ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.

ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.

ZELENKA, Jan (Lukáš Ignatius) Dismas (b Louňovice pod Blaníkem 1679–d Dresden 1745), [Messe] No 35. Agnus, III/Z/12/13

Mus. 2358-D-13

ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.

ZELENKA, Jan (Lukáš Ignatius) Dismas (b Louňovice pod Blaníkem 1679–d Dresden 1745)

[Messe] No 35. Agnus

Schranck III; Fach 12; Lage 13

III/Z/12/13

‘a 4 voci con Stromenti’

Partitura; Parti

Agnus Dei (fragments)

Mass movements

20.12.1722

Autogr. score of 12 pages with blue-grey wrapper. Parts are missing.
Cover title: Nro Ima | Agnus Dei | a 4: C | C:A:T:B: | VV: 2 Con: Oboe Viole 2 | e | Basso Continuo | di | Giov. Disma | Zelenka.
The work comprises three fragments now sewn together.
Fragment 1 (the incipit of the Catalogo comes from bar 1, vn. 1): pp 2–3. Agnus Nro 1. One sheet with notation on both sides (a replica of the Agnus D-13). Scored for CATB, vn. 1,2; ob. 1,2; b.c. This source has the appearance of a score from the early 1720s. It breaks off in the middle of ‘miserere no—.’ Fragment 2: (Agnus) This begins with an arioso section for solo bass (extending up to e’ with hyperbole at cadences). At the point where the bass is joined by choir (plus vn. 1,2; va.; CATB; b.c. Text: Parce Domine) Zelenka crossed the music through to the point where Agnus dei is repeated (by the choir). Fragment 3: pp. 7–12. Agnus Dei ‘3’ may have been omitted: a ‘de’ (end of Vi-de) is noted where Dona nobis begins, followed by Dona nobis pacem.
Concl. of score: Laus Deo et omnibus Sanctiss. ejus | Pragae 1722 | 20 Decemb. (an indication that late in 1722 Zelenka was in Prague – probably in connection with commissions for the coming festivities for the coronation of Emperor Charles VI and his Empress as King and Queen of Bohemia). In February 1723 an account in the Prague press (Pražské poštovské noviny) reported a performance of a work by Zelenka in the church of S. Salvatore at the Clementinum college. It is possible that the work heard was a test piece composed by Zelenka, and perhaps this Agnus Dei was part of that work. The report (in translation) reads: ‘Last Tuesday, on the final day of Shrovetide, at the normal devotion held by the Reverend Fathers of the order of the Society of Jesus in . . . S. Salvatore in the royal Old City of Prague, an excellent, newly-composed work of Mr Jan Zelenka, a native Czech and chamber musician of His Royal Highness, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, was heard during the Solemn High Mass. [It was performed by] about seventy musicians, and conferred great glory and pomp upon this celebration’. Dated 13 Feb. 1723. Repr. Jirí Berkovec (ed.), Musicalia v Pražském Periodickém Tisku 18 Století, 43.
Zelenka-Dokumentation, 110, Dok. 13; 290, ZWV 37.
In the later, undated ‘Catalogo della Musica di Chiesa’ (c1784) score and parts are listed for [Messa:] No: 35) Agnus (III/Z/13/8). Scoring is given as: ‘à 4 voci co’ VVni, Viola ed Org.’

Sächs. Landesbibliothek. Depositum der Kath. Hofkirche (autogr.?)

V. 10 (1904), 337: Zelenka, Johann Dismas [...] In Dresde. kath. Kirche [...] 7 Agnus

Mus. 2358-D-13<br />
Zelenka, Giovanni Dismas: Z 37<br />
[Messensätze. Agnus B. Fragmento.]<br />
3 Fragmenti<br />
1. C dur, 2. a moll, 3. C Dur [...]<br />
Begl.<br />
Partitur = Ms Autogr.<br />
1 Heft. 12 S.<br />
16 Stimmen = seit 1945 verschollen

Score fragments of Agnus Dei by Zelenka (Mus. 2358-D-13) are held by SLUB: 16 parts to accompany the score are missing from Dresden.

ZWV 37

03/12/13