ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Title
ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Description
ZELENKA, Jan (Lukáš Ignatius) Dismas (b Louňovice pod Blaníkem 1679–d Dresden 1745), 2 De profundis: No 1., III/Z/23/8
D-Dl
[Original version of Mus. 2358-D-61,14?]
Composer
ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Uniform Composer
ZELENKA, Jan (Lukáš Ignatius) Dismas (b Louňovice pod Blaníkem 1679–d Dresden 1745)
Title (Catalogo)
2 De profundis: No 1.
Location (1765)
Schranck III; Fach 23; Lage 8
SFL_combination
III/Z/23/8
Scoring (1765)
‘a 4 Voci co’ VVni Viola e 3 Tromboni’
Materials (1765)
Partitura; Parti
Uniform Title
Psalms (ps. 129)
Date (Catalogo)
Earliest date: 1.3.1724; Revised c.1725+
Remarks
Two (perhaps even three) versions of Zelenka’s setting of psalm 129 existed in Dresden. One score is held. All parts are missing.
The original setting was composed in 1724 for the Requiem Vespers held in the Dresden Catholic court church following the death of Zelenka’s father. On 3.3.1724 the Diarium Missionis reported: ‘Hora 10. cantatum Requiem pro parente Domini Zelenka, quod ipse composuit et cum Regiis Musicis produxit’. The scoring given in the Inventarium (52/10) for the original setting which is listed under ‘Pro Defunctus’ is: ‘à 6, C.A.T.B3, Violi: 2, oboe 2, Vl 2 e Basso Continuo.’
Late in 1725 Zelenka revised the original setting for use in Vespers of the octave of the Nativity, adding a setting of the doxology with the required text for Vespers within this Christmas octave. In his Inventarium (32/17) Zelenka gave the scoring for this version as ‘à 4 C.A.T.Bassi 3, Violin 2, Oboe 2, Viole 2, e Basso Contin:’ that is, without trombones. The scoring of the version listed as Nr. 17 of his ‘33 Psalmi insieme’ in the catalogue of c1784 (III/Z/19/3 Nr. 17), is for ‘4. voci co’ VVni Viola ed Org.’
The score and parts listed for a version of De profundis both here (III/Z/23/8) and in the Catalogo c1784 (III/Z/21/8) give the scoring as ‘à 4 voci, co’ VVni Viola, 3. Tromboni ed Org.’ – that is, without three bass singers.
Dedications in the score of D-Dl, Mus. 2358-D-61,14):
Page 27: Laus Deo V M et OO SS E. (1724: concl. of the doxology for Vespers for the Dead);
Page 33: A M D G V M OO SS H AA P I R (c1725–early 1726: concl. of the Doxology for Vespers within the Christmas octave).
See Stockigt, ‘The Vespers Psalms of Jan Dismas Zelenka’, App. 1, ZWV 50/97. Also Zelenka-Dokumentation, 121, Dok. 24; 116–21, and Kohlhase, ‘Der Dresdener Hofkirchenkomponist’, 140, 159.
Concordances:
1. CZ-Pkřiž, XXXV D 78 (version for Requiem Vespers. Twenty-two parts for ‘à 6 Voc: | Canto 1. | Alto 1 | Tenore 1 | Basso. 3 | Oboe-2 | Violino-2 | Viola-2. | Trombone Concert: 3. | Organo è Tiorba’). Second quarter of the 18th c. RISM ID no. 550255327
2. CZ-Pak, 1405. See Štefan, ([1470] Sign. 1405), prov. Sehling. ‘Mottetto per gli defonti seu De Profundis’ (ie, the funeral version). RISM ID no. 550268666. A copy of this version made by Trolda (CZ-Pnm, XXVIII E 211).
The original setting was composed in 1724 for the Requiem Vespers held in the Dresden Catholic court church following the death of Zelenka’s father. On 3.3.1724 the Diarium Missionis reported: ‘Hora 10. cantatum Requiem pro parente Domini Zelenka, quod ipse composuit et cum Regiis Musicis produxit’. The scoring given in the Inventarium (52/10) for the original setting which is listed under ‘Pro Defunctus’ is: ‘à 6, C.A.T.B3, Violi: 2, oboe 2, Vl 2 e Basso Continuo.’
Late in 1725 Zelenka revised the original setting for use in Vespers of the octave of the Nativity, adding a setting of the doxology with the required text for Vespers within this Christmas octave. In his Inventarium (32/17) Zelenka gave the scoring for this version as ‘à 4 C.A.T.Bassi 3, Violin 2, Oboe 2, Viole 2, e Basso Contin:’ that is, without trombones. The scoring of the version listed as Nr. 17 of his ‘33 Psalmi insieme’ in the catalogue of c1784 (III/Z/19/3 Nr. 17), is for ‘4. voci co’ VVni Viola ed Org.’
The score and parts listed for a version of De profundis both here (III/Z/23/8) and in the Catalogo c1784 (III/Z/21/8) give the scoring as ‘à 4 voci, co’ VVni Viola, 3. Tromboni ed Org.’ – that is, without three bass singers.
Dedications in the score of D-Dl, Mus. 2358-D-61,14):
Page 27: Laus Deo V M et OO SS E. (1724: concl. of the doxology for Vespers for the Dead);
Page 33: A M D G V M OO SS H AA P I R (c1725–early 1726: concl. of the Doxology for Vespers within the Christmas octave).
See Stockigt, ‘The Vespers Psalms of Jan Dismas Zelenka’, App. 1, ZWV 50/97. Also Zelenka-Dokumentation, 121, Dok. 24; 116–21, and Kohlhase, ‘Der Dresdener Hofkirchenkomponist’, 140, 159.
Concordances:
1. CZ-Pkřiž, XXXV D 78 (version for Requiem Vespers. Twenty-two parts for ‘à 6 Voc: | Canto 1. | Alto 1 | Tenore 1 | Basso. 3 | Oboe-2 | Violino-2 | Viola-2. | Trombone Concert: 3. | Organo è Tiorba’). Second quarter of the 18th c. RISM ID no. 550255327
2. CZ-Pak, 1405. See Štefan, ([1470] Sign. 1405), prov. Sehling. ‘Mottetto per gli defonti seu De Profundis’ (ie, the funeral version). RISM ID no. 550268666. A copy of this version made by Trolda (CZ-Pnm, XXVIII E 211).
Eitner
V. 10 (1904), 337: Zelenka, Johann Dismas [...] In Dresde. kath. Kirche [...] Psalmen
Status
One score of a setting of De profundis, with two settings of the doxology (Mus. 2358-D-61,14), held in SLUB. I could not locate a separate card from SLB for this work. It is listed among the 33 Psalmi insieme.
Identification
ZWV 50/97
Sort Order
03/23/08
Collection
Citation
“ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.,” Catalogue of the Music Collection of the Dresden Catholic Court Church 1765, accessed September 1, 2024, http://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/hofkirchecatalogo1765/items/show/4368.