SchW A1:005

Johann Adolph Scheibe

Concerto ex A♯ a 5. Flauto traverso, violino 1mo, violino 2do, viola et basso

SchW A1:005

The present flute concerto in A major as well as SchW A1:006 and A1:007 are part of the Aalholm Samling which belonged to Otto Ludvig Raben (1729–1791). Originally the collection seems to have included around 30 flute concertos. Otto Ludvig was an able amateur flute player who studied both in Paris with Michel Blavet and in Copenhagen with Palschau (presumably Peter Jakob) and ‘Sønnichsen’, among others. He also participated actively in The Musical Society. The father Frederik Raben (1693–1773), seems to have been one of Scheibe’s closest protectors and an important patron of the arts, arranging an overwhelming number of concerts both at his country estate and at his town mansion in Stormgade, especially during the winter season. As the sources’ physical evidence indicates, at least part of the orchestral material to these flute concertos was produced in Denmark: the paper is Danish (with the royal monogram of Christian VI who died in 1746), and the bass part of SchW A1:007 (concerto in G major) was transcribed by the composer himself. Thus, it is possible that the works were specifically composed for Otto Ludvig though the concertos might also be among those which Scheibe mentions in his early autobiography (Mattheson's Grundlage,1740; SchW C5:001).

Key: A major

Sources

Score

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

Source presumably lost.

Parts, transcript

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

5 parts.

Title page (folder, fol. 1r): No: 7. | Concerto. ex A♯. | à 5. | Flauto Traverso. | Violino Primo. | Violino Secundo. | Viola. | et | Basso. | dell Sigr= Scheibe.

Source consists of five parts (fl., vl.1, vl.2, va., bs.) and a folder with title page; each part is a trimmed bifolio. All parts and folder in the same hand as in SchW A1:006 and A1:007. Paper types, rastrum, and ink colour of staves reveal different stages of production though carried out by the same copyist.

Watermark: three different watermarks are visible of which folder and va. part have the coat-of-arms of Amsterdam (fol. 1) set between two lions and with the countermark 'G P G' (fol. 2), somewhat similar to Heawood:391–403, and Lassen:IV,2; vl. 2 part is of a second type, not identifiable; and the remaining parts (fl., vl. 1, bs.) are of a third type (similar to Heawood:3704) which is also found in SchW B2:306. Paper of rather thin, yet good quality.

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København Aalholm-samlingen I, 3 Acc.Nr. mu9709.2963. Digitisation

RISM_A_II 150.200.517.

Flauto traverso 1 bifolio; 32.9x41.6 cm. Title on first music page (fol. 2v): Concerto. (fol. 1r): No: 7 In 2o; upright format; music (fols. 1r–2v); in all a single bifolio. Hand-ruled staves, 13 staves (11 mm; single rastrum used) in dark brown ink and music in black ink, with ornaments added in same ink presumably by the same hand; bottom three staves on fol. 2r have not been used. A clean copy. Watermark: on fol. 2 the Pro Patria emblem is visible; the paper has the countermark 'C & I H' (C. and J. Honig), most likely same type as bs. part. Paper of a fairly dense quality.

Violino 1 1 bifolio; 32.7x41.7 cm. Title on first music page (fol. 2v): Concerto. (fol. 1r): No: 7 In 2o; upright format; music (fols. 1r–2v); in all a single bifolio. Hand-ruled staves, 13 staves (11 mm; single rastrum used) in black ink and music in black ink. A clean copy with very few corrections. Watermark: on fol. 2 the Pro Patria emblem is visible; paper has the countermark 'C & I H' (C. and J. Honig); same paper type as fl. and bs. Paper of a fairly dense quality.

Violino 2 1 bifolio; 32.4x40.7 cm. Title on first music page (fol. 2v): Concerto. (fol. 1r): No: 7 In 2o; upright format; music (fols. 1r–2v); in all a single bifolio. Hand-ruled paper, 14 staves (9 mm; single rastrum used) in light brown ink and music in black ink; bottom three staves on fol. 2r have not been used. A clean copy with only a single correction. Watermark: fol.1 has an emblem corresponding to the coat-of-arms of Amsterdam set between two lions (cf. Heawood:391–403, Lassen:IV,2), and on fol. 2 the countermark 'G P G' is visible; same watermark as folder. Paper of a thin, yet good quality.

Viola 1 bifolio; 32.9x41 cm. Title on first music page (fol. 2v): Concerto. (fol. 1r): No: 7 In 2o; upright format; music (fols. 1r–2v); in all a single bifolio. Hand-ruled paper, 14 staves (9 mm; single rastrum used) in light brown ink and music in black ink; stave between two movements as well as bottom stave on fol. 1r and all the staves on fol. 2r have not been used. A clean copy with only two corrections made in the music (rest and pitch). Watermark: fol. 1 has an emblem corresponding to the coat-of-arms of Amsterdam set between two lions (cf. Heawood:391–403, Lassen:IV,2), and on fol. 2 the countermark 'G P G' is visible; same watermark as folder and vl.2. Thin paper, yet good quality.

Basso 1 bifolio; 32.7x42 cm. Title on first music page (fol. 2v): Concerto (fol. 1r): No: 7 In 2o; upright format; music (fols. 1r–2v); in all a single bifolio. Hand-ruled staves, 13 staves (11 mm; single rastrum used) in dark brown ink and music in black ink; bottom two staves on fol. 2r have not been used. A clean copy with only a single addition in light brown ink (dynamics). Watermark: on fol. 1 the countermark '[?] & I Honig' is visible, and fol. 2 has the Pro Patria emblem; most likely the same as fl. Paper of a fairly dense quality.