SchW A4:Coll.002

Johann Adolph Scheibe

III sonate per il cembalo obligato e flauto traverso o violino concertato

SchW A4:Coll.002

Composition: Sønderborg, 1757.

Based on the plate number, the present collection of three sonatas for harpsichord and flute or violin may be dated to around 1758–59. The printed edition does not seem to have survived; however, a transcript of the edition with a complete title page even including plate number is shelved in The Royal Library. It was probably produced using the printed edition as master copy. At the time of publication, Scheibe was living in Sønderborg and Johann Ulrich Haffner, the music publisher in Nuremberg, showed great interest in the composer’s works as is evident from a letter which Scheibe wrote to his acquaintance, Georg Philipp Telemann, in August 1757. Thus two of Scheibe’s harpsichord solo sonatas (SchW A4:006, A4:007) were issued in 1757 and 1759.

Sources

Score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Copy, Score, First edition, Complete]

Johann Ulrich Haffner, Nuremberg (s.d.).

35 pages.

Title page: III Sonate | per il Cembalo obligato | e | Flauto Traverso | ô | Violino Concertato | Composte | dal Signor | Giovani Adolfo Scheibe | Maestro di Capella di Sua Maesta il Re | di Danimarca & & | Opera I^me | Alle Spèse di Giovanni Ulrico Haffner | Sonatore di Liuto in Norimberga | pag XXXV

Pl. no.C.

Source presumably lost.

Score, transcript

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Copy, Score, Fair copy, Complete]

4 bifolios; 31.2x21.8 cm.

Title page (folder, fol. 1r): III Sonate | per il Cembalo obligato | e | Flauto Traverso | ô | Violino Concertato | Composte | dal Signor | Giovani Adolfo Scheibe | Maestro di Capella di Sua Maesta il Re | di Danimarca & & | Opera I^me | Alle Spèse di Giovanni Ulrico Haffner | Sonatore di Liuto in Norimberga | pag XXXV

Secondary title page (fol. 1r): Sonata 1 ^ma .

Title on first music page (fol. 1v): Sonata <1^ma> per il Cembalo obligato e Flauto Tra- | verso ò violino concertato da J.A. Scheibe

In 2^o; upright format consisting of 4 nested bifolios; title page (folder, fol. 1r), blank page (folder, fol. 1v), secondary title page (fol. 1r), music (fols. 1v–7r), blank page (fol. 7v), blank folio (fol. 8r–v); in all 4 bifolios. Hand-ruled paper, between four to six sets of staves corresponding to 12–18 staves (9 mm; single rastrum used) in dark brown ink and music in black ink; bottom staves on some pages have not been used due to new sections of movements. A clean copy. Top left-hand corner of the folder's title page has Giedde's signature and the figure '104' cancelled and '24' added in ink; bottom right-hand corner 'N^ro C | Stor fol.' added in ink.

In modern limp binding; only the upper cover of the original blue-grey folder has survived. Paper of a fairly dense quality.

Condition: Source has been restored.

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København Gieddes samling III, 24 mu6211.2033. Digitisation

RISM_A_II 150.205.170.

Score, transcript

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Copy, Score, Fair copy, Complete]

4 bifolios; 31.2x21.8 cm.

Title page (fol. 1r): Sonata 2 ^da

Title on first music page (fol. 1v): Sonata <11da > per il Cembalo obligato e Flauto Traverso | ò violino Concertato da J. A. Scheibe

In 2^o; upright format consisting of 4 nested bifolios; title page (fol. 1r), music (fols. 1v–8r), blank page (fol. 8v); in all 4 bifolios. Hand-ruled paper, between four to six sets of staves corresponding to 15–18 staves (9 mm; single rastrum used) in dark brown ink and music in black ink; bottom staves on some pages have not been used due to new sections of movements. A clean copy with only a single cancellation.

In modern limp binding; paper of a fairly dense quality.

Condition: Source has been restored.

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København Gieddes samling III, 24 mu6211.2033. Digitisation

RISM_A_II 150.205.170.

Score, transcript

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Copy, Score, Fair copy, Complete]

5 bifolios; 31.x21.8 cm.

Title page (fol. 1r): Sonata 3 ^tia

Title on first music page (fol. 1v): Sonata 111za per il Cembalo obligato e Flauto Tra | verso ò violino concertato da J.A. Scheibe

In 2^o; upright format consisting of 5 nested bifolios; title page (fol. 1r), music (fols. 1v–8v), blank page with staves (fol. 9r), blank page (fol. 9v), blank folio (fol. 10r–v); in all 5 bifolios. Hand-ruled paper, between four to six sets of staves corresponding to 12–15 staves (9 mm; single rastrum used) in dark brown ink and music in black ink; bottom staves on some pages have not been used due to new sections of movements. A clean copy with only a few alterations.

Watermark: a partly visible Pro Patria emblem and the countermark consisting of the crowned letters 'GR' (cf. Heawood:3696, 3700, 3702, 3704, 3706).

In modern limp binding; paper of a fairly dense quality.

Condition: Source has been restored.

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København Gieddes samling III, 24 mu6211.2033. Digitisation

RISM_A_II 150.205.170.

Parts, transcript

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Copy, Parts, Fair copy, Complete]

31 folios.

Source consists of two parts: a keyboard part and a vl./fl. part in oblong format and both parts bound together; at bottom left-hand corner of the title page 'N^o C' and 'Stor fol.' are added in ink, presumably the first refers to Haffner's catalogue number and the second to the score.

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København C II, 38, mu7502.1839. Digitisation

RISM_A_II 150.202.835.

Flauto traverso 11 folios; 21.7x31.3 cm. In 2o; oblong format, consisting of 3 and 2 nested bifolios; music (fols. 21r–31r), blank page with staves (fol. 31v); pages numbered 1–21 in pencil in a library hand, in all 11 folios. Hand-ruled paper, 12 staves (7 mm; presumably a 12-stave rastrum used) in light brown ink and music in same ink as well as black ink; bottom staves on various pages have not been used due to new sections or movements. A clean copy with a few additions and changes made in black ink. The source includes three sonatas of which 'Sonata I mo ' appears on pp. 1–5; 'Sonata II.' on pp. 6–13; and 'Sonata III.' on pp. 14–21. Paper of a fairly dense quality. Watermark: a partly visible watermark with the countermark 'W V' (?) and a crown, perhaps as part of an emblem.

Cembalo 20 folios; 21.7x31.3 cm. Title page: III. Sonate | Per il Cembalo Obligato | e | Flauto Traverso | ô | Violino Concertato | Composte | dal Signor | Giovani Adolfo Scheibe | Maestro di Capella di Sua Maesta il Re | di Danimarca etc: | Alle Spese di Giovanni Ulrico Haffner | Sonatore di Liuto in Norimberga | pag xxxv. In 2o; oblong format consisting of nested bifolios; title page (fol. 1r), music (fols. 1v–20r), blank page with staves (fol. 20v); pages numbered 1–38 in various hands and ink and pencil, in all 20 folios. Hand-ruled paper, 12 staves (7 mm; presumably a 12-stave rastrum used) in light brown ink and  music in same brown ink; bottom staves on various pages have not been used. A clean copy with a few additions and changes. 'Sonata I.' appears on pp. 1–12; 'Sonata II.' on pp. 13–26; and 'Sonata III.' on pp. 27–38. Paper of a fairly dense quality. Watermark: a partly visible watermark with the countermark consisting of 'W V' (?) and a crown perhaps as part of an emblem.