This list of compositions by
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Jan Dismas Zelenka (16 October 1679 – 23 December 1745), baptised Jan Lukáš Zelenka was a Bohemian composer and musician of the Baroque period. His music is admired for its harmonic inventiveness and mastery of counterpoint.
Zelenka was ...
was indexed in accordance with Wolfgang Reiche's thematic catalogue "Jan Dismas Zelenka: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (ZWV)", Dresden, 1985.
It includes vocal-instrumental (
masses,
requiem
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s,
oratoria,
psalm
The Book of Psalms ( , ; ; ; ; , in Islam also called Zabur, ), also known as the Psalter, is the first book of the third section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) called ('Writings'), and a book of the Old Testament.
The book is an anthology of H ...
s,
hymn
A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. The word ''hymn'' d ...
s,
litanies
Litany, in Christian worship and some forms of Jewish worship, is a form of prayer used in services and processions, and consisting of a number of petitions. The word comes through Latin ''wikt:litania, litania'' from Ancient Greek wikt:λιτα ...
,
opera
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tic works,
melodrama
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,
processionals,
antiphons
An antiphon (Greek ἀντίφωνον, ἀντί "opposite" and φωνή "voice") is a short chant in Christian ritual, sung as a refrain. The texts of antiphons are usually taken from the Psalms or Scripture, but may also be freely composed. T ...
,
aria
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s,
motet
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s, short
liturgical
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and spiritual compositions), instrumental and
orchestra
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* String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...
l works (
sonata
In music a sonata (; pl. ''sonate'') literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cantare'', "to sing"), a piece ''sung''. The term evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms until th ...
s,
sinfonia
Sinfonia (; plural ''sinfonie'') is the Italian word for symphony, from the Latin ''symphonia'', in turn derived from Ancient Greek συμφωνία ''symphōnia'' (agreement or concord of sound), from the prefix σύν (together) and Φωνή (s ...
s,
concerto
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s, etc.).
Confirmed works
Selection of lost or doubtful works
*ZWV 200: Missa, (C)
*ZWV 201: Credo, (D)
*ZWV 202: Sanctus, Agnus, (G), c. 1725
*ZWV 204: Salve Regina, (a), c. 1719
*ZWV 205: Salve Regina, (F)
*ZWV 206: Benedictus Dominus, (g), c. 1723
*ZWV 207: Benedictus sit Deus Pater, (D), c. 1729
*ZWV 208: Graduale Propter veritatem, (F)
*ZWV 209: Sollicitus fossor, (Motet; D), c. 1730
*ZWV 210: Veni Sancte Spiritus, (D), c. 1739
*ZWV 211: Qui nihil sortis felicitis, (Motet; B), 1730
*ZWV 212: Trumpet Fanfares, (6 pieces), c. 1722
*ZWV 213: Mass, (D)
*ZWV 214: Mass, (D)
*ZWV 215: Mass, (g)
*ZWV 216: Credo, (D)
*ZWV 217: Salve Regina duplex, (F)
*ZWV 218: Salve Regina
*ZWV 219: Salve Regina
*ZWV 220: Cantiones sacrae, (18) (
Giovanni Palestrina ?), 2nd Motet Book)
*ZWV 221: O sing unto the Lord, (Anthem) (19th century transcription)
*ZWV 230: Agnus Dei, (a) (listed in inventarium)
*ZWV 231: Aria animae poenitentis, (c) (listed in inventarium)
*ZWV 232: Ave Regina, (a) (listed in inventarium)
*ZWV 233: Eja triumphos pangite, (
Offertorium
''Offertorium'' ( Russian ''Жертвоприношение'') is a concerto for violin and orchestra composed by Sofia Gubaidulina in 1980 and revised in 1982 and 1986. It was dedicated to Gidon Kremer, who in touring with it around the worl ...
; C), pre-1715 ?
*ZWV 234: Gaudia mille, (Motet; C) (listed in inventarium)
*ZWV 236: Iste Confessore, (Hymn; C) (listed in inventarium)
*ZWV 240: Missa Sanctae Conservationis (lost)
*ZWV 241: Missa Theophorica a 2 Cori (listed in inventarium)
*ZWV 242: Missa tranquilli animi
*ZWV 243: Quid statis. De Beata Virgine Maria (listed in inventarium)
*ZWV 244: Tantum ergo, (c)
*ZWV 245: Via laureata, (school drama), 1704 (lost)
*ZWV 247: Requiem, 1724?
*ZWV 248: Missa in honorem B. Alberti Magni, (D)
*ZWV 249: Missa, (D)
References
External links
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