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Johann Wanhal, Viennese Symphonist: His Life and Musical Environment
By Paul Bryan
New York: Pendragon Press, 1997 

Illustrations: Lists of Figures and Examples viii-x

Tables xi

Abbreviations xii

Preface xiii-xv

Acknowledgments xvi-xvii

Introduction xviii-xxii

Chapter 1: Wanhal, His Life and Works 1

  • Contemporary Sources: Biographies by Three Writers, Dlabacž, Burney, and an Anonymous Author, the Primary Source Material for Subsequent Writers (e.g., Gerber, Rochlitz)
  • Evaluation of Contemporary Biographical Material 13
  • Wanhal’s Family
  • The First Period (Bohemia) 15
  • The Second Period (Vienna): Ditters, Huberty, and Baron Riesch 15
  • The Third Period (Italy) 17
  • The Fourth Period: Return to Vienna (Vienna and Vara_din), a Mysterious Incapacitation, Wanhal’s Refusing Baron Riesch’s Kapellmeister Position; Huberty, Count Erdödy, Vienna and Burney 18
  • The Fifth Period: Wanhal Permanently in Vienna, Cessation of Composing Symphonies
  • (Not Noticed by Contemporary Writers), Huberty and the Publishing Industry; a Compilation of Miscellaneous References, Gerber and Rochlitz 25
  • Observations and Commentary about Wanhal's Career and Reputation 30
  • A Miscellany: Wanhal: as Teacher, as Flutist, as Church Composer, as Imitator of Haydn 35
  • Summary Catalog of Wanhal’s Compositions 39

Chapter 2: Authenticity and Dating 41

  • Authenticity (Essay no. 1) 41
  • Degrees of Authenticity: "Authentic,"
  • "Probably-authentic," "Possibly authentic," "Questionable," and "Highly questionable"
  • The Authentic and Probably-authentic Symphonies
  • Methods for Determining Authenticity for Most of Wanhal’s Works
  • Indirect Sources of Information: Geographic Relationships (e.g. Vienna, Vara_din, Bohemia, etc.); Important Collections; Contemporary Catalogs; Prints and Publishers;
  • the Number of Attributions; the Contra-attributions
  • Dating (Essay no. 2) 47
  • A Chronologically Ordered List of Wanhal’s Authentic and Probably-authentic Symphonies
  • Principal Sources of Dating Material
  • A Method for Dating Based on Haydn’s Dateable Works and the Year They First Appeared
  • in Dated Sources, Especially the Breitkopf Catalog Supplements (See Also Appendix A)

Chapter 3: The Sources: Manuscript and Printed Materials 63

  • Manuscript Materials (Essay no. 3): The Collections: Provenance, Location, Description of the Symphonies They Contain; Observations about the Collections Themselves) 63
  • The Clam Gallas Collection, the Thematic Catalog, Viennese Copyists and Papers 64
  • The Other Large Collections: Thurn u. Taxis, Waldstein-Doksy, Kremsmünster 79
  • A List of the Archives and the Wanhal Symphonies They Hold 91
  • Printed Materials (Essay no. 4: Prints and Publishers
  • ) 99
  • Publishers’ Opus Numbers for Compositions of Johann Wanhal 101
  • Wanhal’s Published Symphonies and Their Publishers 111
  • Publishers and Their Interactions As Seen in the Symphonies They Issued 115
  • Conclusions 126
  • Prints and Publishers With Title Page Citations of Symphonies Attributed to Wanhal
  • with Citations from Prints/Publishers’ Catalogs 130

Chapter 4: Systematic Studies of Wanhal Symphonies

  • Introduction 149
  • The Musical Components
  • Rhythm 153
  • Harmonic Aspects 156
  • Texture 160
  • Orchestras and Orchestration 161
  • Cadence = Articulation 170
  • Form 173
  • Dynamics 191
  • Melody 192
  • Length 208
  • Summary with Comparison of an Early, an Intermediate, and a Late Symphony 211

Chapter 5: Thematic Catalog of Wanhal’s Symphonies

  • Introduction 237
  • Citations of the Symphonies Attributed to Wanhal (I.D. Numbers in Bryan System):
  • Authenticity Ratings, Music Incipits, Instrumentation, Dating and Confirming References, Catalog References,
  • Groupings of Manuscript Copies, Single Manuscript Copies, Printed Copies, Modern
  • Editions, Recordings, Commentary, Contra-attributions
  • C1-30: pp 238-264, c1-c4: pp 264-266; D1-25: pp 267-283, d1-2: pp 283-286; Eb1-15: pp 287-297, E1-5: pp 297-300, e1-3: pp 300-303; F1-13: pp 304-313 f1: p 313; G1-16 (0): pp 314-325, g1-2: pp 325-329; Ab1 p 330, A1-10: pp 330-339, a1-2: pp 339-341; Bb1-9: pp 342-348

Appendices

  • A. The Dating Problem: Haydn’s Dated Works and Their Appearance in the Breitkopf Catalog and Other Dated Sources 349
  • B. Copyists’ Hands and Watermarks in the Papers Used for Wanhal’s Symphonies in the Clam Gallas Collection (Keyed to the Discussion of Manuscript Collections in Ch. 3)
  • Copyists’ hands 363
  • Watermarks (see page-references on pp 410-412) 410
  • C. Authenticity Problems: Symphonies Attributed to Wanhal in Only One Source or
  • That Have One or More Contra-attributions 443
  • Single Source
  • Cross-attributions to Wanhal and Other Composers
  • Composers Symphonies Attributed to Wanhal
  • Wanhal’s Symphonies Attributed to Other Composers
  • D. Autographs: Reproductions of Wanhal’s Music and Written-script; the Characteristics
  • of His Hand 447 
  • E. Toward the History of Music Publishing ca. 1755-1815: The Numbering Systems 461
  • Opus Numbers of Haydn, Boccherini, and Stamitz; Some Important Publishers 464
  • F. Wanhal’s Family Name: the Orthography 499

Libraries and Archives 503

Catalogs and Other Reference Material: An Annotated List 507

Bibliography (Annotated) 521

Index of Symphonies Attributed to Wahal (Probably-Authentic and Questionable) 539

General Index 543

 

 

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