ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Title
ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Description
ZELENKA, Jan (Lukáš Ignatius) Dismas (b Louňovice pod Blaníkem 1679–d Dresden 1745), [4 Capricis]: No 2., III/Z/26/4
D-Dl
Mus. 2358-N-12
Composer
ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Uniform Composer
ZELENKA, Jan (Lukáš Ignatius) Dismas (b Louňovice pod Blaníkem 1679–d Dresden 1745)
Title (Catalogo)
[4 Capricis]: No 2.
Location (1765)
Schranck III; Fach 26; Lage 4
SFL_combination
III/Z/26/4
Scoring (1765)
‘a 2 Vni Vla Ob. e Corni’
Materials (1765)
Partitura
Title Partitura
‘Caprice fait pour Son Altesse Royale Le Prince Electorale de Saxe’
Uniform Title
Capriccios
Date (Catalogo)
‘24 Januar: 1718’
RISM Links
Remarks
Four Caprici were composed in Vienna 1717–1718 for entertainments hosted by Saxon Electoral Prince Friedrich August during his courtship of Habsburg Archduchess Maria Josepha.
Bound (recent) autogr. score. No cover; no labels. Composed in Vienna.
In pencil: Cx 1153.
Head of score: I:N:J:C: (centre) No. 2 (non-autogr.)
NB: Kept as the back cover to Zelenka’s Kyrie e Gloria setting of 1723, Missa S Spiritus (Mus. 2358-D-18,1), is a sheet which the following title is written by Zelenka: G# | Caprice fait pour | Son Altesse Royale | Le Prince Electorale | de Saxe | a Vienne de [?] 24 Januar: 1718 | Violin 2 | Hautb. 2 | Corn. di Chasse 2 | Fagotto | Basse=Contre | Zelenka.
The original horn players of Zelenka’a Capriccios were almost certainly the young Tobias Butz and Johann Joseph Götzel who were in Vienna when the Saxon Electoral Prince Friedrich August II was living there (1717–1719). See Herbert Seifert in ‘Zelenka in Wien’, 187, n. 30.
Zelenka-Dokumentation, 106, Dok. 7a; 307, ZWV 183.
Unlisted in the only remaining Volume of c1784 (contents of Schrank III) of the ‘Catalogo della Musica di Chiesa’ (c1784) due to relocation to Schrank II.
Zelenka-Dokumentation, 307, ZWV 182; Stockigt, Jan Dismas Zelenka, 48–53, and Ex. 2.5.
Also see Schranck No: II. Das erhaltene Instrumentalmusikrepertoire, 152, 28/6 where the number is given as Cx 1151.
Bound (recent) autogr. score. No cover; no labels. Composed in Vienna.
In pencil: Cx 1153.
Head of score: I:N:J:C: (centre) No. 2 (non-autogr.)
NB: Kept as the back cover to Zelenka’s Kyrie e Gloria setting of 1723, Missa S Spiritus (Mus. 2358-D-18,1), is a sheet which the following title is written by Zelenka: G# | Caprice fait pour | Son Altesse Royale | Le Prince Electorale | de Saxe | a Vienne de [?] 24 Januar: 1718 | Violin 2 | Hautb. 2 | Corn. di Chasse 2 | Fagotto | Basse=Contre | Zelenka.
The original horn players of Zelenka’a Capriccios were almost certainly the young Tobias Butz and Johann Joseph Götzel who were in Vienna when the Saxon Electoral Prince Friedrich August II was living there (1717–1719). See Herbert Seifert in ‘Zelenka in Wien’, 187, n. 30.
Zelenka-Dokumentation, 106, Dok. 7a; 307, ZWV 183.
Unlisted in the only remaining Volume of c1784 (contents of Schrank III) of the ‘Catalogo della Musica di Chiesa’ (c1784) due to relocation to Schrank II.
Zelenka-Dokumentation, 307, ZWV 182; Stockigt, Jan Dismas Zelenka, 48–53, and Ex. 2.5.
Also see Schranck No: II. Das erhaltene Instrumentalmusikrepertoire, 152, 28/6 where the number is given as Cx 1151.
Stamps
Sächs. Landes-Bibl.
Additional
Cx 1153
Eitner
V. 10 (1904), 338: Zelenka, Johann Dismas [...] In Dresd. Mus. [...] 6 Concerti a Violini Va. Oboi e B. [!!!] Part. u. Stb. Ms. Cx 1148-1153.
SLB Card Catalog
(Aut. 171h) Mus. 2358-N-12<br />
Zelenka, [Johann Dismas]: [Z 183]<br />
No 3. Caprice con Violini, Oboi, Corni, Viola e Basso. G-dur. Part.<br />
11 Bl. quer-4to. Orig. -Mus. -Mscr.
Zelenka, [Johann Dismas]: [Z 183]<br />
No 3. Caprice con Violini, Oboi, Corni, Viola e Basso. G-dur. Part.<br />
11 Bl. quer-4to. Orig. -Mus. -Mscr.
Status
Autogr. score of Capriccio Nr. 2 by Zelenka (Mus. 2358-N-12) held by SLUB.
Identification
ZWV 183
Sort Order
03/26/04
Collection
Citation
“ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.,” Catalogue of the Music Collection of the Dresden Catholic Court Church 1765, accessed January 15, 2026, http://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/hofkirchecatalogo1765/items/show/4384.