ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.

ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.

ZELENKA, Jan (Lukáš Ignatius) Dismas (b Louňovice pod Blaníkem 1679–d Dresden 1745), [Te Deum laudamus]: No 2., III/Z/15/2

Mus. 2358-D-48

ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.

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

[Te Deum laudamus]: No 2.

Schranck III; Fach 15; Lage 2

III/Z/15/2

‘a 4 voci co’ VVni Vla, Flauti, 4 Tromb. e Timp.’

Partitura; Parti

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Hymns

1731

Bound autogr. score without covers. Accompanied by three parts with the chant ‘Salvum fac’.
Dedications: A M D G M OO SS H AA P I R (head of score): O A M V G B V M OO SS H AA P I R | 1731 (concl. of score).
Zelenka listed this into the Inventarium as ‘Te Deu[m] à 2 Cori: NB in P[rimo] Choro sunt 2 C[anto]’. The two choruses comprise SSATB soli (two soprano soloists with equal ranges and vocal abilities are required for the aria ‘Tu Rex gloriae’, while ‘Per singulos dies’ is set as a solo trio for two sopranos and alto), and SATB (ripieno) chorus.
Perhaps Zelenka’s Te Deum setting of 1731 (ZWV 146) was performed in the Hofkirche in the presence of the crown prince in November 1731 when a Thanksgiving was held following the successful birth of Saxon Princess Maria Josepha (4 November). (‘pro quo continuò in Ecclesia presente Serenissimo Principe Regio Solenne Te Deum laudamus decantavimus’). Annuae Literae Regiae Missionis Dresdensis pro anno 1731, ARSI (I-Rar), Boh 148,22. The HStCal reported that in the castle/court church during the morning sermon, public thanks were given and the Te Deum laudamus was played with trumpets and timpani. (HStCal, 1733).
It is probable that this setting also was performed at the St Petri Dom during the Erbhuldigung ceremonies held in Bautzen for Elector Friedrich August I, May 1733. Documentation of this event shows that Zelenka, who also sang as a tenor in the performance, went with Pisendel in advance to negotiate performing space in St Petri for the thirty musicians of the Hofkapelle (twenty-one instrumentalists and nine singers, plus servant) who travelled to Bautzen for this occasion. See Stockigt, ‘The visit of members of the Dresden Hofkapelle to Bautzen: May 1733’, in Understanding Bach, 9, 89–92© Bach Network UK 2014. Also Stockigt & Ágústsson, ‘Well-born and virtuoso Kapellmeister’: Visits of Jan Dismas Zelenka and the Dresden Hofkapelle to Bautzen, 1733’, Clavibus unitis 5 (2016), 1–12.
On Dresden performance practice of the Ambrosian Hymn, see Th. Kohlhase’s preface to his edition Jan Dismas Zelenka: Te Deum in D (ZWV 145: Carus-Verlag, 1984). Also Zelenka-Dokumentation, 134, Dok. 58; 301, ZWV 146.
In the later ‘Catalogo della Musica di Chiesa’ (c1784) score and parts are listed under the heading Te Deum laudamus No. 2) (III/Z/15/2). The scoring is given as: ‘à 4 voci co’VVni, Vla. Oboi, Trombe, Timpani ed Org.’

Sächs. Landesbibliothek. Depositum der Kath. Hofkirche

V. 10 (1904), 337: Zelenka, Johann Dismas [...] In Dresde. kath. Kirche [...] 2 Te Deum

(Aut. 224) Mus. 2358-D-48<br />
Zelenka, Giovanni Disma:<br />
Te Deum laudamus No. 2 a 4 voci [mit Orch.] [Z 146] D-dur. Part. u. St. 1 Bd m. 36 St. 4to Mus.-Mscr. Part.: Orig.-Ms. [1731] Kath. Hofkirche. Stimmen stehen gesondert

Score of Te Deum Nr. 2 by Zelenka (Mus. 2358-D-48) held by SLUB; 36 parts to accompany the score missing from Dresden.

ZWV 146

03/15/02