Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note about Online Supporting Material
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part One Biography and Context
- 1 Becoming a Musician, 1750–73
- 2 Setting the Stage: The Early Years of the Oettingen-Wallerstein Hofkapelle
- 3 Kraft Ernst Builds a Hofkapelle, 1773–76
- 4 Wallerstein Court Musician, 1773–81
- 5 The Oettingen-Wallerstein Hofkapelle in the 1780s
- 6 Music for a Prince: The Wallerstein Court Repertory
- 7 Rosetti in Paris, 1781–82
- 8 Years of Achievement and Recognition, 1782–89
- 9 Rosetti and the Mecklenburg-Schwerin Hofkapelle, 1789–92
- Part Two The Music
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Music for a Prince: The Wallerstein Court Repertory
from Part One - Biography and Context
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note about Online Supporting Material
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part One Biography and Context
- 1 Becoming a Musician, 1750–73
- 2 Setting the Stage: The Early Years of the Oettingen-Wallerstein Hofkapelle
- 3 Kraft Ernst Builds a Hofkapelle, 1773–76
- 4 Wallerstein Court Musician, 1773–81
- 5 The Oettingen-Wallerstein Hofkapelle in the 1780s
- 6 Music for a Prince: The Wallerstein Court Repertory
- 7 Rosetti in Paris, 1781–82
- 8 Years of Achievement and Recognition, 1782–89
- 9 Rosetti and the Mecklenburg-Schwerin Hofkapelle, 1789–92
- Part Two The Music
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
As a Wallerstein court composer, Rosetti wrote orchestral music for regularly scheduled court concerts, special pieces for both indoor and al fresco performances by the prince's wind band, and various types of chamber music for informal gatherings. Also included among his duties as Kapellmeister was the selection and rehearsal of music for court concerts. In order to execute each of these tasks, he had to be conversant with a wide musical repertory. Unfortunately, since neither acquisition nor inventory lists have survived, it is impossible to identify precisely the body of music played at court during Rosetti's tenure. The music collection is useful, but it is important to bear in mind that over the years the collection underwent changes. By the time Rosetti came to Wallerstein, older portions of the music library had fallen out of fashion and were no longer being performed, while other items were acquired after his departure in 1789. Works known to have been part of the court repertory during Rosetti's tenure have since disappeared. Although this is not the place for a detailed evaluation of the Wallerstein music collection, an overview of this body of music—especially the portion that Rosetti might have known—is useful in establishing a stylistic context against which to measure the composer's own contributions. The prince's preference for the music of his own court composers suggests a logical starting place.
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- The Career of an Eighteenth-Century KapellmeisterThe Life and Music of Antonio Rosetti (ca. 1750-1792), pp. 111 - 119Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2014