort Order
01-20-05
Collection
Citation
“GERBICH,” Catalogue of the Music Collection of the Dresden Catholic Court Church 1765, accessed July 28, 2024, http://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/hofkirchecatalogo1765/items/show/3745.