ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Title
ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Description
ZELENKA, Jan (Lukáš Ignatius) Dismas (b Louňovice pod Blaníkem 1679–d Dresden 1745), 2 Laudate pueri: No 1., III/Z/23/4
D-Dl
Mus. 2358-D-67
Composer
ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Uniform Composer
ZELENKA, Jan (Lukáš Ignatius) Dismas (b Louňovice pod Blaníkem 1679–d Dresden 1745)
Title (Catalogo)
2 Laudate pueri: No 1.
Location (1765)
Schranck III; Fach 23; Lage 4
SFL_combination
III/Z/23/4
Scoring (1765)
‘a Tenore Solo co’ VVni Vla e Tromba’
Materials (1765)
Partitura; Parti
Title Partitura
Laudate pueri
Uniform Title
Psalms (ps. 112)
Date (Catalogo)
‘13 April’ [1729?]
Remarks
Autogr. score. Blue-grey cover. Parts are missing.
Cover title (autogr.): 4 (upper left) Nro 7 (upper left) | Laudate pueri | à | Tenore Solo | VViolini 2 | Viola | Tromba Sola | di | G: D: Z:
The solo voice (tenor) was subsequently altered by Zelenka to soprano for one of the soprano castrati, Ventura Rochetti (‘Venturini’) or Giovanni Bindi. A similar re-scoring by Zelenka for soprano of a work originally set for solo tenor occurred with the motet of 1731, Gaude laetare (ZWV 168). See III/Z/13/5. The original singer of this psalm setting could was probably the tenor Matteo Lucchini whose annual salary of 566 thalers was discontinued on 31 March 1731. See Ágústsson, ‘The Secular Vocal Collection of Jan Dismas Zelenka’, 45.
Dedication: A M D G B M V OO SS H AA P I R. Dated ‘13. April [1729?]’.
In the ‘Catalogo della Musica di Chiesa’ (c1784) score and parts are listed under the heading Laudate pueri (III/Z/21/4).
On these additional Vespers psalm settings see III/Z/23/1. Also see Stockigt, ‘The Vespers Psalms of Jan Dismas Zelenka’, App. 1, ZWV 81; ‘Hinweise auf die Originalaufführungen von Zelenkas Vesperpsalmen’, Zelenka-Studien II, 101–43, and Zelenka-Dokumentation, 116–21.
Between 1723 and 1733 a Laudate pueri setting by Zelenka was entered into the Osek catalogue. See Renton, ‘The Musical Culture of Eighteenth-Century Bohemia’, 295.
Cover title (autogr.): 4 (upper left) Nro 7 (upper left) | Laudate pueri | à | Tenore Solo | VViolini 2 | Viola | Tromba Sola | di | G: D: Z:
The solo voice (tenor) was subsequently altered by Zelenka to soprano for one of the soprano castrati, Ventura Rochetti (‘Venturini’) or Giovanni Bindi. A similar re-scoring by Zelenka for soprano of a work originally set for solo tenor occurred with the motet of 1731, Gaude laetare (ZWV 168). See III/Z/13/5. The original singer of this psalm setting could was probably the tenor Matteo Lucchini whose annual salary of 566 thalers was discontinued on 31 March 1731. See Ágústsson, ‘The Secular Vocal Collection of Jan Dismas Zelenka’, 45.
Dedication: A M D G B M V OO SS H AA P I R. Dated ‘13. April [1729?]’.
In the ‘Catalogo della Musica di Chiesa’ (c1784) score and parts are listed under the heading Laudate pueri (III/Z/21/4).
On these additional Vespers psalm settings see III/Z/23/1. Also see Stockigt, ‘The Vespers Psalms of Jan Dismas Zelenka’, App. 1, ZWV 81; ‘Hinweise auf die Originalaufführungen von Zelenkas Vesperpsalmen’, Zelenka-Studien II, 101–43, and Zelenka-Dokumentation, 116–21.
Between 1723 and 1733 a Laudate pueri setting by Zelenka was entered into the Osek catalogue. See Renton, ‘The Musical Culture of Eighteenth-Century Bohemia’, 295.
Stamps
Sächs. Landesbibliothek. Depositum der Kath. Hofkirche
Eitner
V. 10 (1904), 337: Zelenka, Johann Dismas [...] In Dresde. kath. Kirche [...] Psalmen
SLB Card Catalog
(Aut. 233) Mus. 2358-D-67<br />
Zelenka, Giovanni Disma:<br />
Laudate pueri a Tenore Solo [mit Orch.] [Z 81] D-dur. Part. u. St. 1 H. m. 16 St. 4to Mus.-Mscr. Part.: Orig.-Mscr. Kath. Hofkirche. Stimmen stehen gesondert
Zelenka, Giovanni Disma:<br />
Laudate pueri a Tenore Solo [mit Orch.] [Z 81] D-dur. Part. u. St. 1 H. m. 16 St. 4to Mus.-Mscr. Part.: Orig.-Mscr. Kath. Hofkirche. Stimmen stehen gesondert
Status
Score of Laudate pueri Nr. 6 ‘ex Psalmis| Separatis’ (Mus. 2358-D-67) by Zelenka held in SLUB. 16 parts missing from Dresden.
Identification
ZWV 81
Sort Order
03/23/04
Collection
Citation
“ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.,” Catalogue of the Music Collection of the Dresden Catholic Court Church 1765, accessed March 4, 2026, http://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/hofkirchecatalogo1765/items/show/4364.