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 2., III/Z/18/2
D-Dl
Mus. 2358-D-58
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 2.
Location (1765)
Schranck III; Fach 18; Lage 2
SFL_combination
III/Z/18/2
Scoring (1765)
‘a 4 Voci co’ VVni Viola e Corni’
Materials (1765)
Partitura; Parti
Title Partitura
Litaniae de Sancto Xaverio
Uniform Title
Litanies
Date (Catalogo)
9 December 1729
RISM Links
Remarks
Aut. score. Parts are missing.
Autogr. title on blue-grey cover: Nro 2do (upper right) | Litaniae de Sancto | Xaverio | à 4 | C:A:T:B: | Violini 2 | Viola 1 | Corn di Caccia 2 | e | Basso Conti: | di | G:D:Z:
Two labels to correspond with the Hofkirche catalogues of 1765 and c1784 are kept with the volume:
Schranck No. III | Z. 18. Fach 2. Lage | No. 3) Litaniae de S. Xaverio | à 4 voci | co’ VVni Viola, Basso |e Corni | Partitura e part: cav: | del Sigr Zelencka | Incipit.
Schranck No. III |Lit. Z. 17. Fach 6. Lage | [illegible] | à 4 voci| co’ VVni Viola ed Org. | Partitura e parti | del Sigr Zelencka | Incipit:
A cut-out label is kept with this score on which is pencilled: Litaniae de V. Sacramento. | Zelenka D? 3/2. On the reverse is pencilled: 2358-D-58.
Dedication and date at concl. of score: A M D G B V M OO S L C SS H AA P I R à i 9 December 1729.
The annual letter to Rome for 1729 reported that the feast of St Francis Xavier was observed during an entire octave ‘during which not only did the King’s music resound in the litanies, which are usually sung at 4.00 pm, but the high altar shone with numerous rows of candles. The Princess loaned relics of the saint from her collection’. (‘Sanctus tamen Indiarum Apostolus integram Octavam habuit peculiarem, quâ non tantùm in Litaniis, horâ quartâ pomeridianâ decantari solitis Musica Regia resonabat, verùm et multiplici cerorum ordine Ara Major relucebat; porrectis etiam pio venerantium osculo Sacris Divi hujus Reliquiis quas è suo Lipsanophyllario deprompsit Serenissima Nostra Xaveriophila’). Annuae Literae Missionis Dresdensis Ad Annum 1729, ARSI (I-Rar), Boh 145, 22–3.
See Zelenka-Dokumentation, 133, Dok. 51; 302, ZWV 156. On Zelenka’s Xaverian litanies see Magda Marx-Weber, ‘Bemerkungen zu Zelenkas Litaneivertonungen’ in ZS II: 145–52.
In the ‘Catalogo della Musica di Chiesa’ (c1784) score and parts are listed under the heading Litaniae S. F. Xaver: No. 2 (III/Z/17/6).
Autogr. title on blue-grey cover: Nro 2do (upper right) | Litaniae de Sancto | Xaverio | à 4 | C:A:T:B: | Violini 2 | Viola 1 | Corn di Caccia 2 | e | Basso Conti: | di | G:D:Z:
Two labels to correspond with the Hofkirche catalogues of 1765 and c1784 are kept with the volume:
Schranck No. III | Z. 18. Fach 2. Lage | No. 3) Litaniae de S. Xaverio | à 4 voci | co’ VVni Viola, Basso |e Corni | Partitura e part: cav: | del Sigr Zelencka | Incipit.
Schranck No. III |Lit. Z. 17. Fach 6. Lage | [illegible] | à 4 voci| co’ VVni Viola ed Org. | Partitura e parti | del Sigr Zelencka | Incipit:
A cut-out label is kept with this score on which is pencilled: Litaniae de V. Sacramento. | Zelenka D? 3/2. On the reverse is pencilled: 2358-D-58.
Dedication and date at concl. of score: A M D G B V M OO S L C SS H AA P I R à i 9 December 1729.
The annual letter to Rome for 1729 reported that the feast of St Francis Xavier was observed during an entire octave ‘during which not only did the King’s music resound in the litanies, which are usually sung at 4.00 pm, but the high altar shone with numerous rows of candles. The Princess loaned relics of the saint from her collection’. (‘Sanctus tamen Indiarum Apostolus integram Octavam habuit peculiarem, quâ non tantùm in Litaniis, horâ quartâ pomeridianâ decantari solitis Musica Regia resonabat, verùm et multiplici cerorum ordine Ara Major relucebat; porrectis etiam pio venerantium osculo Sacris Divi hujus Reliquiis quas è suo Lipsanophyllario deprompsit Serenissima Nostra Xaveriophila’). Annuae Literae Missionis Dresdensis Ad Annum 1729, ARSI (I-Rar), Boh 145, 22–3.
See Zelenka-Dokumentation, 133, Dok. 51; 302, ZWV 156. On Zelenka’s Xaverian litanies see Magda Marx-Weber, ‘Bemerkungen zu Zelenkas Litaneivertonungen’ in ZS II: 145–52.
In the ‘Catalogo della Musica di Chiesa’ (c1784) score and parts are listed under the heading Litaniae S. F. Xaver: No. 2 (III/Z/17/6).
Stamps
Sächs. Landes-Bibl. ‘Depositum der Kath. Hofkirche’ is written on the reverse of the final page of the score.
Eitner
V. 10 (1904), 337: Zelenka, Johann Dismas [...] In Dresde. kath. Kirche [...] Litaneien
SLB Card Catalog
(Aut. 229) Mus. 2358-D-58 Zelenka, Giovanni Disma: Litaniae Xaverianae (de Sancto Francisco Xaverio) No 2 a 4 voci [m. Orch. Z 156] F-dur. Part. u. St. (1729) 1 Bd m. 29 St. quer-4to u. 4to Mus.-Mscr. Part.: Orig.-Ms. Kath. Hofkirche. Stimmen stehen gesondert
Status
Autogr. score of Litaniae de Sancto Xaverio Nr. 2 by Zelenka (Mus. 2358-D-58) kept by SLUB; 29 parts to accompany the score missing from Dresden.
Identification
ZWV 156
Sort Order
03/18/02
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/4341.