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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Born: October 16, 1679; Loucovice, Bohemia
Died: December 22, 1745; Dresden, Germany
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An innovative Baroque composer whose reputation was steadily on the rise during the anything-goes years of the waning twentieth century, Jan Dismas Zelenka was born in Lounovice, Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic). He was a court musician in Dresden for most of his career, and both J.S. Bach and Georg Philipp Telemann knew and admired his music. Except for brief periods of travel, during which he refined his craft (he took lessons from Fux
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Adeste fideles (1)
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Alma Redemptoris Mater (1)
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Attendite et videte, ZWV 59 (1)
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Capricci (5) (5)
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Capricci (5): no 3 in F major, ZWV 184 (3)
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Capricci (5): no 4 in A major, ZWV 185 (2)
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Capricci (5): no 4 in A major, ZWV 185 - Aria I & II (1)
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Capricci (5): no 5 in G major, ZWV 190 (2)
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Capricci (5): no 5 in G major, ZWV 190 - Allegro (1)
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Capricci (5): no 5 in G major, ZWV 190 - Furibondo (1)
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Capricci (5): no 5 in G major, ZWV 190 - Minuetto (1)
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Capricci (5): no 5 in G major, ZWV 190 - Villanella (2)
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Capriccio for 2 horns, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo No. 3 in F major, ZWV 184 (1)
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Concertanti in A minor (1)
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Concerto à 8 in A minor (3)
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Concerto a 8 in G major, ZWV 186 (6)
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Confitebor tibi Domine in C minor, ZWV 71 (2)
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Deus Dux fortissime, ZWV 60 (1)
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Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109), for soloists, chorus, instruments & continuo in D major, ZWV 68 (1)
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Equestrian Marches (6): no 1 (1)
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Fanfares (6) for trumpets & timpani ("Reiterfanfaren," doubtful), ZWV 212 (1)
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Fanfares: Fanfare in D major (1)
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Gesù al Calvario (2)
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Gesù al Calvario: Misera Madre (1)
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Hipocondrie à 7 Concertanti for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in A major, ZWV 187 (1)
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Hipocondrie à 7 concertanti in A major, ZWV 187 (7)
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Hunting Fanfares (6) for Trumpet and Timpani : Excerpt(s) (2)
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Hunting Fanfares (6) for Trumpet and Timpani : Fanfare in D major (1)
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I Penitenti al Sepolchro del Redentore, ZWV 63 (2)
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Immisit Dominus pestilentiam, ZWV 58 (1)
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Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae, ZWV 53 (3)
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Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae, ZWV 53: Lamentatio no 2 (2)
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Laudate pueri in D major, ZWV 81 (5)
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Litaniae de venerabili sacramento, Z 147 (1)
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Litaniae omnium sanctorum, ZWV 153 (1)
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Magnificat (1)
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Magnificat for soprano, alto, chorus, instruments & continuo in D major, ZWV 108 (1)
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Magnificat for soprano, chorus, instruments & continuo in C major, ZWV 107 (1)
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Magnificat in C major, ZWV 107 (1)
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Magnificat in D major, ZWV 108 (1)
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Mass in D major (1)
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Miserere in C minor, ZWV 57 (4)
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Missa Circumcisionis Domini Nostri Jesu Christi (1)
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Missa Dei Filii, ZWV 20 (1)
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Missa Dei Patris C-Dur, ZWV 19: Agnus Dei 2 (2)
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Missa Dei Patris C-Dur, ZWV 19: Dona nobis pacem (2)
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Missa Dei Patris C-Dur, ZWV 19: Gloria in excelsis Deo (2)
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Missa Dei Patris C-Dur, ZWV 19: Kyrie eleison 1 (2)
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Missa Dei Patris in C major, ZWV 19 (3)
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Missa Dei Patris in C major, ZWV 19: Domine Deus (1)
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Missa Dei Patris in C major, ZWV 19: Gloria in excelsis Deo (1)
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Missa Nativitatis Domini for soloists, chorus, instruments & continuo in D major, ZWV 8 (1)
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Missa Votiva in E minor, ZWV 18 (2)
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Office of the Dead for Elector Friedrich August I, for soloists, chorus, instruments & continuo, ZWV (1)
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Officium defunctorum, Z 47: Invitatorium (1)
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Officium defunctorum, Z 47: Lectiones (3) (1)
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Overture à 7 Concertanti 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in F major, ZWV 188 (1)
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Overture à 7 concertanti in F major, ZWV 188 (7)
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Pro quos criminis (1)
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Psalm 129 (1)
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Psalm 130 in D minor, ZWV 50 "De profundis" (1)
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Regina coeli laetare, Z 134 (1)
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Requiem for soloists, chorus, instruments & continuo in D major, ZWV 46 (1)
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Requiem in C minor (1)
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Requiem in D minor, ZWV 48 (2)
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Responsoria pro Hebdomada Sancta (1)
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Responsoria pro Hebdomada Sancta: Good Friday (2)
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Responsoria pro Hebdomada Sancta: Holy Saturday (1)
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Responsoria pro Hebdomada Sancta: Maundy Thursday (1)
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Salve regina, mater misericordiae, Z 135 (1)
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Salve Regina, ZWV 141 (1)
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Sinfonia A minor (3)
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Sinfonia in A major, ZWV 189 (2)
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Sonata for Oboe, Bassoon and Basso Continuo (1)
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Sub olea pacis, ZWV 175 "S. Wenceslao" (1)
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Sub olea pacis, ZWV 175 "S. Wenceslao": Symphonia (1)
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Symphonie a 8 (1)
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Te Deum in D major, ZWV 145 (1)
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Trio Sonata for 2 oboes, bassoon & continuo No. 2 in G minor, ZWV 181/2 (1)
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Trio Sonata for oboe, violin, bassoon & continuo No. 3 in B flat major, ZWV 181/3 (1)
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Trio Sonatas (6) for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo, ZWV 181 (4)
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Trio Sonatas (6) for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo, ZWV 181: no 1 in F major (1)
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Trio Sonatas (6) for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo, ZWV 181: no 2 in G minor (1)
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Trio Sonatas (6) for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo, ZWV 181: no 3 in B flat major (1)
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Trio Sonatas (6) for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo, ZWV 181: no 4 in G minor (1)
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Trio Sonatas (6) for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo, ZWV 181: no 5 in F major (2)
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Trio Sonatas (6) for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo, ZWV 181: no 6 in C minor (1)
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Trio Sonatas (6) for Violin, Oboe, Bassoon and Basso Continuo, ZWV 181: no 3 in B flat major (1)
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Biography |
by All Music Guide
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An innovative Baroque composer whose reputation was steadily on the rise during the anything-goes years of the waning twentieth century, Jan Dismas Zelenka was born in Lounovice, Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic). He was a court musician in Dresden for most of his career, and both J.S. Bach and Georg Philipp Telemann knew and admired his music. Except for brief periods of travel, during which he refined his craft (he took lessons from Fux and Lotti even after his own technique had been perfected), he served as a double bass player in the court orchestra and later aided the ailing court music director Heinichen in his duties. Upon Heinichen's death, the position was awarded to another musician, which greatly disappointed Zelenka, who felt that his accomplishments as a composer had not been recognized. He died in Dresden, on December 22, 1745.
Zelenka was best known, in his own time as in ours, for his harmonic and dynamic daring. An indefatigable experimentalist, he pushed the often conventional harmonic language of the Baroque to its limits, frequently using chromaticism in general and unresolved chains of suspensions in particular. Zelenka's dynamic markings, quite unusual for the Baroque, bring to mind a composer of the Romantic era. It is to his credit that the unusual devices he employed were woven into a composition's basic concept, and not treated as mere tricks. Zelenka was also known for his pioneering use of Czech folk rhythms, anticipating Haydn's use of central European folk music by half a century. Many of his innovations appear in his trio sonatas and other instrumental works (one of which bears the witty -- and enigmatic -- name of "Hipocondrie à 7"). It should noted that Zelenka also wrote a great deal of choral music of a more conventional character, including some in the stile antico -- the strict polyphonic style of the Renaissance. |
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