Praha (okres Praha, Hlavní město Praha)
National Museum – Czech Museum of Music
Karmelitská 2, 118 00 Praha 1
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The Clam-Gallas music collection from Prague and Frýdlant is one of the most extensive music archives in Bohemia and it represents a rich set of sources which provides a picture of the domestic aristocratic musical culture of the 18th century. It especially consists of the music archive of the château ensemble and wind harmony of Count Christian Phillip Clam-Gallas and the private collection of vocal (especially operatic) music owned by his wife Maria Caroline Josepha. The entire collection consists of 1,572 shelfmarks (including albums and convolutes), while there is a total of 2,223 individual works in the collection. The House of Clam-Gallas was a great lover and supporter of music. The members of this significant aristocratic family included a number of talented musicians, singers and dancers (and at least one composer). The collection was mainly created in the second half of the 18th century and partially at the beginning of the 19th. It consists of music manuscripts and prints which are predominantly from abroad, but there are noticeably also some of domestic provenance. The music repertoire especially consists of orchestral compositions (symphonies, concertos or operatic overtures), while chamber music is represented by works for wind instruments which were widespread in the 18th century (most frequently partitas and divertimentos for five, six or more players, i.e. a so-called wind harmony) and a significant part of the collection includes extracts from operas, both in the original arrangement for voice and orchestra or for various groupings of instruments (string quartets, wind ensembles and so on). The greatest part of the collection belonged to the music archive of the château ensemble of Count Christian Phillip Clam-Gallas (1748–1805), which is borne out by a period catalogue compiled by the domestic secretary and executive musician in the count’s service, Johann Paul Speer. He arranged the collection and described it in detail in a handwritten thematic catalogue, which is now an important source documenting the varied nature of the musical archive of the Clam-Gallas palace orchestra in Prague prior to the end of the 18th century and the repertoire of the domestic wind harmony. Christian Phillip kept this ensemble at his Prague palace, while his son Christian Christoph moved it to his château in Frýdlant. Vocal, particularly operatic, music constitutes another remarkable group of musical sources. The set of sheet music owned by the wife of Christian Phillip Clam-Gallas, Maria Caroline Josepha (nee Sporck, 1752–1799), was also established through the care of J. P. Speer and it especially contains this type of music. These two unique thematic catalogues constitute an exceptional aid when evaluating the collection’s current condition. They present a picture of the efforts aimed at systematically organising the large amount of specific material and in and of themselves represent the musical preferences of the owners and the period musical practice. When creating the submitted thematic catalogue, the original organisation of the collection was taken into account and Speer’s system was followed to a certain extent from the point of view of the classifications. As has been stated, the archive was used for music performances at the Clam-Gallas Palace in Prague, where the count’s ensemble was active and where Christian Philip Clam-Gallas and his wife Caroline had a private theatre built. It was probably after the count’s death in 1805 that the music collection was transferred to the château in Frýdlant, where the Clam-Gallas archivist Dr Josef Bergl (1874–1952) tried to reorganise it in the 20th century. The collection has been the property of and in the care of the National Museum – the Czech Museum of Music since 1949. Comprehensive records of the collection were compiled for the Union Music Catalogue of the National Library of the Czech Republic in 1967 and the collection was recatalogued for RISM, the International Inventory of Musical Sources (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales), in 2016. The thematic catalogue of the Clam-Gallas music collection constitutes volume X of the Catalogus artis musicae in Bohemia et Moravia cultae edition of the National Library of the Czech Republic. Vocal music and especially dramatic music is the most widely represented genre in the entire collection. Operas, singspiels or melodramas constitute one of the main repertoire pillars of the collection, while the second consists of symphonic, concerto and chamber music. A further important group consists of music for so-called wind harmony, i.e. chamber works for several wind instruments (this usually involves one work for five to eight wind instruments). However, the collection also contains compositions for specific settings: a wind quartet for clarinet and three Basset horns. Chamber music is also substantially represented by string quartets (in a number of cases supplemented with a lead flute part). Instrumental compositions for solo instruments (most frequently for guitar or keyboard instruments) also have an important place here, but they constitute a relatively smaller group of material. Composers from Italy are predominant (the collection includes a total of 93 names of Italian composers), while the music of Czech (56), German (56) and Austrian (49) composers is also well represented. French music is represented by 38 composers. [RISM.INFO November 7, 2019]

Abel, Carl Friedrich -- Allegri, Francesco -- Andreozzi, Gaetano -- Anfossi, Pasquale -- Anfossi, Vincenzo -- Angerer, Edmund -- Asioli, Bonifacio -- Asplmayr, Franz -- Astarita, Gennaro -- Auernhammer, Josepha Barbara von -- Bach -- Bach, Johann Christian -- Barbella, Emanuele -- Barrière, Etienne-Bernard-Joseph -- Bauernjöpel, Joseph -- Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Benda, Georg -- Berton, Henri-Montan -- Bertoni, Ferdinando -- Beschort, Jonas Friedrich -- Besozzi -- Besozzi, Carlo -- Besozzi, Matheo -- Beust -- Bevilacqua, Matteo -- Bianchi, Antonio -- Bianchi, Francesco -- Bidell, Anton -- Blangini, Felice -- Blecha, Vojtěch -- Boccherini, Luigi -- Bock -- Bode, Johann Joseph -- Boieldieu, Adrien -- Bonno, Giuseppe -- Bononcini, Giovanni -- Bonora, Ferdinand Wilhelm -- Borghese, Antonio D. R. -- Borghi, Giovanni Battista -- Bornhardt, Johann Heinrich Carl -- Boroni, Antonio -- Bortolazzi, Bartolomeo -- Bostecký, Felix -- Brendler -- Burgsteiner, Giuseppe -- Bárta, Josef -- Bähr -- Call, Leonhard von -- Cambini, Giuseppe -- Cannabich, Christian -- Carulli, Ferdinando -- Caruso, Luigi -- Castiglioni, D. A. -- Catel, Charles-Simon -- Cherubini, Luigi -- Cimarosa, Domenico -- Contini -- Crescentini, Girolamo -- Dalayrac, Nicolas-Marie -- Dalberg, Johann Friedrich Hugo von -- Dalvimare, Martin-Pierre -- Darondeau, Henry -- Davaux, Jean-Baptiste -- De Majo, Gian Francesco -- Della Maria, Pierre-Antoine-Dominique -- Deller, Florian Johann -- Dezède, Nicolas -- Diabelli, Anton -- Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters von -- Doisy, Charles -- Dottori, Daniel -- Drobill, Thomas -- Druschetzky, Georg -- Duni, Egidio Romualdo -- Duport, Louis-Antoine -- Dussek, František Josef -- Dutillieu, Pierre -- Dušek, František Xaver -- Désargus, Xavier -- Esmeister -- Ferrari -- Ferrari, Giacomo Gotifredo -- Ferri, Francesco Maria -- Fiala, Joseph -- Fier, Jean Baptiste de -- Figlioli, Placidus -- Fils, Anton -- Fioravanti, Valentino -- Fischer, Anton Friedrich -- Fischer, Johann Christian -- Fontano -- Foyta, František -- Freund, Philipp -- Fuchs, Franz Xaver von -- Fuchs, Georg-Friedrich -- Galdieri, Francesco -- Galuppi, Baldassare -- Ganswind -- Garat, Pierre-Jean -- Gassmann, Florian Leopold -- Gatti, Luigi -- Gaveaux, Pierre -- Gazzaniga, Giuseppe -- Gebhardt, Paul -- Gelinek, Josef -- Gelli, F. Vincent -- Giuliani, Mauro -- Giuliani, Nicola -- Gluck, Christoph Willibald -- Gnecco, Francesco -- Gossec, François-Joseph -- Graf, Christian Ernst -- Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste -- Guglielmi, Pietro Alessandro -- Jírovec, Vojtěch -- Hajek -- Hamel -- Harder, August -- Hartig, Franz de Paula von -- Haselbeck -- Hasse, Johann Adolf -- Hataš, Jan -- Haydn, Joseph -- Henet, de -- Hiller, Friedrich Adam -- Hiller, Johann Adam -- Himmel, Friedrich Heinrich -- Hoffmann, Franc A. -- Hoffmeister, Franz Anton -- Hoffstetter, Johann Urban Alois -- Hoffstetter, Roman -- Hofmann, Leopold -- Holzbauer, Ignaz -- Holzer, Michael -- Holý, František Ondřej -- Hortense, koningin van Holland -- Hoyer -- Huber, Johann Nikolaus -- Huber, Pancratius -- Huber, Thaddaeus -- Hummel, Johann Bernhard -- Hummel, Johann Nepomuk -- Häußler, Ernst -- Isouard, Nicolas -- J. G. O.-g -- Jelen, Alois -- Jommelli, Niccolò -- Joseph, Pater -- Julien -- Junghanns, Joseph -- Kammel, Antonín -- Kaňka, Jan Nepomuk -- Kinsky, Friedrich Graf von -- Kirsten -- Klemp, Johann Baptist -- Klop, Štěpán -- Kníže, František Max -- Koldinsky, Joseph -- Kospoth, Otto Carl Erdmann -- Koželuh -- Koželuh, Jan Antonín -- Koželuh, Leopold -- Kreutzer, Rodolphe -- Krommer, Franz -- Kuchař, Jan Křtitel -- Kurzweil, Franz -- Königl, Caspar Hermann von -- La Lance, Chevalier de -- Labarre, Trille -- Labler, František -- Lang, Johann Georg -- Laube, Antonín -- Lebrun, Louis-Sébastien -- Leone, Gabriele -- Lichtenstein, Karl August von -- Lickl, Johann Georg -- Lintant, Jean-Baptiste -- Lipavský, Josef -- Liverati, Giovanni -- Lucchesi, Andrea -- Maldere, Pierre van -- Marescalchi, Luigi -- Mariotti, Antonio -- Martini -- Martini, Johann Paul Aegidius -- Martín y Soler, Vicente -- Maschek, Vinzenz -- Matiegka, Wenzel Thomas -- Mayr, Johann Simon -- Mayseder, Joseph -- Mazantzl, Václav -- Mazzoni, Camillo -- Meder, Johann Gabriel -- Mederitsch, Johann Gallus -- Mengozzi, Bernardo -- Mering -- Molitor, Simon -- Monfrini -- Monsigny, Pierre-Alexandre -- Monza, Carlo Ignazio -- Mora, Franz Isidor Vinzenz -- Morelli -- Mortellari, Michele -- Mosca, Luigi -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Musil, Josef -- Mussini, Natale Nicolo -- Mysliveček, Josef -- Méhul, Etienne-Nicolas -- Míča, František Adam -- Müller -- Müller, Thomas Samuel -- Müller, Wenzel -- Müllner-Gollenhofer, Josepha -- Münchhausen, August Diedrich Friedrich Wilhelm -- Namiesky, Johann -- Naumann, Johann Gottlieb -- Neuhauser, Leopold -- Neumann, Franz Anton -- Nicolini, Giuseppe -- Noverre, Jean-Georges -- Ordonez, Carlo d' -- Orgitano -- Ossowski, Stanisław -- Ottani, Bernardo -- Paisiello, Giovanni -- Partl, L. A. -- Paër, Ferdinando -- Pecháček, Franz Martin -- Philidor, François-André -- Piccinni -- Piccinni, Niccolò -- Pichl, Václav -- Pitschel, C. F. W. -- Plantade, Charles-Henri -- Pleyel, Ignace -- Pollarolo, Carlo Francesco -- Pollet, Benoît -- Portugal, Marcos António -- Posselt, Franz Joseph -- Preindl, Joseph -- Pugnani, Gaetano -- Quaisin, Adrien -- Rack, Johann Georg -- Raffanelli, Luigi -- Reichardt, Johann Friedrich -- Reiser -- Ressel, Franz Wilhelm -- Rheineck, Christoph -- Richter, Franz Xaver -- Rigel -- Righini, Vincenzo -- Rinaldo di Capua -- Rolla, Alessandro -- Rotondi d'Arailza, Giuseppe -- Rougeon-Beauclair, Antoine-Louis -- Rouget de Lisle, Claude-Joseph -- Ruloffs, Bartholomeus -- Ruprecht, Martin -- Rust, Giacomo -- Rutini, Giovanni Marco -- Rösler, Johann Joseph -- Sacchini, Antonio -- Sales, Pietro Pompeo -- Salieri, Antonio -- Sandrini, Paolo -- Sarti, Giuseppe -- Scaramella, Alessandro -- Scarlatti, Giuseppe -- Scheibl -- Schenk, Johann Baptist -- Schiatti -- Schlik -- Schloßer, Franz Xaver -- Schmitt, Joseph -- Schmittbauer, Joseph Aloys -- Schulz -- Schuster, Joseph -- Seydelmann, Franz -- Seyfried, Ignaz Ritter von -- Sigl, Johann Georg -- Simon -- Solié, Jean-Pierre -- Sonnleithner, Christoph -- Spandau, Guillaume -- Speer, Johann Paul -- Sperger, Johannes -- Spohr, Louis -- Spontini, Gaspare -- Stadler von Wolfersgrün, Joseph Jakob -- Stadler, Joseph -- Stamitz -- Stamitz, Carl -- Stamitz, Johann -- Starzer, Joseph -- Steibelt, Daniel -- Sterkel, Johann Franz Xaver -- Strobach, František -- Sztáray, Mihály -- Süßmayr, Franz Xaver -- Štěpán, Josef Antonín -- Tandler, Franz -- Tarchi, Angelo -- Terziani, Pietro -- Thackray, Thomas -- Toeschi, Carl Joseph -- Tolbecque, Jean Baptiste Joseph -- Tomášek, Václav Jan -- Tost, Johann -- Touchemoulin, Joseph -- Tozzi, Antonio -- Traetta, Tommaso -- Trento -- Troyer, Ferdinand von -- Uber, Christian Benjamin -- Ulbrich, Maximilian -- Umlauff, Ignaz -- Umlauff, Michael -- Vaňhal, Jan Křtitel -- Vančura -- Vančura, Arnošt -- Vento, Mattia -- Vidal, B. -- Viganò, Salvatore -- Vogl, Johann Michael -- Vogler, Georg Joseph -- Vojtíšek, Antonín Fabián Jan Alois -- Volánek, Antonín -- Vrba -- Vrba, František -- Wagenseil, Georg Christoph -- Wanieržowsky, Franz -- Waßmuth, Georg Franz -- Weber, Bedřich Diviš -- Weigl, Joseph -- Weigl, Thaddäus -- Went, Johann Nepomuk -- Wiedebein, Johann Matthias -- Winter, Peter von -- Wolf, Alois Joseph Anton Balthasar -- Wolf, Ernst Wilhelm -- Wolf, Georg Friedrich -- Wranitzky, Anton -- Wranitzky, Paul -- Zapf, Johann Nepomuk -- Ziha -- Zimmermann, Anton -- Zingarelli, Niccolò Antonio -- Zisler -- Zoedler -- Zucconi, Francesco de

Clam-Gallasové (rod) -- Clam-Gallas, Christian Christoph von -- Clam-Gallas, Christian Philipp von -- Clam-Gallas, Josephine -- Clam-Gallas, Klotilde -- Clam-Gallas, Marie Aloisie -- Clam-Gallas, Marie Caroline Josepha