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Composer
Bertali, Antonio
Distinta Specificatione (DS)
Content
A-260/1
Distinta Specificatione (DS)
Bertali, Antonio
vl (X), cnto (X), vla (X), trb (X), tr (X), violetta (X), timp (X), fag (X), cnto muto (X), b-vla (X), theorbe (X), bc (X)
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Distinta Specificatione (DS)
Ferdinand III
vl (X), cnto (X), vla (X), trb (X), tr (X), violetta (X), fag (X), cnto muto (X), V (X), bc (X)
Catalogue / Bibliography
Instrumentation from catalogues
PLW, The Early Trombone :
The following pieces are found in the list of Bertali’s works in the Distinta Specificatione (DS), the catalogue of the private library of Emperor Leopold I, fols 10r–41v:
Attende Terra à 14: 8vv, Vn, Ctto, 4Trb conc&rip
Ave mundi spes Maria à 15: 8vv, 3Va, 4Trb conc&rip
Ave Regina à 6: SAB, Vn, Vtta, Trb
Beatus vir à 18: 6vv, 2Vn, 4Va, 2Ctto, 4Trb conc&rip
Beatus vir à 9: ChI A, 3Va; ChII T, 4Trb
Confitebor à 15: 8vv, 2Ctto, 5Trb conc&rip
Confitebor à 6: TT, 4Va/4Trb Cum invocarem à 16: 8vv, 4Va, 4Trb conc&rip
Cum invocarem et in te Domine à 11: 5vv, Vn/Ctto ad lib, 4Trb conc&rip
Cur nos Pater deseris: 6vv conc; ChI B, 3VaB; ChII SS, Trb, rip
Benedictus sit Deus: 8vv, 2Vn, Vo, Trb conc&rip
De profundus à 22: BBBB, 3Vtta, Bassetto,2Ctto muto, 4Trb (Gloria Patri à 8: 8vv conc&rip)
Dixit Dominus à 21: 8vv, 2Vn, 4Va, 2Ctto, 5Trb conc&rip
Dixit Dominus à 19: 8vv, 2Vn, 3Vtta ad lib,2Ctto, 4Trb, conc&rip
Dixit Dominus à 20: 8vv, 2Vn, 2Va, 2Ctto, 5Trb conc&rip
Dixit Dominus à 18: 8vv, 2Vn/2Ctto, 4Vtta, 4Trb conc&rip
Dixit Dominus à 18: 6vv, 2Vn, 4Va, 2Ctto, 4Trb conc&rip
Dixit Dominus à 15: 8vv, 3Vtta, 4Va/4Trb conc&rip
Dixit Dominus à 13: 2Vn, 3Vtta, 4Trb, Stromenti ad lib, conc&rip
Dixit Dominus: 6vv, 2Vn, 4Trb, rip Ecce nunc à 14: 8vv, 2Vn/2Ctto, Bn, 3Trb
Ecce nunc à 16: 8vv, 2Ctto, 6Trb conc&rip
Ego sum qui sum: 8vv conc,B conc, 2Vn, 3Va, Trb, rip
Ego Sanctus à 16: 6vv, 2Vn, 2Vtta, 2Tpt, Ctto, 3Trb conc&rip
Gaudeamus et Letemur à 10: 7vv, 2Vn, Trb conc&rip
Hodie Maria Virgo à 17: 8vv, 5Va, 4Trb conc&rip
In te Domine à 13: ChI B, 2Vn; ChII B, 2Trb; ChIII B, 2Ctto muto conc; ChIV 4vv rip
In te Domine Speravi: A, 4vv rip, Trb In te Domine à 9: ChI B, 2Ctto muto; ChII B, 2Trb; ChIII TTB
Justus germinabit à 12: 6vv, 3Va, 3Trb, Va conc&rip
Laetatus sum à 8: TTBB, 2Ctto, 2Trb conc
Lauda Jerusalem à 12: 6vv, 2Ctto, 4Va/4Trb conc&rip
Lauda Jerusalem à 7: 4vv, 3Trb rip
Litanie de Purificatione: 8vv, S solo, 2Tpt, 2Ctto, 4Trb conc&rip
Litanie de Annunciationis à 20: 8vv, 4Va, 2Tpt, 2Ctto, 4Trb conc&rip
Litanie de Conceptionis à 17: 8vv, 3Va, 3Tpt, 3Trb conc&rip
Litanie de Asumptionis à 15: 8vv, 2Ctto, 5Trb conc, rip
Magnificat à 20: 8vv, 2Vn, 2Vtta, 2Tpt, 2Ctto, 4Trb obblig conc&rip
Magnificat à 21: 8vv, 2Vn, 4Va, 2Ctto, 5Trb conc&rip
Magnificat à 18: 8vv, 2Vn/2Ctto, 4Vtta, 4Trb conc&rip
Magnificat à 13: 4vv, 2Vn ad lib, 3Va ad lib, 4Trb ad lib conc&rip
Magnificat à 9: 6vv, Vn, Ctto, Trb conc&rip
Magnificat à 18: 6vv conc, 2Vn, 4Va, 2Ctto, 4Trb
Magnificat à 17: 8vv, 2Vn, 4Va, 3Trb
Miserere à 13: 4vv conc, 5Va ad lib, 4Trb ad lib rip
Missa Discessus à 11: 4vv, 4Va ad lib, 3Trb ad lib conc&rip
Missa Mixta Kyrie e Gloria a à 16: 8vv, 4Vtta, 4Trb conc&rip
Patrem à 14: 8vv, 2Vn, 2Ctto, Trb
Sanctus et Agnus à 16: 8vv, 4Vtta, 4Trb conc&rip
Missa Natinitatis à 18: 8vv, 2Vn, 4Vtta, 4Trb conc&rip
Missa Omnium Sanctorum.
Kyrie et Gloria à 14: 8vv, 2Ctto, 4Trb conc&rip
Agnus Dei à 14: 8vv, 2Ctto, 4Trb conc&rip
Missa Pacis à 13: 8vv, Vn/Ctto, 3Trb conc&rip
Missa Parva à 11: 8vv, 2Vn, 4Va, Trb conc&rip
Missa Ratibonensis à 16.
Kyrie e Gloria: 8vv, 2Vn, 2Vtta, Bn, 3Trb conc&rip
Sanctus et Angus Dei à 16: 8vv, 2Vn, 2Ctto, 4Trb conc&rip
Missa Reditus à 17: 6vv, 2Vn, 2Tpt, 2Ctto, 4Trb conc&rip
Missa Resurrectionis,
Kyrie con Gloria à 15: 8vv, 2Vn, 2Ctto, 3Trb conc&rip
Credo à 18: 8vv, 4Vtta, 2Tpt, Trb conc&rip
Sanctus et Agnus Dei à 20: 8vv, 2Vn, 4Va, 2Tpt, 4Trb conc&rip
Missa S. Crucis à 9.
Kyrie, Gloria, et Patrem à 9: 6vv, 2Vn, Trb conc&rip
Sanctus et Agnus Dei à 9: 6vv, 2Vn, Trb conc&rip
Missa Sanctorum Innocentum à 20: SSSSSSSSSSSS, 4Va, 4Trb conc&rip
Missa Semiminima à 16: 8vv, 4Va, 4Trb conc&rip
Missa Vivorum à 12: 6vv, 3Va, 3Trb conc&rip
Motteto de S. Laurentio à 17: 8vv, 5Va, 4Trb conc&rip
Nisi Dominus à 12: ChI S, 3Trb; ChII B, 3Va
Nunc dimittis à 11:S solo, 4vv rip, 2Vn, 3Vtta, Va/Trb conc
Nunc dimittis à 16: 8vv, 4Va, 4Trb conc&rip
Nunc dimittis à 17: 5vv, 2Vn, 4Va, 2Ctto, 4Trb conc&rip
Nunc dimittis à 16: 8vv, 4Va, 4Trb conc&rip
Omnis pulchritudo Domini à 13: 6vv, 2Vn, 4Vtta, Trb conc&rip
Pargoletti Amoretti à 12: SSATTB, 2Vn, Va, 2Fl, Trb
Qui fecerit et docuerit à 17: 8vv, 2Vn, 3Vtta, 3Trb conc&rip
Regina Caeli con trombe à 17: 8vv, 2Vn obblig conc, 2Tpt obblig conc,2Ctto obblig conc, 3Trb obblig conc&rip
Regina Caeli con trombe à 17: 8vv, 2Vn obblig, 2Vtta obblig, 2Tpt obblig, 3Trb obblig conc&rip
Requiem Ferdinando 4to
Requiem à 23: 8vv, 7Vtta, 2Tpt sordine,2Ctto muto, 4Trb conc&rip
Dies irae à 16: 8vv, 2Vn, 2Vtta, 4Trb conc&rip
Requiem pro Philippo Hispaniarum Rege
Requiem à 18: 6vv, 6Va ad lib,2Ctto muto ad lib, 4Trb conc&rip
Requiem pro Anima Serenissmi Leopoldi Wilhelmi Archducis Austria
Requiem à 18: 6vv, 3Vtta, 2VaG, Basso di viola, 2Ctto, 4Trb conc&rip
[Requiem] Pro Imperatrice Eleonora Requiem à 16: 8vv, 4Va, 4Trb conc&rip
[Requiem] Pro Imperatrice Maria Agapita
Requiem à 13: 6vv conc&rip, 4Va ad lib, Bn ad lib, 2Trb ad lib
Dies irae à 12: 6vv conc&rip, 3Va ad lib, 2VaG/2Trb ad lib, Basso di viola/Trb ad lib
Domine Jesu à 12: 6vv conc&rip, 3Vtta ad lib, 2VaG/2Trb ad lib, Basso di viola/Bn ad lib
Stabat Mater à 20: 8vv, 2Vn, 4Va, 2Ctto muto, 4Trb conc&rip
Stetit Angelus à 9: 6vv, 2Vn, Trb conc&rip
Surrexit Dominus de Sepulchro à 18: 8vv, 2Vn, 4Va, 2Ctto, 2Trb conc&rip
Te Deum laudamus della Pace à 3 Chori: ChI [vv solo con rip], 2Vn, 3Vtta; ChII [vv solo con rip], 2Ctto, 4Trb; ChIII 4vv solo&rip, 2Tpt
Te Deum laudamus Novi Caesaris à 20: 8vv, 2Vn, 4Vtta, 2Ctto, 4Trb conc&rip
Te Deum laudamus Per la Coronazione di Leopoldo à 21: 8vv, 2Vn, 4Vtta, 2Ctto, 5Trb conc&rip
Te Deum laudamus Pro Ferdinando 4to à Ratisbona à 22: 8vv conc&rip, 2Vn, 4Vtta, 2Tpt, 2Ctto, 4Trb
Veni Sancte Spiritus à 9: 6vv, 2Vn, Trb conc&rip

Remarks: Most of the entries in this list end with the phrase in concto e ripni or similar. This indicates that the listed voices and instruments are considered concertante or solo parts, while the scoring additionally includes ripieni voices, usually in the same configuration as the concto voices, as well as basso continuo instrument(s), usually an organ at the very least. This can be seen, for example, by comparing the DS scoring for the Missa Novis Regis—8vv, 2Vn, 2Vtta, 4Trb in conctoe ripni—with that of the preserved exemplar in CZ-KRa: SSAATTBB conc, SSAATTBB rip, 2Vn conc, 2Vtta conc, 4Trb conc, Tior, Org. The use of basso continuo instrument(s) can be assumed even where they are not expressly indicated.
Bibliography
PEARSE, Linda ; LEONARD, Charlotte A. ; WEINER, Howard T, The Early Trombone : a Catalog of Music. Turnhout: Brepols, 2023. (Vocal Music)