Exercise: Graupner

The above incipit is from Christoph Graupner’s Concerto in F-dur fur Altblockflote (Flote),

Streicher und Basso continuo: Concerto in F major for treble recorder (flute), strings and basso

continuo.

The preface states “The autograph score of the present treble recorder concerto, which has

become quite popular, lies in the Hessiche Landes-und Hochschulbibliothek under shelfmark

Mus. Ms. 411.32. The title reads: “Concerto a Flut a bec 2 Violin Viola / e / Cembalo.”

What pieces of information do you think will be the most helpful when starting in the thematic

catalog? Why?

There could be a variety of answers to this question.

When beginning, you should start with the information from the preface since that is the original

title. That title and instrumentation are more likely to be in the thematic catalog than the current

title and instrumentation. The manuscript number could also be an important part of

identification outside of the incipit.

The thematic catalog, Christoph Graupner: themastisches verzeichnis der musikalischen werke:

Graupner-Werke-Verzeichnis, GVW: Instrumentalwerke, has the following table of contents:

Katalog (GWV)

101-150 Klavierwerke

101-124 Gedruckte Quellen

125-150 Handschriftliche Quellen

201-219 Kammermusk

301-344 Konzerte

401-485 Ouverturen

501-612 Sinfonien

701-730 Incerta (fragliche Werke)

801-857 Anonyma

901-918 Falschzuweisungen

Under which section should you start looking for the incipit? (Remember to look for cognates)

Konzerte is pretty close to Concerto. That is a pretty good place to start.

Bill, O. & Grosspietsch, C. (Ed.). (2005). Christoph Graupner: Thematisches verzeichnis der musikalischen werke: Graupner-

Werke-Verzeichnis, GWV: Instrumentalwerke. Stuttgart: Carus.

Pauler, B. (Ed.). (2001). Christoph Graupner: Concerto in F-dur fur altblockflote (flote), streicher und basso continuo.

Winterthur, Schweiz: Amadeus.

After searching, you find the following entry in the thematic catalog. Is this a match for your

incipit from the music? Has it been transposed, arranged, or both? What information from the

entry, outside of your incipit, helps you confirm the match?

Yes, this is a match. No, this hasn’t been transposed. The manuscript number also helps confirm

identification.