ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Title
ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Description
ZELENKA, Jan (Lukáš Ignatius) Dismas (b Louňovice pod Blaníkem 1679–d Dresden 1745), 5 [sic] Sonate, III/Z/26/12
D-Dl
Mus. 2358-Q-1; -Q-3, 1-3
Composer
ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Uniform Composer
ZELENKA, Jan (Lukáš Ignatius) Dismas (b Louňovice pod Blaníkem 1679–d Dresden 1745)
Title (Catalogo)
5 [sic] Sonate
Location (1765)
Schranck III; Fach 26; Lage 12
SFL_combination
III/Z/26/12
Scoring (1765)
‘a 2 Oboè e B.’
Materials (1765)
Partitura; Parti (shown as — . Meaning incomplete?)
Uniform Title
Sonatas
Remarks
Mus. 2358-Q-1: Autogr. score (restored; bound) comprising six sonatas. Changes in Zelenka’s hand (and terminology) suggest that these virtuosic chamber works were probably composed/revised over a period of time.
Head of Sonata 1: di Giovanni Zelenka.
Sontata 1: Scored for Hautbois 1; Hautbois 2; Basson (1–18); Sontata 2: Scored for Hautbois 1; Hautbois 2; Basson (18–32); Sontata 3: Scored for Violino; Hautbois; Basson (32–46); Sontata 4: Scored for ‘2 Hautbois e dui Bassi obligati’ (47–70). Sonata 5: Scored for 2 obs.; fagotto; b.c. (70–96);
Sonata 6: Scored for 2 obs.; fagotto; b.c. (96–117).
Mus. 2358-Q-3,1: Autogr. cover title to part-autogr. parts: gb | Suonata 2da | à 3 | Oboe 2 | Fagotto Concer: | Violone ò Basso Contin: | di G:D:Z:. The four parts are for Hautbois 1; Hautbois 2; Fagotto; Violone o’ Basso Contin: (in Zelenka’s hand. Unfigured).
Mus. 2358-Q-3,2: Autogr. cover title to part-autogr. parts: gb | Suonata 4ta | Oboe 2 | Fagotto Concer: | Basso Contin: | di G:D:Z:. Four parts are for Hautbois 1; Hautbois 2; Fagotto; Violone. o’ Tiorba (figured).
Mus. 2358-Q-3,2: Four non-autogr. parts (without cover and title, but Zelenka’s hand is seen throughout) for Sonata No. 5 for Hautbois 1ma; Hautbois 2; Fagotto; Violone o’ Tiorba (occasional figures in Zelenka’s hand).
RISM states that the parts (performance materials) are in the hand of Tobias Butz (d.1760), one-time horn player in the court of the Saxon Electoral prince, student of Zelenka, and a Dresden court Church Composer.
NB: See the entry or Zelenka’s Melodrama (III/Z/25/5) where it is noted that the paper used for the Ouverture/Symphonia has the watermark seen (in part) in these sonatas.
On these sonatas, see Zelenka-Dokumentation, 107, Dok. 9; 307, ZWV 181. See also the editions of Wolfgang Horn and Wolfgang Reich published by Bärenreiter (1992–6), and the notes of Vaclav Kapsa to accompany the CD: Jan Dismas Zelenka. Sonatas ZWV 181. Collegium 1704 (Accent: ACC 24319, 2017)
Head of Sonata 1: di Giovanni Zelenka.
Sontata 1: Scored for Hautbois 1; Hautbois 2; Basson (1–18); Sontata 2: Scored for Hautbois 1; Hautbois 2; Basson (18–32); Sontata 3: Scored for Violino; Hautbois; Basson (32–46); Sontata 4: Scored for ‘2 Hautbois e dui Bassi obligati’ (47–70). Sonata 5: Scored for 2 obs.; fagotto; b.c. (70–96);
Sonata 6: Scored for 2 obs.; fagotto; b.c. (96–117).
Mus. 2358-Q-3,1: Autogr. cover title to part-autogr. parts: gb | Suonata 2da | à 3 | Oboe 2 | Fagotto Concer: | Violone ò Basso Contin: | di G:D:Z:. The four parts are for Hautbois 1; Hautbois 2; Fagotto; Violone o’ Basso Contin: (in Zelenka’s hand. Unfigured).
Mus. 2358-Q-3,2: Autogr. cover title to part-autogr. parts: gb | Suonata 4ta | Oboe 2 | Fagotto Concer: | Basso Contin: | di G:D:Z:. Four parts are for Hautbois 1; Hautbois 2; Fagotto; Violone. o’ Tiorba (figured).
Mus. 2358-Q-3,2: Four non-autogr. parts (without cover and title, but Zelenka’s hand is seen throughout) for Sonata No. 5 for Hautbois 1ma; Hautbois 2; Fagotto; Violone o’ Tiorba (occasional figures in Zelenka’s hand).
RISM states that the parts (performance materials) are in the hand of Tobias Butz (d.1760), one-time horn player in the court of the Saxon Electoral prince, student of Zelenka, and a Dresden court Church Composer.
NB: See the entry or Zelenka’s Melodrama (III/Z/25/5) where it is noted that the paper used for the Ouverture/Symphonia has the watermark seen (in part) in these sonatas.
On these sonatas, see Zelenka-Dokumentation, 107, Dok. 9; 307, ZWV 181. See also the editions of Wolfgang Horn and Wolfgang Reich published by Bärenreiter (1992–6), and the notes of Vaclav Kapsa to accompany the CD: Jan Dismas Zelenka. Sonatas ZWV 181. Collegium 1704 (Accent: ACC 24319, 2017)
Stamps
Sächs. Landes-Bibl. (Mus. 2358-Q-1); BIBLIOTHECA MUSICA REGIA (Mus. 2358-Q-3,1). NB: Eitner’s remark: ‘Nebst 2 Kopien’.
Eitner
V. 10 (1904), 337: Zelenka, Johann Dismas [...] Die Kgl. Musikalien-Samlg., in Dresden [...]Autogr. 11. 6 Sonaten f. 2 Oboen u. Fag. oder 1 V. u. Tiorbe. P. nebst 2 Kopien.
SLB Card Catalog
(Aut. 171) Mus. 2358-Q-1 Zelenka, [J. Dismas]: <br />
[6 Sonaten f. 2 Ob. u. 1 Fag., bez. 1 Violone od Tiorba, [Z 181]] Part. F-dur, g-moll, B-dur, g-moll, F-dur, c-moll. 117 S. quer-4to. 1 Orig. -Mus. -Mscr. <br />
(Aut. 173e) Mus. 2358-Q-3, 1-3 Zelenka, [J. D.]: <br />
[6 Sonaten f. 2 Ob. u. 1 Fag., bez. 1 Violone od Tiorba. No 2, 4 u. 5 d. Part. unter Q-1 in St. aufgeschreiben 12 St.]. 12 St. quer-4to. teilweise Orig. -Mus. -Mscr.
[6 Sonaten f. 2 Ob. u. 1 Fag., bez. 1 Violone od Tiorba, [Z 181]] Part. F-dur, g-moll, B-dur, g-moll, F-dur, c-moll. 117 S. quer-4to. 1 Orig. -Mus. -Mscr. <br />
(Aut. 173e) Mus. 2358-Q-3, 1-3 Zelenka, [J. D.]: <br />
[6 Sonaten f. 2 Ob. u. 1 Fag., bez. 1 Violone od Tiorba. No 2, 4 u. 5 d. Part. unter Q-1 in St. aufgeschreiben 12 St.]. 12 St. quer-4to. teilweise Orig. -Mus. -Mscr.
Status
Autogr. scores of 6 sonatas (Mus. 2358-Q-1) held in SLUB; parts for Sonatas II, IV, V, (Mus. 2358-Q-3, 1-3) held in SLUB.
Identification
ZWV 181
Sort Order
03/26/12
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/4380.