WLSCM
Web Library of Seventeenth-Century Music

  • Manuscript page of Schmelzer Particella

    WLSCM 43: Three Balletti and Three Serenate by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

    This edition is a florilegium of three Balletti and three Serenate by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, who was Hofballetkomponist at the Habsburg court in Vienna from 1665 through the early 1670s. The individual works are related through an interesting interconnection of movements and their different arrangements. These six collections are representative of the dance music composed by Schmelzer for court or noble assemblies, where people would “meet with one another to eat, drink, converse, play, make music, and also usually conclude in dancing” (Gottfried Taubert, 1717).
  • Manuscript page of a seventeenth-century print

    WLSCM 41: Andreas Hofer's Salmi (Salzburg, 1654)

    Andreas Hofer (1629-84) published this collection of psalms and motets in 1654, the year he was appointed Vice Kapellmeister in Salzburg. Edited here by Kimberly Beck Hieb, the edition presents seven virtuosic psalm settings for solo voice and two violins followed by motets that celebrate devotional themes that we can assume were of particular importance in Salzburg around the middle of the seventeenth century.
  • Manuscript page of a seventeenth-century villancico

    WLSCM 42: Music for the Election of Giovanni Pesaro

    The 1641 celebrations for the election of Giovanni Pesaro, later Doge of Venice, were extraordinarily elaborate, including processions through the decorated streets of the city, banquets, and music. The final event was the performance of two works by Filiberto Laurenzi, a serenata for five voices and violins to a text by Giulio Strozzi, and a sonnet for solo bass to a text by Orazio Persiani, both of which are presented in this edition, edited by Jonathan Glixon.

Search the Library

 

Our Catalogue of Music

The Web Library of Seventeenth-Century Music is pleased to offer a variety of music in modern scholarly and performing editions. Our main catalogue of scores includes both instrumental and vocal music and some of our more recent editions include parts for performers. You'll find instrumental trios, keyboard music, solo cantatas, masses and other large liturgical works, among others. We have music from France, Italy, England, and Austria and the collection continues to grow. Be sure to visit our Monuments of Seventeenth-Century Music series where we publish large anthologies of music. The first volume, Keyboard Arrangements of Music by Jean-Baptiste Lully , presents nearly 250 pieces from manuscript collections across Europe and the United States. The second volume is a growing collection of Italian instrumental music that spans the entire century.
To Top