Haydn: Die Sieben Letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze, orch, Hob XX:1A, 1791
Die Sieben Letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze, orch, Hob XX:1A
Partial autograph US-NYpm , Cary 376
Scoring summary: orch
Subject: Sonatas
Catalog of works: XX:1A
Original Title: [cover label, vol.1:] Mr Haydn | Passione of our Sauior | Expressed in Instrumental | parts | Book First
Material:
  • Source type:
    Source type: Partial autograph
    Content type: Notated music
    Date:
    1791 (1791)
    Material:
    Format, extent: score (2vol.): 68, 55p.
    Dimensions: 37,5 x 27 cm
Former owner:
Former owner:
Provenance note: Cortot, Alfred, Lehman, Robert Owen
Incipits:
1.1.1; Introduction. Maestoso e adagio; vl 1; d
1.2.1; Sonata I / [Pater dimitte illis]. Largo; B|b
1.3.1; Sonata II / [Hodie mecum eris in paradiso]. Grave e cantabile; c
1.4.1; Sonata III / [Mulier ecce filius tuus]. Grave; E
1.5.1; Sonata IV / [Deus meus ut quid dereliquisti me]. Largo; f
1.6.1; Sonata V / [Sitio]. Adagio; A
1.7.1; Sonata VI / [Consumatum est]. Lento; g
1.8.1; Sonata VII / [In manus tuas commendo]. Largo; E|b
1.9.1; Terremoto. Presto assai; c
Scoring: vl (2), vla, vlc, vlne, b, fl (2), ob (2), fag, cor (4), tr (2), timp
Other:
Notes: Full score of the orchestral version, in a copyist's hand, with autograph corrections and emendations
Title page, vol.1: "The Passion, | or | Seven Last Words | of | Our Saviour, | in Score, | For a Full Orchestra: | composed & arranged | by | Joseph Haydn. | (This is the score made under | the direction of the composer, | and corrected by him.) | Vol. I"
On verso of title page: "Haydn began to make this score | with his own hand: the two bars for Corni, and names of instruments, | are written by himself"
On front flyleaf of vol.2, upper right margin: "J. H. Severn Esq. from W Kl [?]"
Library (siglum) shelfmark: Cary 376
RISM ID no.: 108034
Last update: October 16, 2022