Horae pomeridianae seu Concertus cammerales sex, op. 4

Printer: Jiří Ondřej Laboun

The fourth printed opus of Joseph Brentner was published in Prague in 1720. Unlike the previous collections, it is devoted to instrumental music. Its appearance is rather different too: There is no dedicatee or dedication and the parts were apparently published without the common title page. The remark “Micro-Pragae apud authorem” in the caption titles as well as the sole occurrence of the printer’s name at the end of one part suggest that the composer participated more actively in the publishing of the collection than had been the case with the previous ones.

Includes:

Concertus I in g, op. 4/1 Brk 96
Concertus II in d, op. 4/2 Brk 93
Concertus III in B, op. 4/3 Brk 97
Concertus IV in G, op. 4/4 Brk 95
Concertus V in F, op. 4/5 Brk 94
Concertus VI in c, op. 4/6 Brk 91

Composition: Not after 1720

Edition: Instrumentální hudba / Instrumental Music (Academus Edition 4)

Sources

First printed edition

[Classification: notated music, print, parts, first edition, complete]

Georg Labaun, Prag 1720

Only single copy of the survived. The collection was published most probably without title page and dedicatee. The lack of a dedication and the Vlc part without figured bass notation have raised doubts as to whether the specimen of the printed edition of the collection Horae pomeridianae is complete. However, there are strong arguments to consider the completeness of the print (see Critical Report in the Academus Edition 4, pp. 71–72).

Violonczello

3 bifolios (Aa–Cc2)

Violino

4 bifolios (A–D)

Alto Viola

4 bifolios (A–D)

Hautbois vel Flauto traverso vel Violino

3 bifolios, 1 folio (A1–Dd)

PL-Wu St. Dr. Mus. 1053

33 × 21 cm
PL-Wu (Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie, Warsaw) St. Dr. Mus. 1053 RISM record
The single surviving copy of the print probably formerly belonged to the collection of Musikalisches Institut at Wrocław Wrocław University (the successor of the institution formerly known as Königliches Akademisches Institut für Kirchenmusik). The parts bear no signs of use, although they contain minor handwritten corrections made (with few exceptions) in ink and in all likelihood in the composer’s hand. The corrections are listed in the Critical Report of the Academus Edition 4, pp. 69–70.
Lost copy of op. 4 from Osek
RISM record
The collection is listed in the Catalogus Musicaliorum [music inventory no. 2, 1720/1733], CZ-Pnm, Osek collection (Cistercians), acquisition no. 65/52, on the fol. 40r (Genialia seu Cantus recreativi): Concertus Camerales Sex. à 4. ex g Brentner.
Lost copy of op. 4 owned by Šimon Truska
RISM record
According to the entry in the manuscript version of his dictionary, Gottfried Johann Dlabacž learned of the existence of the collection from the Premonstratensian lay brother Šimon Josef Truska living in Strahov monastery in Prague. His copy, which is today lost, might be incomplete, as can be seen from Dlabacž's description in his dictionary.

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