VILLICUS
Title
VILLICUS
Description
VILLICUS; VILICUS, Balthasar Antel (d December 1731), 2 Salve Regina: No 1, III/V/4/4
D-Dl
Mus. 2820-E-1
Composer
VILLICUS
Uniform Composer
VILLICUS; VILICUS, Balthasar Antel (d December 1731)
Title (Catalogo)
2 Salve Regina: No 1
Location (1765)
Schranck III; Fach 4; Lage 4
SFL_combination
III/V/4/4
Scoring (1765)
‘a Soprano solo con Violino ed oboè concto’
Materials (1765)
Partitura; Parti
Title Partitura
Salve Regina
Uniform Title
Antiphons
Date (Catalogo)
c1730 [Landmann]
RISM Links
Remarks
Autogr. [?] score. Without cover. Parts are missing.
Caption title: Salve Regina. No composer name given.
Scoring is for: Obois [!] Sola; Violino Sola; Viola; Canto Solo; Organo (unfigured).
NB: Eitner reversed the order of these two Salve Regina settings by Villicus.
In the later ‘Catalogo della Musica di Chiesa ...’ (c1784) score and parts are listed for the antiphon ‘Salve Regina No 1’ by Villicus (III/V/6/13). The scoring is given as: ‘à Soprano Solo co’ VVni. Viola, Ob. Concert: ed Org.’ Hand of ZS 2 in the score.
Villicus was a violinist in the 'Pohlnische Capell-Musici'. His name is appears with this ensemble in the lists for 1730 and 1731 of Catholics eligible to be buried in the Catholic cemetery of Dresden. See Ágústsson and Stockigt in ‘Records of Catholic Musicians, Actors, and Dancers at the Court of Augustus II, 1723–1732’. See also Alina Żórawska-Witkowska in ‘The Saxon Court of the Kingdom of Poland’, Music at German Courts, 61–2.
Incipit given in Zelenka-Dokumentation, 66, Nr. 221.
It is possible that Villicus was a composition student of Zelenka.
Caption title: Salve Regina. No composer name given.
Scoring is for: Obois [!] Sola; Violino Sola; Viola; Canto Solo; Organo (unfigured).
NB: Eitner reversed the order of these two Salve Regina settings by Villicus.
In the later ‘Catalogo della Musica di Chiesa ...’ (c1784) score and parts are listed for the antiphon ‘Salve Regina No 1’ by Villicus (III/V/6/13). The scoring is given as: ‘à Soprano Solo co’ VVni. Viola, Ob. Concert: ed Org.’ Hand of ZS 2 in the score.
Villicus was a violinist in the 'Pohlnische Capell-Musici'. His name is appears with this ensemble in the lists for 1730 and 1731 of Catholics eligible to be buried in the Catholic cemetery of Dresden. See Ágústsson and Stockigt in ‘Records of Catholic Musicians, Actors, and Dancers at the Court of Augustus II, 1723–1732’. See also Alina Żórawska-Witkowska in ‘The Saxon Court of the Kingdom of Poland’, Music at German Courts, 61–2.
Incipit given in Zelenka-Dokumentation, 66, Nr. 221.
It is possible that Villicus was a composition student of Zelenka.
Stamps
Sächs. Landesbibliothek. Depositum der Kath. Hofkirche.
Eitner
V. 10 (1904), 87: Villicus, . . . Das Archiv der kathol. Kirche in Dresden besitzt im Ms: 2 Salve regina 1. für Sopr. 2 V. e FI. concertato, 2. für Sopr. 2 V. Va. Ob. concert. Org. .
SLB Card Catalog
[Villicus, Balthasar] [‘Salve Regina’. F dur] für S solo, ob solo, vl solo, vla u. org. – Satze: Salve (F, C, Adagio) — Ad te clamamus (d, 3/4) — Eja ergo (B) — Et Jesum (F) O clemens pia (F, [...], Adagio). Ms um 1730 vermutl autogr. [...] Partitur = 65.1 Bl. (34,5 x 20 ,5 cm). Unter ‘Villicus’ auf S. 15 des themat. Katalogo der Hofkirchen-Musik [...] (Schranck III, Autoren S-Z) registiert. Kopftitel S. 1 nur ‘Salve Regina’. Vormals: Kath. Hofkirche; Mus. 2879-D-2.
Status
Score copy of Salve Regina Nr. 1 by Villicus (Mus. 2820-E-1) held by SLUB; no parts held in Dresden (it is not known whether parts to accompany the score were catalogued by SLB).
Sort Order
03/04/04
Collection
Citation
“VILLICUS,” 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/4269.