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Johann Baptist Wanhal

Litania in C Nokki 82 [Weinmann XXa:C2/C3]

Wanhal ?
Nokki 28
Weinmann XXa:C2
Weinmann XXa:C3

Authenticity: Possibly Authentic

This work survives in several copies attributed to Wanhal, but even more to Wenzel Müller. The attribution to Müller seem to have been carried somewhat further, and is dateable as far back as 1789, precluding any easy dismissal. A scholarly appraisal of Müller's sacred music is as of yet outstanding, but for the time being the work has been placed among the authentic works for the following reasons:

1. The work makes use of the Mons Wanhali ending for two movements (note, however, that Müller was a student of Dittersdorf, who is also known to have used this.)
2. One copy attributed to Müller (CZ-Pu 59 R 3857) carries the inscription 'O: A: M: D: Gl:' at the end of each part, another the written-out 'Ad Maj. D. Gl.' (PL-OPsm RN 319). A close variant, 'O A M D G [...] & B V M' is found in the only preserved manuscript of a sacred work in Wanhal's hand (D-B Mus.ms.autogr. Wanhal, J. B. 1), and variants occasionally survive in copied manuscripts. However, no other sacred works attributed to Müller appear to carry similar inscription.
3. The variant version (see below) survives in Wanhal's name only.

For these reasons, the attribution to Wanhal is accepted for the time being.

(Note that the RISM entry of the autograph translates the entry as 'A[d] M[ajorem] D[ei] G[loriam]'. Their omission of the 'O' is surely an oversight, as it is a bit smaller than the other letters and may be read as being part of the '2' in the opening 2/4 metre.)

Variants

Weinmann1987 first accounted for one copy of this work with a somewhat different incipit, which is here listed as Nokki 72b. An inspection of this copy has revealed that its vocal parts are somewhat more active, and that there are minor differences in the other parts. Whilst its authenticity is hard to gauge, this is possibly a rewritten version by Wanhal.

A further copy, Nokki 72c, contains an abbreviated version of this work with yet another, more elaborated version of the Kyrie. If this version is by Wanhal, it has most likely not survived in its entirety: the surviving version are missing the movements Virgo prudentissima, Speculum justitiae and Salus infirmorum, and this is not compensated for in the other movements. This is not found in any of the settings believed to be wholly authentic.

1789	Neisse copy (Wenzel Müller) dated.
1818	Rokytnice nad Jizerou copy (Wenzel Müller) dated.
8 March 1819	Vlne part in Kuks copy (Wenzel Müller) dated.
5 January 1828	Org part in Řetová copy (Wenzel Müller) dated.
12 January 1828	S part in Řetová copy (Wenzel Müller) dated.
18 January 1828	Vln 1 and Vln 2 parts in Řetová copy (Wenzel Müller) dated.
1828	T part in Řetová copy (Wenzel Müller) dated.

Original version

Wanhal ?
Nokki 72
Weinmann XXa:C2

Instrumentation:

Choir: S.soprano , A.alto , T.tenore (tenor) , B.basso (bass)

Orchestra: 2 tr.tromba (trumpet) , timp.timpani , 2 vl.violino , va.viola , b.c.

Soloists: S.soprano , A.alto , T.tenore (tenor) , B.basso (bass) , vl.violino

Extent: 674 bars

Music

Sources

Performance parts, Museum of Music, Prague

[Classification: notated music, manuscript, copy, parts, complete]

Title page: N^o 16 // Lÿtaniæ Lauretaniæ in C / Canto, Alto, Tenore, Basso / Violino Primo et Secundo / Alto Viola / Cornuo Primo et Secundo in C, / con / Organo // Del: Sig: Wannhall // Adalberth Joseph Flossen / mpria

Weinmann1987 discusses this manuscript as though it had no viola part. This is incorrect.

Link to external resource Library index card

CZ-Pnm XVIII B 25.

Performance parts, National Library, Prague

[Classification: notated music, manuscript, copy, parts, complete]

Scribe: Anton Joseph Just; Former owners: Václav Jan Dobravský, Ludvík Hornov, František Lopatář.

Title page: Litaniæ Lauretanæ / â /Canto, Alto, / Tenore, Basso. / Violino Primo. / Violino Secundo. / Clarino Primo. / Clarino Secundo. / con / Organo. / Auth: D^mo Wannhal. // Ex Partibus / Antonii Jos: Just mpria. / [in another handwriting:] Wenc. Joh. Dobrowský. / [in yet another handwriting:] Franz Lopatář mp[ria].

Link to external resource RISM Scan

CZ-Pu 59 R 1263.

Performance parts, National Library, Prague

[Classification: notated music, manuscript, copy, parts, complete]

Former owner: Johann Ignaz Hübner.

Title page: Lytaniæ Lauretane in C / a / Canto, Alto / Tenore, Basso. / Violini Duae / Bracze. [sic] / Clarini in C / Tympano / Organo // Wannhal // Ex Musikalibus [sic] / J: Ignazi Hu[e]bner / Schullehrer.

At the end of parts: Krolop Prezeptor / den 24^er July

Link to external resource RISM

CZ-Pu 59 R 3207.

RISM 552000291.

Copy, Roman Catholic Parish, Church of St. Ignatius, Březnice

Scribe: Ondřej Horetzký.

Title page: Litaniae a Canto Alto Tenore Basso Violini Duae Clarinetti Duae Clarini Duae Tympani con Organo. [Au]tore [!] Wannhal

Not seen. Information from RISM.

NB: S and both clarinet parts are missing.

Link to external resource RISM

CZ-BRE 298.

Pešková1983 444.

RISM 550269246.

Copy, Museum of Music, Prague (Wenzel Müller)

Scribe: Franz Xaver Rücker.

Title page: Litaniae in C dur [...] Authore W. Miller [?].

On parts S, A, T, B, Vln 1, Vln 2, Vla and Org: Revisum. Rücker

On Vlne: Revisum die 8te Maartii ao 819. Fr: Rücker.

Not seen. Information from RISM.

Provenance: Kuks monastery

Link to external resource RISM

CZ-Pnm XLIX D 508.

Freemanová-Kopecká1998 521.

RISM 550270717&.

Copy, National Library, Prague (Wenzel Müller)

Scribe: František Antonín Schlögl.

Title page: Lytania Laurentana [!] in C | a | Canto Alto Tenore Basso | Violino 1|m|o et 2|d|o | Viola di Alto | Clarino 1|m|o et 2|d|o | [at left:] Authore D|n|o Venceslao Müller | [at right:] ex musicalibus Francisco Anton Schlögl [manu propria]

End of S: Scripcit [!] Franziskus Antonius Schögl [manu propria] | die 12 Januar [1]828

End of T: [1]828

End of Vln 1 and Vln 2: Revidetur Franciscus Ant: Schlögl [manu propria] | die 18 Jenuar [1]828

End of Clno 1, Clno 2 and Timp: Revidetur | Schlögel

End of Org: Scripcit Franciscus Schlögl [manu propria] | die 5 Jenuar [1]828

Not seen. Information from RISM.

Provenance: Church of Mary Magdalen, Řetová

Link to external resource RISM

CZ-Pu 59 R 5868.

RISM 551000482.