ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Title
ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Description
ZELENKA, Jan (Lukáš Ignatius) Dismas (b Louňovice pod Blaníkem 1679–d Dresden 1745), Litaniae de S. Xav.: No 1., III/Z/18/1
D-Dl
Mus. 2358-D-57; -D-57a
Composer
ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Uniform Composer
ZELENKA, Jan (Lukáš Ignatius) Dismas (b Louňovice pod Blaníkem 1679–d Dresden 1745)
Title (Catalogo)
Litaniae de S. Xav.: No 1.
Location (1765)
Schranck III; Fach 18; Lage 1
SFL_combination
III/Z/18/1
Scoring (1765)
‘a 4 Voci co’ VVni Vla Trombe e Timp.’
Materials (1765)
Partitura; Parti
Title Partitura
Litaniae Xaverianiae
Uniform Title
Litanies
Date (Catalogo)
29 November 1723
RISM Links
Remarks
Mus. 2358-D-57: Aut. score.
Autogr. title on blue-grey cover: Nro 4 (upper right) | Litaniae Xaveri= | aniae D# | à 4 | C:A:T:B: | VV 2 Viole 2 | Trombe 2 e Tym: | col | Basso Contin: | à Dresda li 29 Novem: | 1723 | di | Giov: Disma Zelenka
Two labels to correspond with the Hofkirche catalogues of 1765 and c1784 are kept in volume.
Schranck No. III | Z. 18. Fach 1. Lage | No. 1) Litaniae de S. Xaverio | à 4 voci | co’ VVni Viola, Basso |Trombe e Timpani | Partitura e part: cav: | del Sigr Zelencka | Incipit.
Schranck No. III |Lit. Z. 17. Fach 5. Lage | [illegible] Litaniae | [illegible] F. Xav | à 4 voci | co’ VVni Viola Trombe e Timp | ed Org. | Partitura e parti | del Sigr Zelencka | Incipit.
Dedication at concl. of score: Laus Deo | Dresd. 1723. 29 Novemb.
Mus. 2358-D-57a: A timpani part for the Kyrie (marked ‘Andante’); 36th bar after ‘Fugator’ and ‘Agnus Dei’ (marked ‘Andan:’).
The original performance of this work is mentioned in the Dresden Diarium Missionis for 1723 where on 9.12.1723 it is noted: ‘Devotio Xaveriana ut alias. Hora quarta Litanias novas produxit Dominus Zelenka cum Regiis Musicis desuper Benedictio; et sic terminata post meridiem devotio’. (Xaverian devotion as at other times. At 4 o’clock Zelenka produced new litanies with the royal musicians, followed by Benediction).
The annual letter to Rome for 1723 reported that Maria Josepha’s special devotion to St Francis Xavier made the feast of St Francis Xavier more august in that year as she had 33 one-pound candles placed on the altar so that they might burn during the two Sung Masses, Vespers and litanies of the saint, which were sung by the royal musicians throughout the octave at 4.00 pm. (Divi Xaverii festivitatem solenniorem reddidit Serenissima nostra quae pro sua in hunc Sanctum speciali pietate 33 candelas unius librae, Arae imposuit ut in duplici sacro cantato, vesperis, et Litaniis per totam octavam horâ 4ta post meridiem à regiis musicis de Sancto decantatis arderent, et animos Xaveriophilorum ad majorem pietatem accenderent.) Annuae Missionis Dresdensis ad annum 1723, ARSI (I-Rar), Boh 138, 19.
See Zelenka-Dokumentation, 115, Dok. 22; 302, ZWV 154. On Zelenka’s Xaverian litanies see Magda Marx-Weber, ‘Bemerkungen zu Zelenkas Litaneivertonungen’ in ZS II: 145–52.
In the later ‘Catalogo della Musica di Chiesa’ (c1784) score and parts are listed under the heading Litaniae S. F. Xaver: No. 1 (III/Z/17/5).
Autogr. title on blue-grey cover: Nro 4 (upper right) | Litaniae Xaveri= | aniae D# | à 4 | C:A:T:B: | VV 2 Viole 2 | Trombe 2 e Tym: | col | Basso Contin: | à Dresda li 29 Novem: | 1723 | di | Giov: Disma Zelenka
Two labels to correspond with the Hofkirche catalogues of 1765 and c1784 are kept in volume.
Schranck No. III | Z. 18. Fach 1. Lage | No. 1) Litaniae de S. Xaverio | à 4 voci | co’ VVni Viola, Basso |Trombe e Timpani | Partitura e part: cav: | del Sigr Zelencka | Incipit.
Schranck No. III |Lit. Z. 17. Fach 5. Lage | [illegible] Litaniae | [illegible] F. Xav | à 4 voci | co’ VVni Viola Trombe e Timp | ed Org. | Partitura e parti | del Sigr Zelencka | Incipit.
Dedication at concl. of score: Laus Deo | Dresd. 1723. 29 Novemb.
Mus. 2358-D-57a: A timpani part for the Kyrie (marked ‘Andante’); 36th bar after ‘Fugator’ and ‘Agnus Dei’ (marked ‘Andan:’).
The original performance of this work is mentioned in the Dresden Diarium Missionis for 1723 where on 9.12.1723 it is noted: ‘Devotio Xaveriana ut alias. Hora quarta Litanias novas produxit Dominus Zelenka cum Regiis Musicis desuper Benedictio; et sic terminata post meridiem devotio’. (Xaverian devotion as at other times. At 4 o’clock Zelenka produced new litanies with the royal musicians, followed by Benediction).
The annual letter to Rome for 1723 reported that Maria Josepha’s special devotion to St Francis Xavier made the feast of St Francis Xavier more august in that year as she had 33 one-pound candles placed on the altar so that they might burn during the two Sung Masses, Vespers and litanies of the saint, which were sung by the royal musicians throughout the octave at 4.00 pm. (Divi Xaverii festivitatem solenniorem reddidit Serenissima nostra quae pro sua in hunc Sanctum speciali pietate 33 candelas unius librae, Arae imposuit ut in duplici sacro cantato, vesperis, et Litaniis per totam octavam horâ 4ta post meridiem à regiis musicis de Sancto decantatis arderent, et animos Xaveriophilorum ad majorem pietatem accenderent.) Annuae Missionis Dresdensis ad annum 1723, ARSI (I-Rar), Boh 138, 19.
See Zelenka-Dokumentation, 115, Dok. 22; 302, ZWV 154. On Zelenka’s Xaverian litanies see Magda Marx-Weber, ‘Bemerkungen zu Zelenkas Litaneivertonungen’ in ZS II: 145–52.
In the later ‘Catalogo della Musica di Chiesa’ (c1784) score and parts are listed under the heading Litaniae S. F. Xaver: No. 1 (III/Z/17/5).
Stamps
Sächs. Landesbibliothek. Depositum der Kath. Hofkirche
Eitner
V. 10 (1904), 337: Zelenka, Johann Dismas [...] In Dresde. kath. Kirche [...] Litaneien
SLB Card Catalog
Mus. 2358-D-57 (Aut. 228) <br />
Zelenka, Giovanni Disma:<br />
Litaniae Xaverianae (de Sancto Francisco Xaverio) No 1 a 4 voci [m. Orch. Z 154] D-dur. Part. u. St. Dresda 1723. 1 Bd m. 39 St. 4to Mus.-Mscr. Part.: Orig.-Ms. Kath. Hofkirche. Stimmen stehen gesondert<br />
Mus. 2358-D-57a<br />
[Zelenka, Jan Dismas] [Litaniae Xaverianae. Ddur] Z 154. 1 Stimme = Ms 18 Jh. timp. 4o
Zelenka, Giovanni Disma:<br />
Litaniae Xaverianae (de Sancto Francisco Xaverio) No 1 a 4 voci [m. Orch. Z 154] D-dur. Part. u. St. Dresda 1723. 1 Bd m. 39 St. 4to Mus.-Mscr. Part.: Orig.-Ms. Kath. Hofkirche. Stimmen stehen gesondert<br />
Mus. 2358-D-57a<br />
[Zelenka, Jan Dismas] [Litaniae Xaverianae. Ddur] Z 154. 1 Stimme = Ms 18 Jh. timp. 4o
Status
Autogr. score of Litaniae de S. F. Xaverio Nr. 1 by Zelenka (Mus. 2358-D-57) kept by SLUB; apart from one surviving timpani part, 38 [or 39?] parts to accompany the score missing from Dresden.
Identification
ZWV 154
Sort Order
03/18/01
Collection
Citation
“ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.,” 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/4340.