ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Title
ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Description
ZELENKA, Jan (Lukáš Ignatius) Dismas (b Louňovice pod Blaníkem 1679–d Dresden 1745), [Messe] No 4. Divi Xaverii, III/Z/7/2
D-Dl
Mus. 2358-D-26
Composer
ZELENKA, Gio. Dis.
Uniform Composer
ZELENKA, Jan (Lukáš Ignatius) Dismas (b Louňovice pod Blaníkem 1679–d Dresden 1745)
Title (Catalogo)
[Messe] No 4. Divi Xaverii
Location (1765)
Schranck III; Fach 7; Lage 2
SFL_combination
III/Z/7/2
Scoring (1765)
‘a 4 voci co’ VVni Viola, Flti, 4 Trombe e Timp.’
Materials (1765)
Partitur; Parti
Title Partitura
Missa Divi Xaverii
Uniform Title
Masses
Date (Catalogo)
‘3 Settem.—26 Novem. 1729’
RISM Links
Remarks
Bound autogr. score (damaged) of a mass without Credo. Covers for the Kyrie and Sanctus et Agnus are kept with the score. Most parts are missing. Bound into the volume between the Gloria and Sanctus, however, is a damaged autogr. short score for the trumpet and timpani choir.
Cover label (pencil): Zelenka | Missa Divi Xaveri [...] | D 4/4 | Kammer 11
Cover title Kyrie: Missa Divi Xaverii | à 4 | C: A: T: B: | VViolin 2 | Oboe 2 | Traverse 2 | Viole 2 | Trombe 4 | Tympa: | e | Basso Contin: | di | G: D: Z: | Kyrie.
Title page Gloria: Gloria ex Missa Divi | Xaverij | di | G: D: Z:
Title page Sanctus: Nro 35: | Sanctus et Agnus | ex | Missa Divi Xaverii di | G: D: Z:
Dedications: Concl. Kyrie: O A M D G V M OO SS H AA P J [?] ; Dresdae 1729 | 3 Settem.
Concl. of score: OO A M D G B V M OO SS H AA P I R ; Dresdae 26 Novem 1729.
The dates given by Zelenka suggest that this Mass was composed for performance during the octave of the feast of St Francis Xavier, 1729. St Francis Xavier was the Patron Saint of Maria Josepha, whose birth- and name-day (8 December) fell within the Xavier octave. The name Franz Xaver or Franziska Xaveria was included in the baptismal names of each child born to Maria Josepha.
In the later ‘Catalogo della Musica di Chiesa’ (c1784) score and parts for the Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, and Agnus are listed for [Messa] No: 4) Divi Xaverii (III/Z/8/4).
On this setting, see Zelenka-Dokumentation, 132, Nr. 50; 287, ZWV 12, and Stockigt, ‘The Historical Background’. Preface to score Zelenka: Missa Divi Xaverii, ed. Vaclav Luks (Praha: Bärenreiter, 2016), v–vii.
This is one of two masses by Zelenka (both now missing) once in the possession of Johann Friedrich Fasch that were listed into the Concert-Stube of the Zerbst court, 1743.
Concordances:
1. Incipits (NB: “Violinus 2dus’ notated one octave higher) of a Kyrie and Gloria for a ‘Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus [...]’ by Zelenka listing in the Osek Inventory, 1754 (Missae Solenniores), fol. 9, No. 32 agree with the opening incipits of Kyrie and Gloria of his Missa Divi Xaverii;
2. D-B, SA 687. Sing-Akademie zu Berlin. Score copy in hand of Johann Friedrich Agricola. RISM ID no. 469068700;
3. D-B, SA 688. Sing-Akademie zu Berlin. Parts (vn. 2, va. b.c.). RISM ID no. 469068800;
4. D-B, SA 689. Sing-Akademie zu Berlin. Score of Kyrie e Gloria. RISM ID no. 469068900.
Cover label (pencil): Zelenka | Missa Divi Xaveri [...] | D 4/4 | Kammer 11
Cover title Kyrie: Missa Divi Xaverii | à 4 | C: A: T: B: | VViolin 2 | Oboe 2 | Traverse 2 | Viole 2 | Trombe 4 | Tympa: | e | Basso Contin: | di | G: D: Z: | Kyrie.
Title page Gloria: Gloria ex Missa Divi | Xaverij | di | G: D: Z:
Title page Sanctus: Nro 35: | Sanctus et Agnus | ex | Missa Divi Xaverii di | G: D: Z:
Dedications: Concl. Kyrie: O A M D G V M OO SS H AA P J [?] ; Dresdae 1729 | 3 Settem.
Concl. of score: OO A M D G B V M OO SS H AA P I R ; Dresdae 26 Novem 1729.
The dates given by Zelenka suggest that this Mass was composed for performance during the octave of the feast of St Francis Xavier, 1729. St Francis Xavier was the Patron Saint of Maria Josepha, whose birth- and name-day (8 December) fell within the Xavier octave. The name Franz Xaver or Franziska Xaveria was included in the baptismal names of each child born to Maria Josepha.
In the later ‘Catalogo della Musica di Chiesa’ (c1784) score and parts for the Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, and Agnus are listed for [Messa] No: 4) Divi Xaverii (III/Z/8/4).
On this setting, see Zelenka-Dokumentation, 132, Nr. 50; 287, ZWV 12, and Stockigt, ‘The Historical Background’. Preface to score Zelenka: Missa Divi Xaverii, ed. Vaclav Luks (Praha: Bärenreiter, 2016), v–vii.
This is one of two masses by Zelenka (both now missing) once in the possession of Johann Friedrich Fasch that were listed into the Concert-Stube of the Zerbst court, 1743.
Concordances:
1. Incipits (NB: “Violinus 2dus’ notated one octave higher) of a Kyrie and Gloria for a ‘Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus [...]’ by Zelenka listing in the Osek Inventory, 1754 (Missae Solenniores), fol. 9, No. 32 agree with the opening incipits of Kyrie and Gloria of his Missa Divi Xaverii;
2. D-B, SA 687. Sing-Akademie zu Berlin. Score copy in hand of Johann Friedrich Agricola. RISM ID no. 469068700;
3. D-B, SA 688. Sing-Akademie zu Berlin. Parts (vn. 2, va. b.c.). RISM ID no. 469068800;
4. D-B, SA 689. Sing-Akademie zu Berlin. Score of Kyrie e Gloria. RISM ID no. 469068900.
Stamps
Sächs. Landes-Bibl.
Eitner
V. 10 (1904), 337–8: Zelenka, Johann Dismas [...] Die kathol. Kirche in Dresden [...] 21 vollständige Messen, alle in P. u. Stb [...]
SLB Card Catalog
(Aut. 211) Mus. 2358-D-26<br />
Zelenka, Giovanni Disma: [Messen. Z 12] Messa [senza Credo] Divi Xaverij a 4 voci [m. Orch.] D dur. Part. u. St. Dresda 1729. 1 Bd m. 33 St. quer-4to u. 4to Mus.-Mscr. Part.: =Orig.-Ms. Kyrie [1] Sanctus [3] Gloria [2] Agnus [4] Kath. Hofkirche Stimmen stehen gesondert
Zelenka, Giovanni Disma: [Messen. Z 12] Messa [senza Credo] Divi Xaverij a 4 voci [m. Orch.] D dur. Part. u. St. Dresda 1729. 1 Bd m. 33 St. quer-4to u. 4to Mus.-Mscr. Part.: =Orig.-Ms. Kyrie [1] Sanctus [3] Gloria [2] Agnus [4] Kath. Hofkirche Stimmen stehen gesondert
Status
Autogr. score of Missa Divi Xaverii by Zelenka and autogr. score of parts for four trumpets and timpani (Mus. 2358-D-26) held by SLUB; 33 parts missing from Dresden.
Identification
ZWV 12
Sort Order
03/07/02
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/4404.