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Stan zachowania rękopisów symfonii Carla Dittersa von Dittersdorfa w Polsce – rekonesans

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Kula M.

Kwartalnik Młodych Muzykologów UJ

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2016

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issue 2(29)

92-119

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Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799) has been remembered in history of music in the 18th century as a significant contributor in developing singspiel (comic opera) genre and as a composer famous among double bass players because of two double bass concertos. But recent studies brought to the fore information about a variety of his instrumental music. Between the others, there are more than 120 symphonies. This paper is a report-attempt about present condition of extant Dittersdorf symphonies’ manuscripts, preserved in the contemporary Polish area. There are nine archives and libraries mentioned, where these manuscripts are stored. The richest collection of Dittersdorf’s symphonies is located in Pauline Monastery Archive in Jasna Gora in Częstochowa (PL-CZ), where seventeen manuscripts are stored. All of them preserved in good condition, arisen in last quarter of the 18th century. Other manuscripts we can find in: Archive of Polish Dominicans Province in Krakow (PL-Kd), Cistercian Abbey in Krakow-Mogiła (PL-MO), Benedictine Abbey in Krzeszow/Grussau (PL-KRZ), Library of Theological Faculty of Opole University (PL-OPsm), Archdiocesan Archive in Poznań (PL-Pa Muz MM), Diocesan Library in Sandomierz (PL-SA) and Special Collections Department of Wrocław University Library (PL-WRu). There is also a piece of information about the manuscript from Pilica (PL-PIk), presumably lost in recent time, which was one of very few examples Dittersdorf’s manuscripts written in the 19th century.

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Kolekcja rękopisów symfonii Carla Dittersa von Dittersdorfa z Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden

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Kula M.

Kwartalnik Młodych Muzykologów UJ

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2017

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issue 4(35)

63-90

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Dresden played no role in Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ’s life. But history made this city one of the most significant places regarding preserved sources of his works. In the Department of Special Collections (German: Sondersammlungen) of the Sächsische Landesbibliothek—Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek in Dresden (English: Saxon State and University Library Dresden, abbr.: SLUB), there are, among others, more than thirty archival sources containing Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf’s symphonies. That makes third richest collection of symphonic works by this composer. The majority of sources comes from the court’s theatre of Duke Frederic August Braunschweig-Oels in Oels (Öls, Polish: Oleśnica). It is one of the most representative collections of Dittersdorf ’s symphonies of all known archives. There are several composer’s autographs, partial autographs, a large variety of works of all compositional periods, a few unique copies of symphonies. A minor body of Dittersdorf ’s symphonies comes from two different sources, until recently unknown. One group is the set of partbooks (from the time of Dittersdorf) including—apart from Dittersdorf’s works—several dozen movements of serenades, symphonies, string quartets etc. of G.B. Sammartini, J.G. Graun, J.Ph. Rameau, the Stamitz family and J. Haydn, apparently performed on the occasion of court activities, not in concerts. The second, from 1860s, is the set of scores prepared by C. Mehner.

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The Collection of Manuscripts of Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ’s Symphonies from Sächsische Landesbibliothek—Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden

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Kula M.

Kwartalnik Młodych Muzykologów UJ

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2017

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issue 4(35) Eng

63-92

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Dresden played no role in Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ’s life. But history made this city one of the most significant places regarding preserved sources of his works. In the Department of Special Collections (German: Sondersammlungen) of the Sächsische Landesbibliothek—Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek in Dresden (English: Saxon State and University Library Dresden, abbr.: SLUB), there are, among others, more than thirty archival sources containing Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf’s symphonies. That makes third richest collection of symphonic works by this composer. The majority of sources comes from the court’s theatre of Duke Frederic August Braunschweig-Oels in Oels (Öls, Polish: Oleśnica). It is one of the most representative collections of Dittersdorf ’s symphonies of all known archives. There are several composer’s autographs, partial autographs, a large variety of works of all compositional periods, a few unique copies of symphonies. A minor body of Dittersdorf ’s symphonies comes from two different sources, until recently unknown. One group is the set of partbooks (from the time of Dittersdorf) including—apart from Dittersdorf’s works—several dozen movements of serenades, symphonies, string quartets etc. of G.B. Sammartini, J.G. Graun, J.Ph. Rameau, the Stamitz family and J. Haydn, apparently performed on the occasion of court activities, not in concerts. The second, from 1860s, is the set of scores prepared by C. Mehner.

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Errata do… autobiografii. Mankamenty Lebensbeschreibung Carla Dittersa von Dittersdorfa

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Fatalski T.

Kwartalnik Młodych Muzykologów UJ

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2021

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issue 2(49)

5-24

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Lebensbeschreibung an autobiography by appreciated composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799) is an intriguing source of knowledge about musical life and the realities for the era for this outstanding artist. Unfortunately, it contains errors in chronology, inconsistencies, and mistakes which influenced all studies concerning Dittersdorf’s music and life. However, the autobiography lacks reliable information, concerning the origins of his father, Paul Ditters, the circumstances of hiring a young violinist for the court orchestra of prince Joseph Friedrich von Hildburghausen, and the chronology of the composer’s trip to Italy in 1763. There is also a lack of biographical details of Wrocław/Breslau bishop Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch, financial matters of Dittersdorf’s activity in Vienna, circumstances of success of the singspiel Doktor und Apotheker, relations with Wrocław music society, and with the court of Friedrich August von Braunschweig in Oleśnica/Oels, the composer’s family circle, and his activity in the field of sacred music. According to a legend, Dittersdorf finished his autobiography two days before his death, but there are indications that he started writing his autobiography a year earlier. The aim of this article is to point out the flaws of Lebensbeschreibung, and to supplement the knowledge about Dittersdorf with verified information from historical records.

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Stan zachowania rękopisów symfonii Carla Dittersa von Dittersdorfa w Polsce – rekonesans

Kolekcja rękopisów symfonii Carla Dittersa von Dittersdorfa z Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden

The Collection of Manuscripts of Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ’s Symphonies from Sächsische Landesbibliothek—Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden

Errata do… autobiografii. Mankamenty Lebensbeschreibung Carla Dittersa von Dittersdorfa