VALLE, Pietro
Title
VALLE, Pietro
Description
?VALLE, Pietro [Listed in the SLB Catalogue as as Pietro Volle], Motetto: Larvae crudeles, III/V/4/1
D-Dl
Mus. 2878-E-1
Composer
VALLE, Pietro
Uniform Composer
?VALLE, Pietro [Listed in the SLB Catalogue as as Pietro Volle]
Title (Catalogo)
Motetto: Larvae crudeles
Location (1765)
Schranck III; Fach 4; Lage 1
SFL_combination
III/V/4/1
Scoring (1765)
‘a Soprano solo co’ VVni Vla e B e Corni’
Materials (1765)
Partitura
Title Partitura
Motetto [...] dell Sig. Piero Valle
Uniform Title
Motets
Remarks
Score copy without cover. No watermarks.
Head of score: No. 18. Motetto Canto Solo Con Sinf[oni]a dell Sig. Piero Valle. This name is written over an erasure.
This work in five movements in the hand of a Dresden court copyist.
The instrumental writing shows signs of early classical orchestration. (The oboes have independent parts).
Concerning Pietro Volle, I am grateful to Claudio Bacciagaluppi who advised me that there is probably a misspelling in the SLB card catalogue. These are reasons he gives:
1. Eitner does not mention a Pietro Volle, but Larvae crudeles is listed as a composition by Pietro Valle (EitnerQ, vol. 10, p. 29).
2. Neither RISM online nor Sartori's card catalogue of music manuscripts in Italy mention a Pietro Volle.
3. A motet in 'furore' style with the term 'larvae' in the title appears to be popular among Milanese composers: RISM online lists two soprano motets by Johann Christian Bach ('Larvae tremendae') and Gaetano Piazza ('Tetrae larvae'), Sartori's cards list a bass motet by Carlo Monza (again 'Larvae tremendae'...).
Thus, for the time being, Larvae crudeles (cruel demons) can be attributed to the Milanese composer Pietro Valle.
In the later ‘Catalogo della Musica di Chiesa ...’ (c1784) score only is listed for the motet ‘Larvae crudeles’ by Pietro Valle (III/V/6/11). The scoring is given as: ‘à 4 voci co’ VVni. Oboi, Viola ed Org.’
Head of score: No. 18. Motetto Canto Solo Con Sinf[oni]a dell Sig. Piero Valle. This name is written over an erasure.
This work in five movements in the hand of a Dresden court copyist.
The instrumental writing shows signs of early classical orchestration. (The oboes have independent parts).
Concerning Pietro Volle, I am grateful to Claudio Bacciagaluppi who advised me that there is probably a misspelling in the SLB card catalogue. These are reasons he gives:
1. Eitner does not mention a Pietro Volle, but Larvae crudeles is listed as a composition by Pietro Valle (EitnerQ, vol. 10, p. 29).
2. Neither RISM online nor Sartori's card catalogue of music manuscripts in Italy mention a Pietro Volle.
3. A motet in 'furore' style with the term 'larvae' in the title appears to be popular among Milanese composers: RISM online lists two soprano motets by Johann Christian Bach ('Larvae tremendae') and Gaetano Piazza ('Tetrae larvae'), Sartori's cards list a bass motet by Carlo Monza (again 'Larvae tremendae'...).
Thus, for the time being, Larvae crudeles (cruel demons) can be attributed to the Milanese composer Pietro Valle.
In the later ‘Catalogo della Musica di Chiesa ...’ (c1784) score only is listed for the motet ‘Larvae crudeles’ by Pietro Valle (III/V/6/11). The scoring is given as: ‘à 4 voci co’ VVni. Oboi, Viola ed Org.’
Stamps
Sächs. Landesbibliothek. Depositum der Kath. Hofkirche
Eitner
V. 10 (1904), 29: Valle, Pietro della [...] in der kathol. Kirche zu Dresden: Larvae crudeles, Sopr. c. 2 V. Ob. Va. Corni, Org. Ms. P. u. Stb. Ob dies der obige ist, bleibt zweifelhaft. Ich halte ihn<br />
für einen Komponisten des 18. Jhs.
für einen Komponisten des 18. Jhs.
SLB Card Catalog
Mus. 2878-E-1 Volle, Pietro Motetto Canta Solo Con Sinf.a. A dur C. Part. 1 H. quer-4to Mus. –Mscr. Kath. Hofkirche
Status
Score copy of the motet Larvae crudeles by Pietro Valle held by SLUB.
Sort Order
03/04/01
Collection
Citation
“VALLE, Pietro,” 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/4264.