SchW A1:001

Johann Adolph Scheibe

Concerto a flauto traverso, violino 1mo, violino 2do, viola & basso

SchW A1:001

Werner Hans Rudolph Rosenkrantz Giedde (1756–1816), who was an able amateur flute player, began his employment at the court in 1768 as a page to Queen Dowager Juliane Marie, later advancing to Crown Prince Frederik’s page of the chamber in 1775. The majority of Giedde’s Collection consists of flute music which he must have started to gather in the 1770s. Thus Scheibe’s flute concertos (SchW A1:001, A1:002) were most likely acquired directly from the composer or perhaps from Breitkopf in Leipzig. The transcripts of both concertos were carried out by the same professional copyist, whose handwriting according to Bittman (1976) is not seen in other manuscript material in The Royal Library. Also the paper type of both concertos is the same and may tentatively be dated to around the second half of the eighteenth century. The flute concertos might have been composed during Scheibe's early years.

Key: D major

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.

Source consists of five parts (fl., vl.1, vl.2, va., bs.) in all 3 bifolios (vl.1, vl.2, bs.), of which the bs. part is employed as the folder with fol. 1r as title page, and three single folios. The fl. part consists of two separate folios which originally were one bifolio. Same copyist throughout and identical to SchW A1:002.

Watermark: partly visible: bs. part has the countermark 'J Honig' of which the 'J' and 'n' are in mirror image; the emblem consists of the coat-of-arms with a beehive. Paper of a fairly dense quality.

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København Gieddes samling VIII, 36 (b) mu6304.2471. Digitisation

RISM_A_II 150.205.167.

Flauto traverso 2 folios; 32.6x24.6 cm. In 2o; upright format; music (fols. 1r–2v); in all two separate folios, originally one bifolio. Hand-ruled paper, 14 staves (10 mm; 14-stave (?) rastrum used) in light brown ink and music in black ink; bottom three staves on fols. 1v, 2v have not been used. A clean copy with only very few additions and corrections in light ink, and only very few markings in pencil, presumably added in connection with a more recent transcription. Number of bars of each movement added at the final bars in red pencil, presumably of an earlier, most likely near-contemporary date. Watermark: at the top right and left corner of fols. 1r and 2v a watermark is partly visible, consisting of the top of a beehive; no visible countermark. Paper of a fairly dense quality.

Violino 1 1 bifolio; 32.8x49.3 cm. In 2o; upright format; music (fols. 1r–2v); in all a single bifolio. Hand-ruled paper, 14 staves (10 mm; 14-stave (?) rastrum used) in light brown ink and music in black ink; bottom five staves on fol. 1v and a bottom stave on fol. 2r–v have not been used. A clean copy with few changes and corrections in ink; very few markings in pencil, presumably added in connection with a more recent transcription. Number of bars of each movement added at the final bars in red pencil, presumably of an earlier, most likely near-contemporary date. Watermark: centred at the top of the bifolio a watermark is partly visible consisting of the same bottom part of a beehive as the va. part; no countermark. Paper of a fairly dense quality.

Violino 2 1 bifolio; 32.6x49.4 cm. In 2o; upright format; music (fols. 1r–2v); in all a single bifolio. Hand-ruled paper, 14 staves (10 mm; 14-stave (?) rastrum used) in light brown ink and music in black ink. A clean copy with very few markings in pencil, presumably added in connection with a more recent transcription. Number of bars of each movement added at the final bars in red pencil, presumably of an earlier, most likely near-contemporary date. Watermark: at the top centre of the bifolio a watermark with the countermark 'J Honig' with 'J' and 'n' in mirror image is a partly visible, similar to the one found in the bs. part. Paper of a fairly dense quality.

Viola 1 bifolio; 32.6x24.2 cm. In 2o; upright format; music (fols. 1r–2v); in all a single bifolio. Hand-ruled paper, 14 staves (10 mm; 14-stave (?) rastrum used) in light brown ink and music in black ink; bottom three staves on fol. 1v have not been used. A clean copy with only very few markings in pencil, presumably added in connection with a more recent transcription. Number of bars of each movement added at the final bars in red pencil, presumably of an earlier, most likely near-contemporary date. Watermark: at the top left-hand corner a watermark consisting of a small corner of the bottom part of a beehive is partly visible, similar to that found in the vl. 1 part. Paper of a fairly dense quality.

Basso 1 bifolio; 32.6x49.6 cm. Title page (fol. 1r): Concerto. | â | Flauto Traverso. | Violino 1mo | Violino 2do | Viola | & Basso | Dall Sigr: Scheibe. In 2o; upright format; title page (fol. 1r), music (fols. 1v–2v); in all a single bifolio which has also been used as folder. Hand-ruled paper, 14 staves (10 mm; 14-stave (?) rastrum used) in light brown ink and music in black ink; bottom stave on fol. 2v has not been used. A clean copy with only very few corrections in ink. Pencil markings of a more recent date, presumably added as the preparation of a modern transcription; number of bars of each movement added at the final bars in red pencil, presumably of an earlier, most likely near-contemporary date. Watermark: at the top part of the bifolio a countermark ('J Honig') with 'J' and the 'n' in mirror image is partly visible; also the emblem consisting of a beehive is partly visible, similar to the va. and vl.1 parts. Paper of a fairly dense quality.