Composers
Zelenka, Jan Dismas (1679 - 1745)
Sample page — 150x ⇩
Score — 46x ⇩
Voci — 35x ⇩, Violino I — 36x ⇩, Violino II — 32x ⇩, Viola — 34x ⇩, Basso continuo — 35x ⇩, Oboe I — 35x ⇩, Oboe II — 35x ⇩
Beati omnes - Allegro — 36x ⇩The source is the holograph manuscript of the score of “Beati omnes” (ZWV 94, 1728), Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Mus.2358-D-61,20, RISM ID no.: 212006589.
Sample page — 118x ⇩
Score — 44x ⇩
Voci — 36x ⇩, Violino I — 32x ⇩, Violino II — 31x ⇩, Viola — 32x ⇩, Basso continuo — 32x ⇩, Oboe I — 36x ⇩, Oboe II — 30x ⇩ Laetatus sum — 35x ⇩The source is the holograph manuscript of the score of “Laetatus sum” (ZWV 88, 1726), Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Mus.2358-D-61,3, RISM ID no.: 212006572.
Sample page — 131x ⇩
Score — 41x ⇩
Coro — 34x ⇩, Alto solo — 30x ⇩, Violino I — 30x ⇩, Violino II — 29x ⇩, Oboe I — 30x ⇩, Oboe II — 32x ⇩, Viola I — 29x ⇩, Viola II — 29x ⇩, Basso continuo — 33x ⇩ [1.] Beatus vir — 41x ⇩, [2.] Peccator videbit — 28x ⇩, [3.] Gloria Patri — 30x ⇩, [4.] Amen — 34x ⇩The source is the holograph manuscript of the score of “Beatus vir” (ZWV 75, October 10, 1725), Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Mus.2358- D-61,10, RISM ID no.: 212006578.
Sample page — 155x ⇩
Score — 45x ⇩
The source is the holograph manuscript of the score of “Beatus vir” (ZWV 76, 1726), Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Mus.2358-D-61,2, RISM ID no.: 21200657.
Sample page — 161x ⇩
Score — 43x ⇩
Son da più venti legno percosso — 35x ⇩The main source is a ms. of the score collecting eight „Arie italiane“ ZWV 176 (Mus.2358-I-1, RISM ID no. 211010941) entitled: „Alcune Arie, | Cavata dalle diverse Opere, | posto in Musica | ed | Alle Loro Maeste Reali | di Polonia e Lituan etc: | Elet: di Sassonia [added by 2nd hand:] umillissimamente offerite | [by 1st hand:] da | Giovanni Disma Zelenka. | No: Io. | Anno 1733 a i 24 Ottob:”. The last air of the collection is: “Son da più venti legno percosso”, Mus.2358-J-1, RISM ID no.: 211010949. A second source includes only the violin 2 and viola parts, (Mus. 2358-I-1a, RISM ID no. 211010950). Both manuscripts are online available at Dresden, (Dresden, (D-Dl)).
Sample page — 167x ⇩
Score — 52x ⇩
The main source is a ms. of the score collecting eight „Arie italiane“ ZWV 176 (Mus.2358-I-1, RISM ID no. 211010941) entitled: „Alcune Arie, | Cavata dalle diverse Opere, | posto in Musica | ed | Alle Loro Maeste Reali | di Polonia e Lituan etc: | Elet: di Sassonia [added by 2nd hand:] umillissimamente offerite | [by 1st hand:] da | Giovanni Disma Zelenka. | No: Io. | Anno 1733 a i 24 Ottob:”. A second ms. source includes only the violin 2 and viola parts, (Mus. 2358-I-1a, RISM ID no. 211010950). Both manuscripts are online available at SLUB, Dresden.
Sample page — 162x ⇩
Score — 42x ⇩
Soprano / Tenore / Basso — 34x ⇩, Violino I — 30x ⇩, Violino II — 27x ⇩, Viola — 30x ⇩, Organo / Violone / Violoncello / Fagotto — 27x ⇩, Chalumeaux / Oboe I & II / Flauto I & II — 31x ⇩ Lectio 1 - [1.] Parce mihi Domine — 36x ⇩, Lectio 1 - [2.] Andante. Peccavi — 36x ⇩, Lectio 1 - [3.] Larghetto. Ecce nunc in pulvere — 34x ⇩, Lectio 2 - [1.] Tædet animam meam — 31x ⇩, Lectio 2 - [2.] Numquid oculi — 31x ⇩, Lectio 3 - [1.] Manus tuae fecerunt me — 27x ⇩, Lectio 3 - [2.] Pelle et carnibus vestisti me. Andante — 28x ⇩The source is the holograph manuscript of the score of “Officium defunctorum (Excerpts)” (ZWV 47), Dresden, (Dresden, (D-Dl)), Mus.2358-D- 46, RISM ID no.: 21101066.
Sample page — 155x ⇩
Score — 58x ⇩
The source is the holograph manuscript of the score of “De profundis” (ZWV 96), Dresden, (Dresden, (D-Dl)), Mus.2358-D-61,15, RISM ID no.: 212006585.
Sample page — 182x ⇩
Score — 46x ⇩
The source is the holograph manuscript of the score of “Magnificat” (ZWV 107), Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (SLUB) (D-Dl), Mus.2358-D-61,6, RISM ID no.: 212006575. An alternative score was consulted, Berlin, (Berlin, (D-B)), Mus.ms. 23545, RISM ID no.: 452522329.
Sample page — 429x ⇩
Score — 56x ⇩
The source of “Confitebor” ZWV 71 is the autograph of the score (Praga, 1729). Cover title: “Confitebor | à | Basso Solo | Violini 2. | Basso Contin: | di | G: D: Z: {{brk}} [caption title, p.5:] Confitebor B[asso]. S[olo]. VV: 2. | e Bass: Con: di G: D: Z:”, Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (SLUB) (D-Dl), Mus.2358-D-66, RISM ID no.: 212006622.
Sample page — 330x ⇩
Score — 78x ⇩
Tenore — 35x ⇩, Violino I — 35x ⇩, Violino II — 35x ⇩, Viola — 36x ⇩, Organo / Basso ripieno — 37x ⇩, Flauto I — 35x ⇩, Flauto II — 36x ⇩, Traversa I — 34x ⇩, Traversa II — 37x ⇩The source of “Mottetto per il Natale” “Proh quos criminis” ZWV 172 is the autograph of the score (1729c). Cover title: “Mottetto per il | Natale del | N: S: J: | a 4 Flau: | Viol: 2 | Viola: 1 | Tenore | e | Organo | di Giova: D: | Zelenka.”, Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (SLUB) (D-Dl), Mus.2358-E-34, RISM ID no.: 212006664.
Sample page — 209x ⇩
Score — 45x ⇩
The source of psalm in D major “Laudate pueri” ZWV 81 is the autograph of the score (1729). Cover title: “Laudate pueri | a | Tenore Solo | Violini 2 | Viola | Tromba sola | di | G: D: Z:”, Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (SLUB) (D-Dl), Mus.2358-O-67, RISM ID no.: 212006623.
Sample page — 361x ⇩
Score — 96x ⇩
Violino concertante — 37x ⇩, Oboe I / Oboe II — 46x ⇩, Fagotto — 39x ⇩, Violoncello — 38x ⇩, Violino I — 34x ⇩, Violino II — 35x ⇩, Viola — 34x ⇩, Violone / Basso continuo — 36x ⇩The source of Concerto ZWV Z 186 is the autograph of the score (1723). Caption title: G# | Concerto à 8 Concer: | VViolin 2, Oboe 2, Viola, | Fagotto, Violoncello e | Basso Continuo | à Praga | 1723 | Zelenka”. On the first page of the score the Author writes: “Concerti 6 fatti in fretta à Praga 1723”, Dresden, Sächsische Landes- bibliothek - Staats- und Universitäts- bibliothek (SLUB) (D-Dl), Mus.2358-O-1, RISM ID no.: 212002999.
Sample page — 327x ⇩
Score — 40x ⇩
The main source of aria „Non si trova né si da“ is a manuscript of the score collecting eight „Arie italiane“ ZWV 176 (Mus.2358-J-1, RISM ID no. 211010941) entitled: „Alcune Arie, | Cavata dalle diverse Opere, | posto in Musica | ed | Alle Loro Maeste Reali | di Polonia e Lituan etc: | Elet: di Sassonia [added by 2nd hand:] umillissimamente offerite | [by 1st hand:] da | Giovanni Disma Zelenka. | No: Io. | Anno 1733 a i 24 Ottob:”. A second source is a manuscript including the violin 2 and viola parts, (Mus. 2358-J-1a, RISM ID no. 211010950). Both manuscripts are online available at SLUB, Dresden.
Sample page — 313x ⇩
Score — 73x ⇩
Benedictus - Larghetto — 39x ⇩The source is the autograph manuscript of the score of “Missa Paschalis” [ZWV Z 7], Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl) Mus.2358-D-19, RISM ID no. 211010848. Caption title: “[p.1:] Kyrie, Sanctus, | Agnus ex Missa= | Paschali | à 4 | C: A: T: B: | Violin 2. | Oboe 2 | Viola | Trombe 4. | Tympan: | e | Basso Cont. | di | G: D: Z:{{brk}}[p.3, at head right:] Missa a 4 di Giov. | Disma Zelenka.{{brk}}[p.25:] Nro 7 | Gloria ex Missa | Paschali | à 4tro | C: A: T: B: | et cæte[era]: | di | G: D: Z:{{brk}}[p.89:] d # Nro 7: | Credo ex Missa | Paschali | à | C: A: T: B | et cae: | di | G: D: Z:{{brk}}[p.121:] Sanctus et Agnus | Dei".
Sample page — 334x ⇩
Score — 89x ⇩
Contralto — 45x ⇩, Flauto traversiere I — 50x ⇩, Flauto traversiere II — 43x ⇩, Violino — 49x ⇩, Basso — 58x ⇩ Andante sostenuto — 30x ⇩The source is the holograph manuscript of the score of “Te Deum” (ZWV 146, 1731, pp. 41-46), Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (SLUB) (D-Dl), Mus.2358-D-48, RISM ID no.: 21101153.
Sample page — 470x ⇩
Score — 79x ⇩
Soprano — 35x ⇩, Violino I / Hautbois I — 45x ⇩, Violino II / Hautbois II — 41x ⇩, Basso continuo — 36x ⇩The source is the autograph of the score (1719c). Caption title: “No: 2. | [by Zelenka:] Salve Canto Solo | violini 2 | Oboe 1. | e Organi [cover label by Uhle:] Schranck No: III | 30: Fach 4. Lage No:2.) Salve Regina | Soprano Solo | con VVni Viola e Basso | Partitura sola | [[cover label by Uhle, strongly bleached, black ink:] Schranck No: III. | 26. Fach 4. Lage | [red ink: Salve Regina?] | [black ink:] Soprano Solo | co VVni Viola ed Org. | Partitura sola | [incipit]]]” [ZWV Z 2014], Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (SLUB) (D- Dl), Mus.2358-E-9, RISM ID no.: 212006282.
Sample page — 407x ⇩
Score — 57x ⇩
Contralto — 31x ⇩, Violino I — 36x ⇩, Violino II — 33x ⇩, Viola — 38x ⇩, Violoncello — 31x ⇩, Oboe I — 32x ⇩, Oboe II — 31x ⇩, Fagotto — 35x ⇩, Organo — 35x ⇩ Andante assai ma non allegro — 37x ⇩The source of mottetto ZWV 209 is the autograph of the score, Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (SLUB (D-Dl), Mus.2358-E-38, RISM ID no.: 212006666. Cover label: “Motetto | Sollicitus fossor | [black ink:] à Contr' Alto Solo | co VVni V.la Fag: Violc.lo concert. | ed Org. | Partitura sola | del Sigr Zelencka “.
Sample page — 440x ⇩
Score — 55x ⇩
Violino I / Oboe I — 40x ⇩, Violino II / Oboe II — 31x ⇩, Viola — 33x ⇩, Tenore — 34x ⇩, Basso continuo — 35x ⇩The main source of “Lamentatio 1 pro die Jovis Sancto“ ZWV Z 53 is the autograph of the score, (Mus.2358-D-3c), Rism Id no.: 212006558. Caption title: “Lamen[tatio] 1. Tenore VV 2 Oboe 2 Con[certanti] Viola e Basso Con[tinuo]”. A second source is a ms. of the score by a later hand, (Mus. 2358- D-4,2). Both manuscripts are online available at SLUB, Dresden.
Sample page — 435x ⇩
Score — 105x ⇩
Violino I — 37x ⇩, Violino II — 43x ⇩, Viola — 42x ⇩, Basso / Fagotto — 51x ⇩, Flauto I — 72x ⇩, Flauto II — 45x ⇩, Oboe I — 42x ⇩, Oboe II — 43x ⇩, Corno I — 50x ⇩, Corno II — 42x ⇩The source is an autograph manuscript of: “Serenata [second hand:] Sinfonia [first hand:] Di G. D. Zelenka”, ZWV Z 177 (1737), Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (SLUB (D- Dl), Mus.2358-G-1, RISM ID no.: 212006694.
Sample page — 361x ⇩
Score — 56x ⇩
The source is the autograph of the score, Mus.2358-E-10, RISM ID no.: 211010565. Caption title: “Salve Regina | Basso solo | VV.2 | Oboe2 | e | Basso conti: | [left side:] à Dresd: | 1724. | [right side:] di | Giou: Dism[a] | Zelen[ka]”. The manuscript is online available at SLUB, Dresden.
Sample page — 587x ⇩
Score — 45x ⇩
The main source of “Lamentatio 2 pro die Mercurii Sancto“ ZWV Z 53 is the autograph of the score, (Mus.2358-D-3b), Rism Id no.: 212006557. Caption title: “Dresda 1722 ... Lamentatio 2. | Alto. | VViolin 2 Con: Oboe due ad libitum | Viola | e | Basso Continuo”. A second source is a ms. of the score by a later hand, (Mus. 2358- D-4,3). Both manuscripts are online available at SLUB, Dresden.
Sample page — 438x ⇩
Score — 96x ⇩
Violino I — 46x ⇩, Violino II — 42x ⇩, Viola — 45x ⇩, Flauto I — 43x ⇩, Flauto II — 42x ⇩, Oboe I — 43x ⇩, Oboe II — 43x ⇩, Basso continuo — 43x ⇩The source is the autograph manuscript of: “I penitenti al Sepolchro | del Redentore. | Oratorio. | di J. D. Zelencka... | 1736 29 Marzo”, ZWV Z 63, (Mus.2358-D-73)., RISM ID no.: 212006627, Digital Collection, SLUB, Dresden.
Sample page — 512x ⇩
Score — 82x ⇩
Contralto — 48x ⇩, Violino I — 49x ⇩, Violino II — 43x ⇩, Basso — 46x ⇩, Flauto traversiere I — 50x ⇩, Flauto traversiere II — 43x ⇩The source is the autograph of the score, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl) Mus.2358-E-2) RISM ID no. 211010502. Caption title: „D# [right side:] Nro 6. | [at centre:] Alma | Contralto Solo: | VViolini 2 | Flauti Travers 2. | Viola ad libitu[m] | con | Basso Continuo. | di | G: D: Z:”. Concluding note: “"OO. A. M. D: G: B: V: M: OO: SS: H: A: P: I: R: [= Omnia ad majorem Dei gloriam; Beatae Virgini Mariae et Omnibus Sanctis honor; Augustissimo Principi in reverentia] Dresdae | 1730 | 30 Decembrij".
Sample page — 428x ⇩
Score — 55x ⇩
Moderato e dolce — 36x ⇩The main source of aria „E voi siete d’altri“ is a ms. of the score collecting eight „Arie italiane“ ZWV 176 (Mus.2358-I-1, RISM ID no. 211010941) entitled: „Alcune Arie, | Cavata dalle diverse Opere, | posto in Musica | ed | Alle Loro Maeste Reali | di Polonia e Lituan etc: | Elet: di Sassonia [added by 2nd hand:] umillissimamente offerite | [by 1st hand:] da | Giovanni Disma Zelenka. | No: Io. | Anno 1733 a i 24 Ottob:”. A second ms. source includes only the violin 2 and viola parts, (Mus. 2358-I-1a, RISM ID no. 211010950). Both manuscripts are online available at SLUB, Dresden.
Sample page — 374x ⇩
Score — 46x ⇩
Basso — 36x ⇩, Violino I / Oboe I — 36x ⇩, Violino II / Oboe II — 34x ⇩, Viola — 34x ⇩, Basso continuo — 39x ⇩ Affettuoso — 42x ⇩, [Recitativo] — 37x ⇩, Tempo giusto — 37x ⇩, [Recitativo] — 34x ⇩, Affettuoso — 35x ⇩, [Recitativo] — 30x ⇩, Affettuoso — 32x ⇩, Vivace — 41x ⇩, Un poco vivace — 32x ⇩The main source of “Lamentatio 2 pro die Jovis Sancto“ ZWV Z 53 is the autograph of the score, (Mus.2358-D-3c), Rism Id no.: 212006558. Caption title: “Lamentatio 2. | Basso | VViolin 2 Oboe 2 Concer. | Viola è Basso | Continuo. [caption title, p.17:] Lectio 2. pro | die Jovis Sancto.”. A second source is a ms. of the score by a later hand, (Mus. 2358- D-4,2). Both manuscripts are online available at SLUB, Dresden.
Sample page — 432x ⇩
Score — 57x ⇩
Contralto — 38x ⇩, Tenore — 37x ⇩, Chalumeau — 42x ⇩, Violino I / Violino II — 41x ⇩, Violoncello / Organo — 41x ⇩ Andante — 36x ⇩The sources are:
a) autograph manuscript of the score (Mus.2358-D-81,2, RISM ID no.: 212006046);
b) separate parts (Mus.2358-D-81,10, RISM ID no.: 212006051),
from Dies irae, included in Requiem in D major ZWV Z 46, Digital Collection, SLUB, Dresden.
Sample page — 447x ⇩
Score — 46x ⇩
Violino I — 33x ⇩, Violino II — 32x ⇩, Viola — 33x ⇩, Violone / Basso continuo — 36x ⇩, Oboe I — 34x ⇩, Oboe II — 32x ⇩, Fagotto — 34x ⇩, Tromba I — 32x ⇩, Tromba II — 30x ⇩, Timpani — 32x ⇩ Allegro assai — 36x ⇩The source is an autograph manuscript of: “MELODRAMA | quod occasione | Gloriosissimae inaugurationis in Regem | CAROLI VI | et | In Reginam Bohemiae | ELISAbethae CHRistinae, | quaerente ita Caesareo et Academico Collegio Societatis Jesu | Pragae ad Sanctum Clementem, | in Musicam posuit | et coram | iisdem | Caesareis Regiisque Maiestatibus | et in Summa Veneratione direxit | Augustissimi Poloniarum Regis et Electoris Saxo[niae]: | FRIDRICH AUGUSTI | à Camera Musicus | Joannes Disma Zelenka Boëmus Launowicensis | A: D: 1723.”, ZWV Z 175, (Mus.2358-D-2)., RISM ID no.: 212006526, Digital Collection, SLUB, Dresden.
Sample page — 389x ⇩
Score — 44x ⇩
Basso — 35x ⇩, Oboe I — 34x ⇩, Oboe II — 33x ⇩, Violino I — 34x ⇩, Violino II — 31x ⇩, Viola — 33x ⇩, Basso continuo — 34x ⇩The main source of “Lamentatio 1 pro die Mercurii Sancto“ ZWV Z 53 is the autograph of the score, (Mus.2358-D-3b), Rism Id no.: 212006557. Caption title: “Dresda 1722 … Lamentatio 1 / Basso / VV. 2. Oboe 2. Viola / e / Basso Continuo”. A second source is a ms. of the score by a later hand, (Mus. 2358- D-4,3). Both manuscripts are online available at SLUB, Dresden.
Sample page — 348x ⇩
Score — 46x ⇩
Contralto — 35x ⇩, Violino I — 31x ⇩, Violino II — 33x ⇩, Viola — 36x ⇩, Oboe I — 37x ⇩, Oboe II — 32x ⇩, Fagotto I / II — 39x ⇩, Organo / Basso — 34x ⇩The source of mottetto ZWV 164 is the autograph of the score (Mus.2358-E-36, RISM ID no. 212006665) online available at SLUB, Dresden.
Sample page — 430x ⇩
Score — 60x ⇩
Soprano — 43x ⇩, Flauto traverso — 43x ⇩, Violino I — 35x ⇩, Violino II — 36x ⇩, Oboe I — 38x ⇩, Oboe II — 36x ⇩, Viola — 39x ⇩, Basso — 41x ⇩The source of Salve Regina ZWV Z 135 is the autograph of the score dated “17 d’Settembre 1730” (Mus.2358- E-8, RISM ID: 212006281). At the end of composition, p. 36: “O: A: M: D: G: / G:B:V:M:OO:SS:HAAP:/I:Q:/17 d' Settembre 1730." "Omnia ad majorem Dei gloriam; G. Beatae Virgini Mariae et Omnibus Sanctis honor; Augustissimo Principi I. Q."
Sample page — 407x ⇩
Score — 52x ⇩
The main source of “Lamentatio 2da“ ZWV Z 53 is the autograph of the score. (Mus.2358-D-3d). Caption title: “Lamentatio 2da / Alto / Violino Chalumeaux ò Oboe, / Fagotto e Basso / Continuo”. A second source is a ms. of the score by a later hand, (Mus. 2358- D-4,3). Both manuscripts are online available at SLUB, Dresden.
Sample page — 391x ⇩
Score — 56x ⇩
Tenore — 40x ⇩, Flauto I — 40x ⇩, Flauto II — 39x ⇩, Violoncello I — 34x ⇩, Violoncello II — 33x ⇩, Cembalo — 31x ⇩The main source of “Lamentatio I“ ZWV Z 53 is the autograph of the score. (Mus.2358-D-3d). Caption title: “Lamentationes I / pro / Die / Veneris Sancto / à Dresda 1722 / di Giov. Disma Zelenka”. A second source is a ms. of the score by a later hand, (Mus. 2358- D-4,3). Both manuscripts are online available at SLUB, Dresden.
Sample page — 384x ⇩
Score — 49x ⇩
Andante, ma non troppo — 29x ⇩The main source of aria „Povera fede“ is a ms. of the score collecting eight „Arie italiane“ ZWV 176 (Mus.2358-I- 1, RISM ID no. 211010941) entitled: „Alcune Arie, | Cavata dalle diverse Opere, | posto in Musica | ed | Alle Loro Maeste Reali | di Polonia e Lituan etc: | Elet: di Sassonia [added by 2nd hand:] umillissimamente offerite | [by 1st hand:] da | Giovanni Disma Zelenka. | No: Io. | Anno 1733 a i 24 Ottob:”. A second ms. source regards only the violin 2 and viola parts, (Mus. 2358-I- 1a, RISM ID no. 211010950). Both manuscripts are online available at SLUB, Dresden.
Sample — 396x ⇩
Score — 41x ⇩
Moderato — 33x ⇩The main source of aria „Se pensi cangiar quel core“ is a ms. of the score collecting eight „Arie italiane“ ZWV 176 (Mus.2358-I-1, RISM ID no. 211010941) entitled: „Alcune Arie, | Cavata dalle diverse Opere, | posto in Musica | ed | Alle Loro Maeste Reali | di Polonia e Lituan etc: | Elet: di Sassonia [added by 2nd hand:] umillissimamente offerite | [by 1st hand:] da | Giovanni Disma Zelenka. | No: Io. | Anno 1733 a i 24 Ottob:”. A second ms. source regards only the violin 2 and viola parts, (Mus. 2358-I-1a, RISM ID no. 211010950). Both manuscripts are online available at SLUB, Dresden.
Sample — 426x ⇩
Score — 71x ⇩
The source is the autograph ms. Mus. 2358-Q-1 of the score, including six Sonatas ZWV 181. The presumed date is 1721-22. The ms. was digitized in the project „Instrumentalmusik der Dresdner Hofkapelle“, SLUB, Dresden.
Sample — 534x ⇩
Score — 53x ⇩
The source is the autograph ms. Mus. 2358-Q-1 of the score, including six Sonatas ZWV 181. The presumed date is 1721-22. The ms. was digitized in the project „Instrumentalmusik der Dresdner Hofkapelle“, SLUB, Dresden.
Sample — 387x ⇩
Score — 50x ⇩
The source is the autograph MS Mus. 2358-Q-1 of the score, including six Sonatas ZWV 181. The presumed date is 1721-22. The ms. was digitized in the project „Instrumentalmusik der Dresdner Hofkapelle“, SLUB, Dresden.
Sample — 373x ⇩
Score — 50x ⇩
Corno I — 35x ⇩, Corno II — 33x ⇩, Violino I — 32x ⇩, Violino II — 32x ⇩, Oboe I — 33x ⇩, Oboe II — 39x ⇩, Fagotto / Violoncello — 34x ⇩, Basso — 34x ⇩ Capriccio — 41x ⇩, Adagio — 33x ⇩, Aria 1 - Allegro assai — 36x ⇩, Aria 2 - Andante — 41x ⇩, In tempo di Canarie — 41x ⇩, Menuet 1 — 37x ⇩, Menuet 2 — 37x ⇩, Andante — 32x ⇩, Paysan 1 — 34x ⇩, Paysan 2 — 34x ⇩Source is the manuscript of separate parts Mus. 2358-N-4, RISM ID no. 212002994. Caption title (autograph): „A#. | Capricio à 2 Violin: | 2 Oboi, 2 Corn: di Caccia, | Fagotto, Contra= | Basso. | à Vien 20 Ottobre | 1718. [at bottom left:] Violin: 2: | Hautbois 2. | Corn. di Caccia. 2. | Fagotto | Contra Basso [at bottom right:] di Giovanni | Dismas Zelenka. | Musico di Camara | di S. M. Polaka | et Ellettore di Sassonia“. The ms. has been digitized in the project „Instrumentalmusik der Dresdner Hofkapelle“, SLUB, Dresden.
Sample — 429x ⇩
Score — 103x ⇩
The source is the autograph manuscript Mus. 2358-N-6. The date of ms is in cover page: „à Praga 1723“. The ms. has been digitized in the project „Instrumentalmusik der Dresdner Hofkapelle“, SLUB, Dresden. A second late ms of separate parts (ca. 1855, Mus. 2358-N-8) is available in the same collection. This second source has been used only when was difficult or impossible reading the autograph.
Score with original clefs — 39x ⇩, Score with currently used clefs — 54x ⇩
Source of „Canoni“ ZWV 178/1 (RISM ID no. 211010632) e ZWV 178/2 (RISM ID no. 211010633) is the autograph ms of the score, included in the collection „Collectaneorum Musicorum Liber III“.
Original title: [p. 329 by Zelenka:] „Sequunt[ur] Canones J: D: Zelenka, quos idem ad imitatione[m] Aestimatissimi sui Magistri supra eundem / Cantum firmum sic posuit. [sotto la terza linea:] Canon ad Septima[m] inferiorem
[p.225, by Zelenka:] Collectaneoru[m] Liber III: / Messe del Palestina [!] | à 4. 5. e 6. / (Detto del Sig: Bernardo Pasquini) / Quello che pretende d'essere maestro di Musica, / et anche Organista; e non gustira il Nettore, é / non beuera Latte di queste diuine Composizioni del / Palestina [!], sarà sempre pouerello. / Copiandas accepi à Duo Georgio Reitter Capellae Magistro apud / Sanctum Stephanu[m] Vienna Austriae. 1717. Copiavit D: / Philippus Troyer ibidem me hoc tempore existente, J. Disma Zelenka. / accesserunt quaedam pauca alia. / variorum autorum“.The ms. is available online at SLUB, Dresden.
Sample — 428x ⇩
Score — 35x ⇩
The source of Capriccio ZWV 183 is the autograph ms. of the score, Mus. 2358-N-12, RISM ID no. 212002998, digitized in the project „Instrumentalmusik der Dresdner Hofkapelle“, SLUB, Dresden. The date of the composition is January 24, 1718.
Score first page — 452x ⇩
Score — 62x ⇩
Alto — 35x ⇩, Traversa I / Flauto a bec I — 45x ⇩, Traversa II / Flauto a bec II — 40x ⇩, Violino I — 36x ⇩, Violino II — 34x ⇩, Viola — 35x ⇩, Violone / Fagotto — 33x ⇩, Violoncello / Fagotto / Organo — 34x ⇩Main source of Mottetto ZWV 171 (1728) is the autograph ms. of parts (Mus.2358-E-501a, RISM ID no. 211011137) entitled: "[cover title, by Zelenka:] #1 L. G. C. | Mottetto à Contralto solo. | Violini 2 | Flauti Traversi 2 | Viola | e | Basso Continuo. | di | G: D: Z. [cover, label, by Uhle:] Lit: Schranck No: III. | [red ink:] Z. [black ink:] 13. Fach 16. Lage | [red ink:] No: 2) Motetto | Pro Nativitate Domini | O magnum Mysterium | [black ink:] a` Contr'alto Solo | co' VVni Viola, Flauti ed Org. | Partitura e parti | del Sigr Zelenka | [Incipit]". A second source ([p.1, at head right:] "Motetto pro Nativitate" - Mus. 2358-E-501, RISM ID no. 211011136) is a ms. of the score without the flute parts and with a few differences with respect the first source.
First page of the score — 375x ⇩
Score — 52x ⇩
Canon ad Septimam inferiorem — 42x ⇩, Canon in Octava inferiore — 39x ⇩, Canon in 6 inferiore — 39x ⇩, Canon in 5 inferiore — 39x ⇩, Canon in 4 inferiore — 37x ⇩, Canon in 3 inferiore — 40x ⇩, Canon in 2da inferiore — 36x ⇩, [Canon in 2da inferiore] alio modo — 37x ⇩, Canon in unisono — 41x ⇩Source of 6 „Canoni“ on the same bass ZWV 191/6 (Rism no. 211010628) is the autograph ms of the score, included in the collection „Collectaneorum Musicorum Liber III“.
First page of score — 412x ⇩
Full score — 48x ⇩
Non so se più ti rivedrò — 37x ⇩The main source of Aria „Non so se più ti rivedrò“ is a ms. of the score collecting 8 „Arie italiane“ ZWV 176 (Mus.2358-I-1, RISM ID no. 211010941) entitled: „Alcune Arie, | Cavata dalle diverse Opere, | posto in Musica | ed | Alle Loro Maeste Reali | di Polonia e Lituan etc: | Elet: di Sassonia [added by 2nd hand:] umillissimamente offerite | [by 1st hand:] da | Giovanni Disma Zelenka. | No: Io. | Anno 1733 a i 24 Ottob:”. A second ms. source includes Violin 2 and Viola parts, (Mus. 2358-I-1a, RISM ID no. 211010950). Both manuscripts are available on-line at SLUB, Dresden.
Score first page — 410x ⇩
Full score — 38x ⇩
Corno I — 32x ⇩, Corno II — 30x ⇩, Oboe I — 33x ⇩, Oboe II — 36x ⇩, Violino I — 33x ⇩, Violino II — 28x ⇩, Viola — 29x ⇩, Fagotto — 34x ⇩, Contrabbasso — 31x ⇩The source of the Capriccio ZWV 184 is the autograph of the score ms. Mus. 2358-N-5, RISM ID no. 212002993, digitized in the project „Instrumentalmusik der Dresdner Hofkapelle“, SLUB, Dresden.
Sample — 445x ⇩
Score — 50x ⇩
The two sources of the Sonata are: the autograph of a score ms. Mus. 2358-Q-1, RISM-A/II- 211010356, including six Sonatas ZWV 181, and a ms. of separate parts, partly autograph, revised by Zelenka himself. This second source, partly different from the autograph score, has been considered as the primary source, for its better readability. The presumed date of the sources is 1721-22. Both manuscripts were digitized in the project „Instrumentalmusik der Dresdner Hofkapelle“, SLUB, Dresden.
Sample — 429x ⇩
Score — 55x ⇩
The two sources of the Sonata are: the autograph of a score ms. Mus. 2358-Q-1, RISM-A/II- 211010356, including six Sonatas ZWV 181, and a ms. of separate parts, partly autograph (the Violone part), revised by Zelenka himself. This second source, partly different from the autograph score, has been considered as the primary source, for its better readibility. The presumed date of the sources is 1721-22. Both manuscripts were digitized in the project „Instrumentalmusik der Dresdner Hofkapelle“, SLUB, Dresden.
Sample — 452x ⇩
Score — 61x ⇩
The source is the autograph ms of the score Mus. 2358-Q-1, Hypocondrie, ZWV 187, „à Praga, 1723“. The ms was digitized in the project „Instrumentalmusik der Dresdner Hofkapelle“, SLUB, Dresden.
Sample — 400x ⇩
Score — 46x ⇩
The source is the autograph MS Mus. 2358-Q-1, including the score of six Sonatas ZWV 181. The presumed date is 1721-22. The ms. was digitized in the project „Instrumentalmusik der Dresdner Hofkapelle“, SLUB, Dresden.
Sample — 452x ⇩
Score — 35x ⇩
Capriccio e Fiero — 45x ⇩, Minuetto I — 36x ⇩, Minuetto II — 39x ⇩, Il Contento — 38x ⇩, Presto assai — 36x ⇩, Vilanilla I — 38x ⇩, Vianilla II — 38x ⇩The source is the autograph manuscript Mus. 2358-N-2. In the last page of the ms. is the date „18 Mair 1729“. The ms. was digitized in the project „Instrumentalmusik der Dresdner Hofkapelle".
Sample — 380x ⇩
Score — 37x ⇩
Corno I — 31x ⇩, Corno II — 33x ⇩, Oboe I — 34x ⇩, Oboe II — 32x ⇩, Violino I — 32x ⇩, Violino II — 34x ⇩, Fagotto / Contrabbasso — 30x ⇩The source is the autograph manuscript Mus. 2358-N-3. The estimated date of the ms. is in the period 1715-20. The ms. was digitized in the project „Instrumentalmusik der Dresdner Hofkapelle“, SLUB, Dresden. A second ms. Mus. 2358-N-3a of separate parts is available in the same library.
Sample — 580x ⇩
Score — 102x ⇩
Oboe I — 55x ⇩, Oboe II — 50x ⇩, Violino I — 72x ⇩, Violino II — 67x ⇩, Violino ripieno I — 52x ⇩, Violino ripieno II — 54x ⇩, Viola — 51x ⇩, Violoncello — 56x ⇩, Fagotto — 52x ⇩, Contrabbasso — 54x ⇩ Simphonia — 46x ⇩, Andante — 41x ⇩, Capriccio - Tempo di Gavotta — 36x ⇩, Aria da Capriccio - Andante — 36x ⇩, Menuet — 41x ⇩, Menuet 2 — 34x ⇩The sources are: autograph ms. of the score Mus. 2358-N-9 and a second ms. of separate parts 2358-N-9a, both available at Digitale Bibliothek, SLUB, Dresden. The autograph is dated „Praga, 1723“. Both sources have been digitized within the project „Instrumentalmusik der Dresdner Hofkapelle“.
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