History of Court Music in Southwestern Germany in the 18th Century

History of Court Music in Southwest Germany in the 18th Century

Duration: 2006–2021

The primary goal of this research project is the comprehensive collection and analysis of archival and musical sources on the social and institutional history of court orchestras in southwestern Germany. Comparative institutional-historical inquiries in a pan-European context, as well as stylistic analyses of compositional practices in court and aristocratic ensembles, studies on their role in the historical development of the modern orchestra—taking into account innovations in 18th-century instrument making—as well as questions regarding historical performance practice constitute further focal points of the research.

From the wealth of surviving works, a selection of the most valuable and historically significant compositions is made and published in-house. These sheet music editions are intended for both scholars and practitioners, taking into account aspects of source criticism and historical performance practice in equal measure. Research findings are also presented through the exchange of information and collaboration with other research institutions, via international conferences and exhibitions, in encyclopedias and scholarly journals, as well as—in a popular science format—in lectures, radio broadcasts, newspaper articles, program booklets, and CD booklets.

Link to a video (external link), which presents a research project in which the “Southwest German Court Music” research center was involved and which was carried out in recent months by the orchestra Arte del mondo as part of the “Program for Orchestras Facing New Challenges” organized by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

History of Court Music in Southwestern Germany in the 18th Century

From the late Middle Ages to the beginning of the 20th century, princely courts were, alongside the churches, at times the most important patrons of musical life. Despite this well-known fact, music historiography in the past has addressed the influence of princely patrons or the social and cultural context in which musical works were created only selectively and primarily from a perspective of local patriotism. This is all the more surprising given that, for example, the history of opera is just as inconceivable without princely patronage and court culture as is the history of ballet.

Even an artist’s biography from that era was usually shaped less by a consistent desire for reform than by the various cultural-political goals—or even simply by the musical tastes—of the employer or the respective patron. The necessity of this research has only recently been widely recognized.

Nobility Imposes Obligations

Research on the Mannheim Court Orchestra during the reign of Elector Carl Theodor has shown what new insights can be gained by examining the musical culture of a princely court and by looking beyond the narrow confines of compositional research—particularly when incorporating socio-historical aspects. These insights would, of course, remain isolated if they did not lead to a systematic investigation of the phenomenon of “court music,” which is so important for the cultural history of the German-speaking world in particular, with its countless royal residences. Southwestern Germany is particularly well-suited for such a study because, within a limited geographical area and in close proximity to one another, numerous aristocratic and court orchestras of varying sizes and resources coexisted, competed with one another, and cooperated with one another —lavishly funded court orchestras with international renown, such as those in Stuttgart and Mannheim; medium-sized ones, such as those in Karlsruhe or Rastatt; and small ones, such as those in Donaueschingen or Hohenlohe.

Court Music—Documentation, Interpretation, and Comparison

The comprehensive study and documentation of this era—the most significant in the region’s musical and cultural history—while incorporating social and economic aspects, is the research institution’s primary mission. Comparative institutional-historical inquiries within a pan-European context, as well as stylistic analyses of compositional practices in court and aristocratic ensembles, studies on their role in the historical development of the modern orchestra—taking into account innovations in 18th-century instrument making—as well as questions regarding historical performance practice constitute further focal points of the research.

The example of the Mannheim Court Orchestra, the most important court chapel in southwestern Germany—whose social and music-historical context has been thoroughly researched over the past 15 years by the corresponding research project—has shown that cultural promotion not only brings long-term fame but can also be a directly measurable economic factor. Thanks to its modern, performance-oriented, and innovative court music, the Electoral Palatinate—and with it the region of what is now known as the Rhine-Neckar Triangle—developed in the 18th century into a leading cultural and scientific center that attracted numerous artists, philosophers, writers, and travelers seeking education from all over Europe (e.g., Mozart, Gluck, Johann Christian Bach, Voltaire, Goethe, Schiller, Klopstock). However, this music-friendly atmosphere not only attracted “music consumers” but also fostered a kind of musical infrastructure centered around court music, which would not have been possible without the presence of the musicians. Through the establishment of music publishers and a wide variety of craft workshops (e.g., book and sheet music printing, instrument making, paper manufacturing, theater workshops, etc.), court music contributed significantly to the region’s economic boom—from which neighboring princely courts such as Leiningen and Kirchheimbolanden also benefited.

Among the court orchestras of the Southwest, Stuttgart is the most suitable for comparison with Mannheim, and not only because there was a lively exchange of musicians between the two courts, who carried the musical experiences of one court to the other, but also because both courts pursued a similar, European-oriented cultural policy. The blend of local tradition on the one hand and internationalism on the other is characteristic of both Mannheim and Stuttgart; nevertheless, the artistic outcomes differ significantly. In addition, the noble and court orchestras of the numerous medium-sized and small residences will also be examined. The study of the diverse repertoires in these small ensembles provides insight not only into the musical preferences of individual princes but also into the evolution of musical works that underwent remarkable changes. Furthermore, the aim is to expand this research to encompass the entire German and European region.

The research project

The primary goal of this state-level project, founded in 2006, is the comprehensive collection and cataloging of archival and musical sources on the social and institutional history of court orchestras in southwestern Germany. Comparative institutional history in a pan-European context, as well as stylistic analyses of compositional practices in court and noble ensembles, studies on their role in the development of the modern orchestra—taking into account innovations in 18th-century instrument making—as well as questions regarding historical performance practice constitute further focal points of the research.

The research findings are published in a series of monographs and a practice-oriented edition of sheet music, as well as through lectures, exhibitions, radio broadcasts, and program consultations for CD and radio productions, concerts, and festivals—such as the Schwetzingen SWR Festival. The research project also sees itself as a hub for research and communication, open to musicologists, scholars from related disciplines, as well as musicians and laypeople with an interest in scholarship. Collaboration with national and international scholars and academic institutions is expressly encouraged. Scholars, musicians, and members of the general public with an interest in scholarship are cordially invited to attend the conferences, seminars, and workshops designed to help make the rich cultural heritage of southwestern Germany accessible to the present day and preserve it for future generations.

History of the Mannheim Court Orchestra in the 18th Century

Duration: 1990–2006

Research Center Directors

Prof. Dr. Ludwig Finscher (1990–2002), Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold (2002–2006)

Staff

Dr. Bärbel Pelker
Dr. Jochen Reutter
Dr. Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst

The Databases

Until now, the literature and sheet music databases have listed the holdings of our two special collections on 18th-century court music. However, in order to provide comprehensive information, we are now in the process of gradually expanding both databases to include sources (e.g., digitized materials) that are not part of our collections. Digitized materials are marked with an @.

The literature database (internal link) currently lists primarily secondary literature; in the long term, however, we also plan to include the primary literature we have collected on the subject.

The sheet music database (internal link) contains original editions of 18th-century works; a single work may be available in multiple editions or print runs. In addition, scholarly editions are included; however, the inclusion of practical modern editions is rather random, as these publications are not part of the collection’s mandate. The editions produced by the research project are listed under “Publications” on the homepage.

The instrumentation for each work is abbreviated in the data record. The meanings of the abbreviations are provided in this list of holdings (PDF). The library from which the work was obtained is listed by its official abbreviation. The meaning of the abbreviation can be found in the RISM Library Abbreviations Index (external link).

We would like to expressly point out that both collections are reference collections; they can be consulted after registration but cannot be checked out. Copies of sheet music may also only be made with the consent of the respective library, which the user must obtain in advance.

The Musicians Database (internal link) links the information in the “Court Musicians” section of the website with that of the other two databases. There is now a data record for every court musician at the courts of southwestern Germany, which will include names (including spelling variations), dates and places of birth, baptism, death, and burial, details on places of service and activities, a short biography, and, where applicable, a list of works.

The biographies focus on the respective periods of service at courts in southwestern Germany; accordingly, the lists of works are generally selective. For each work, information on the surviving versions is provided: “H” (manuscript), “D” (print); the locations where the works are held are abbreviated according to RISM library codes. These, in turn, are linked to the records in the sheet music database or to the corresponding RISM entries. Additionally, the “Literature” field provides access to entries in the literature database pertaining to the respective musician.

Other Online Directories

The Court Musicians (external link)

The Residences (external link)

Instrument Making (external link)

A History of Court Music in Southwestern Germany in the 18th Century

Research Center Director

Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold (external link)

Staff

Dr. Bärbel Pelker
Dr. Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst
Dr. Sarah-Denise Fabian
Yevgine Dilanyan
Sanja Aleksic

Members of the Advisory Committee

Prof. Dr. Achim Aurnhammer (Freiburg)
Prof. Dr. Thomas Betzwieser (Frankfurt am Main)
Prof. Dr. Ernst Gustav Jung (Heidelberg)
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Leonhardt (Tübingen)
Prof. Dr. Mischa Meier (Tübingen), Chair
Prof. Dr. Volker Sellin (Heidelberg)
Prof. Dr. Christoph Strohm (Heidelberg), Vice Chair
Prof. Dr. Christiane Wiesenfeldt (Weimar)

Publications on Court Music in Southwest Germany (SSH)

This series is published by the research project at the Heidelberg University Library Press (HeiUP) and is available both as an open-access document and in print.

Volume 1: Silke Leopold, Bärbel Pelker (Hrsg.), Süddeutsche Hofkapellen im 18. Jahrhundert. Eine Bestandsaufnahme, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2018. DOI: 10.17885/heiup.347.479
Volume 2: Friedrich Carl Kaiser, Johannes Knüchel (Hrsg.), Carl Stamitz (1745-1801): Biographische Beiträge - Das symphonische Werk - Thematischer Katalog der Orchesterwerke, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2023. DOI: 10.17885/heiup.440
Volume 3: Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst (Hrsg.), "Es ist nur ein Dorf." Schwetzingen mit den Augen Leopold Mozarts. Begleitpublikation zur Ausstellung im Karl-Wörn-Haus, Museum der Stadt Schwetzingen, vom 28. April – 28. Juli 2019 aus Anlass des 300. Geburtstages des Komponisten, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2020. DOI: 10.17885/heiup.566
Volume 4: Sarah-Denise Fabian, Silke Leopold, Panja Mücke, Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst (Hrsg.): Johann Stamitz und die europäische Musikermigration im 18. Jahrhundert, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2021. DOI: 10.17885/heiup.786
Volume 5: Silke Leopold, Bärbel Pelker (Hrsg.): Fürstliches Arkadien. Sommerresidenzen im 18. Jahrhundert, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2021. DOI: 10.17885/heiup.778

Publications Available for Free

Fabian, Sarah-Denise/Rüdiger, Thomsen-Fürst: Oper-Südwest. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Oper an den südwestdeutschen Höfen des 18. Jahrhunderts. Für Silke Leopold zum 70. Geburtstag, Schwetzingen, 2020. DOI: 10.11588/heibooks.588
Kohl, Matthias/Pelker, Bärbel: Die Musikinstrumente der kurpfälzischen Hofmusik im Barockschloss Mannheim (PDF), Schwetzingern 2016.
Kohl, Matthias/Pelker, Bärbel: Mannheims kurpfälzische Hofgeigenbauer Jacob Rauch und Mathias Gülich (PDF), Schwetzingen 2015.
Fabian, Sarah-Denise: »in allgemeinem Beyfall« – Giuseppe Antonio Brescianellos Instrumentalmusik am Württembergischen Hof zur Zeit Eberhard Ludwigs, Schwetzingen, 2016. DOI: 10.11588/heidok.00021943
Jacob-Friesen, Holger/Thomsen-Fürst, R.: Die Ureltern im ersten Gewitter (externer Link), Schwetzingen, 2012.

QSMH Series

Sources and Studies on the History of the Mannheim Court Orchestra, Frankfurt am Main [et al.], Peter Lang Verlag (QSMH)

Reutter, Jochen: Studien zur Kirchenmusik Franz Xaver Richters (1709–1789), 2 Teilbände, 1993 (nicht mehr lieferbar).
Finscher, Ludwig/Pelker, Bärbel/Reutter, Jochen (Hg.): Mozart und Mannheim. Kongressbericht Mannheim 1991, 1994 (nicht mehr lieferbar).
Finscher, Ludwig (Hg.): J. C. F. Fischer in seiner Zeit. Tagungsbericht Rastatt 1988, 1994.
Enßlin, Wolfram: Niccolò Piccinni: Catone in Utica. Quellenüberlieferung, Aufführungsgeschichte und Analyse, 1996.
Herrmann, Wilhelm: Hoftheater – Volkstheater – Nationaltheater. Die Wanderbühnen im Mannheim des 18. Jahrhunderts und ihr Beitrag zur Gründung des Nationaltheaters, 1999.
Pelker, Bärbel/Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: Georg Joseph Vogler (1749–1814). Materialien zu Leben und Werk unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der pfalz-bayerischen Dienstjahre, 2 Teilbände, 2016.
Betzwieser, Thomas/Leopold, Silke (Hg.): Abbé Vogler. Ein Mannheimer im europäischen Kontext. Internationales Colloquium Heidelberg 1999, 2003.
Finscher, Ludwig/Pelker, Bärbel/Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger (Hg.): Mannheim – Ein Paradies der Tonkünstler? Kongreßbericht Mannheim 1999, 2002.
Wolf, Eugene K.: Manuscripts from Mannheim, ca. 1730–1778. A Study in the Methodology of Musical Source Research, 2002.

Facsimile

Holzbauer, Ignaz: Günther von Schwarzburg, Singspiel in three acts,
edited by Bärbel Pelker (= Sources on the History of Music in Baden-Württemberg.
Annotated facsimile editions 1), 2 volumes, Munich, Strube-Verlag, 2000

The three-volume autograph score is housed in the Hohenlohe Central Archive at Neuenstein Castle.

“What ensures that Günther von Schwarzburg’s autograph holds great value as a source—and ultimately more than justifies its facsimile publication—is the insight it provides into the compositional process, from the first draft to the printed version, a process that is otherwise very rarely traceable with such clarity. The print quality of the facsimile leaves nothing to be desired. The volume is supplemented in the appendix by sources on Holzbauer’s biography as well as on Günther. Included are, among other things, the complete facsimile of the libretto, annotated with textual criticism, as well as a series of early reviews. Bärbel Pelker’s editorial achievement cannot be praised highly enough; it goes far beyond what one would normally expect from a facsimile. It is to be hoped that this publication will be well received« (Die Musikforschung, 1/2003).

Pelker, Bärbel: »Anmerkungen zur Wiederentdeckung des Autographs der Oper ›Günther von Schwarzburg‹ von Ignaz Holzbauer« (externer Link), in: Die Musikforschung, 54 (2001), S. 275–278.
»Ignaz Holzbauers ›Günther von Schwarzburg‹« (externer Link) [Text: Bärbel Pelker], in: Klingende Denkmäler. Musikwissenschaftliche Gesamtausgaben in Deutschland, Katalog zur Ausstellung der Fachgruppe Freie Forschungsinstitute, 2007.
Kaiser, Friedrich: Thematischer Katalog der Werke von Ernst Eichner. (externer Link) Dieser wird im musikwissenschaftlichen Nachlass von F. Kaiser in der ULB Darmstadt aufbewahrt.
Dilanyan, Yevgine: Friedrich Carl Kaiser. »Thematischer Katalog der Werke von Ernst Eichner« Ein Vorwort zum Faksimile des Katalogs (PDF). Schwetzingen, 2019.

Essays

Fabian, Sarah-Denise: »‚Schmeichelnde Sonaten’. Johann Christoph Pez’ Instrumentalmusik am Württembergischen Hof«, in: Musik in Baden-Württemberg 23 (2016), S. 5–32.
Fabian, Sarah-Denise: » ›nicht Zeitlebens in der frembde‹. Der Italiener Antonio Boroni am württembergischen Hof«, in: Musik in Baden-Württemberg 24 (2017/18), S. 85–96.
Fabian, Sarah-Denise: »reich an grossen, schauervollen, himmlischschönen und hinreissenden Stellen« – Florian Dellers Orphée et Euridice am württembergischen Hof, in: Die Musikforschung 73 (2020), S. 133–153.
Fabian, Sarah-Denise: »Neptun sei Dank – oder: ein Selbstmord zum Geburtstag? Die Finalgestaltung von Jommellis Didone abbandonata (Stuttgart 1763)«, in: Fabian / Thomsen-Fürst (Hg.), Oper – Südwest, Schwetzingen 2020, S. 1–23. https://doi.org/10.11588/heibooks.588
Fabian, Sarah-Denise: »nicht wider die Evangelisch[en] Lehrsätze«? – Zur Kantatenproduktion am württembergischen Hof in Stuttgart und Ludwigsburg, in: Haag, Norbert / Kremer, Joachim / Holtz, Sabine (Hg.): Die Kantate im deutschen Südwesten. Quellen, Repertoire und Überlieferung 1700-1770 (im Druck).
Finscher, Ludwig: »Die Mannheimer Hofmusiker«, in: Reclams Kammermusikführer, hg. von Arnold Werner-Jensen, 10., völlig neu bearb. Aufl., Stuttgart 1990, S. 355–369.
Finscher, Ludwig: »Mozarts Mannheimer Kompositionen«, in: 176 Tage W. A. Mozart in Mannheim, hg. von Karin von Welck u. Liselotte Homering, Heidelberg 1991, S. 140–151.
Finscher, Ludwig: »Mozart und Mannheim«, in: Die Mannheimer Hofkapelle im Zeitalter Carl Theodors, Mannheim 1992, S. 71–96.
Finscher, Ludwig: »Mannheimer Orchester- und Kammermusik«, in: ebd., S. 141–176.
Finscher, Ludwig: »Die Mannheimer Hofkapelle und das Pariser Konzert- und Musikverlagswesen in der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts«, in: Deutsch-Französische Begegnungen am Rhein 1700–1789 (= Beiträge zur Geschichte der Literatur und Kunst des 18. Jahrhunderts 12), hg. von Heinke Wunderlich u. Jean Mondot, Heidelberg 1994, S. 165–175.
Leopold, Silke: »Grönland in Mannheim. Abbé Voglers Polymelos und die Idee der ›nazional-karakteristischen‹ Musik«, in: Das Andere. Eine Spurensuche in der Musikgeschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, hg. von Annette Kreutziger-Herr (= Hamburger Jahrbuch für Musikwissenschaft 15), Frankfurt am Main u.a. 1998, S. 203–224.
Leopold, Silke: »Ein musikalischer Traum vom Goldenen Zeitalter: Das Schlosstheater in Schwetzingen«, in: Schlösser Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 2003, S. 36–39.
Leopold, Silke: »Europa unterm Brennglas. Oper in Schwetzingen zur Zeit Carl Theodors«, in: Hofoper in Schwetzingen, Heidelberg 2004, S. 55–70.
Leopold, Silke: »Mozart zum 250. Geburtstag – Eine Liebeserklärung an seine Musik«, in: Theater um Mozart, Heidelberg 2006, S. 3–13.
Leopold, Silke: »Kirchenmusik im mütterlichen Accente. Vogler, Holzbauer und die deutschsprachige Messe in der Kurpfalz«, in: Die Wittelsbacher und die Kurpfalz in der Neuzeit. Zwischen Reformation und Revolution, hg. von Wilhelm Kreutz, Wilhelm Kühlmann und Hermann Wiegand, Regensburg 2013, S. 583–593.
Leopold, Silke: »Musikwissenschaft und Migrationsforschung. Einige grundsätzliche Überlegungen«, in: Migration und Identität. Wanderbewegungen und Kulturkontakte in der Musikgeschichte (= Analecta Musicologica 49), hg. von Silke Leopold u. Sabine Ehrmann-Herfort, Kassel u.a. 2013, S. 30–39.
Leopold, Silke: »Die ›Schule des wahrhaft guten Geschmacks in der Tonkunst‹ – Carl Theodor und die Mannheimer Hofmusik«, in: Die Wittelsbacher am Rhein. Die Kurpfalz und Europa, Begleitband zur 2. Ausstellung der Länder Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz und Hessen (= Publikationen der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen Mannheim 60), hg. von Alfried Wieczorek, Bernd Schneidmüller, Alexander Schubert u. Stefan Weinfurter, Band 2, Regensburg 2013, S. 296–303.
Leopold, Silke: »Von Fetmännchen und Speziestalern, oder: Leopold Mozart als Tourmanager«, in: Thomsen-Fürst (Hg.): »Es ist nur ein Dorf«, Heidelberg 2020, S. 11–17. https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.566
Pelker, Bärbel: »Mannheim – Station einer Reise. W. A. Mozart und die Mannheimer Hofkapelle«, in: 176 Tage W. A. Mozart in Mannheim, hg. von Karin von Welck u. Liselotte Homering, Heidelberg 1991, S. 50–57.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Das Forschungsprojekt Die Mannheimer Hofkapelle im 18. Jahrhundert der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften«, in: Mitteilungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für mittelrheinische Musikgeschichte, 58 (1992), S. 303–312.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Musikalische Akademien am Hof Carl Theodors in Mannheim«, in: Die Mannheimer Hofkapelle im Zeitalter Carl Theodors, Mannheim 1992, S. 49–58.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Theateraufführungen und musikalische Akademien am Hof Carl Theodors in Mannheim. Eine Chronik der Jahre 1742-1777«, in: ebd., S. 219–259.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Zur Struktur des Musiklebens am Hof Carl Theodors in Mannheim« (externer Link), in: Mozart und Mannheim. Kongressbericht Mannheim 1991 (= QSMH 2), 1994, S. 29–40.
Pelker, Bärbel: »... ›es läst sich eine schöne Musik machen‹. Die Mannheimer Hofmusik im Zeitalter Carl Theodors«, in: Lebenslust und Frömmigkeit. Kurfürst Carl Theodor zwischen Barock und Aufklärung, hg. vom Reiss-Museum Mannheim u.a., Regensburg 1999, 1. Bd., S. 293–303.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Ernennungsurkunde für Johann Stamitz«, in: Mannheimer Archiv, Lfg. 11/99. MA 03270.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Günther von Schwarzburg. Die Genese einer deutschen Nationaloper einst und jetzt«, in: Musik in Baden-Württemberg, Jahrbuch 2001, 8. Bd., Stuttgart 2001, S. 173–178.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Anmerkungen zur Wiederentdeckung des Autographs der Oper ›Günther von Schwarzburg‹ von Ignaz Holzbauer « (externer Link), in: Die Musikforschung, 54 (2001), S. 275–278.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Faksimile-Ausgabe einer Holzbauer-Oper. Einblicke in die Werkstatt eines Komponisten«, in: Schlösser Baden-Württemberg, Heft 1, Stuttgart 2001, S. 38.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Ein ›Paradies der Tonkünstler‹? Die Mannheimer Hofkapelle des Kurfürsten Carl Theodor«, in: Mannheim – Ein Paradies der Tonkünstler?. Kongreßbericht Mannheim 1999 (= QSMH 8), 2002, S. 9–33.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Abbé Vogler und seine Orgel für St. Peter«, in: Die neue Orgel in St. Peter. Pfarrnachrichten November 2003, hg. vom Kath. Stadtpfarramt St. Peter, S. 17–20.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Sommer in der Campagne – Impressionen aus Schwetzingen«, in: Hofoper in Schwetzingen, Heidelberg 2004, S. 9–38.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Komponisten und Virtuosen«, in ebd., S. 71–83.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Mitglieder der Hofoper in Schwetzingen (1753–1776)«, in: ebd., S. 84–86.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Architekten und Maler des Schwetzinger Schloßtheaters«, in: ebd., S. 304.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Zeitzeugen berichten. Dokumente zum historischen Bühnenhaus und Wiederaufbau (1901–1974)«, in: ebd., S. 305–388.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Chronologie zu Musik und Theater in Schwetzingen (1743–2003)«, in: ebd., S. 389–432.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Franziska Danzi-Lebrun (1756-1791) – eine biographische Skizze«, in: klangwelten: lebenswelten. komponistinnen in südwestdeutschland, hg. von Martina Rebmann u. Rainer Nägele, Stuttgart 2004, S. 15–37.
Pelker, Bärbel: »›Voll schöner Harmonie und innigem Gefühle‹. Zu Leben und Werk der Sopranistin und Komponistin Franziska Danzi-Lebrun«, in: »Ein unerschöpflicher Reichthum an Ideen«. Komponistinnen zur Zeit Mozarts, hg. von Elena Ostleitner u. Gabriele Dorffner, Strasshof/Wien 2006, S. 89–100.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Mozart und die Mannheimer Hofkapelle« (externer Link), in: Mozart in Mannheim, hg. von Hermann Jung (= Mannheimer Hochschulschriften 5), Frankfurt am Main u.a. 2006, S. 1–21.
Pelker, Bärbel: »W. A. Mozart zu Besuch in der Kurpfalz«, in: Theater um Mozart, Heidelberg 2006, S. 59–82.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Mozarttheater«, in: ebd., S. 100–101.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Zur Zauberflöte«, in: ebd., S. 105–114.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Im ›Paradies der Tonkünstler‹. Die Hofmusik des Kurfürsten Carl Theodor«, in: Geschichte der Stadt Mannheim, hg. von Ulrich Nieß u. Michael Caroli, 1. Bd., Ubstadt-Weiher 2007, S. 486–500.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Hofmusik vernetzt. Dargestellt am Beispiel der Mannheimer Hofkapelle« (externer Link), in: Rosetti- Forum. Mitteilungen, hg. von der Internationalen Rosetti-Gesellschaft e.V., 8. Heft, Augsburg 2007, S. 3–12.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Lebrun, Franziska«, in: Datenbank des Forschungsprojektes »Musik und Gender im Internet« (http://mugi.hfmt-hamburg.de), 2007.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Eine Entführung und die Folgen. Aus dem Leben des Hofmusikers und Mozartfreundes Friedrich Eck (1767–1838)«, in: Früchte vom Baum des Wissens. Eine Festschrift der wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter (= 100 Jahre Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften 3), hg. von Ditte Bandini u. Ulrich Kronauer, Heidelberg 2009, S. 323–331.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Schwetzingen schreibt Musikgeschichte. Experiment ›Hofoper‹, in: Sonder-Journal Schwetzingen. Schloss, Schlossgarten, Stadt, hg. vom Staatsanzeiger-Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, S. 17–19.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Im ›Paradies der Tonkünstler‹. Die kurpfälzische Hofmusik des Kurfürsten Carl Theodor«, in: Vom Minnesang zur Popakademie. Musikkultur in Baden-Württemberg, hg. vom Badischen Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 2010, S. 221–227. Kurzfassung in: Musik erleben in Baden-Württemberg. Von der Steinzeitflöte zum Eletronikstudio: das Musikland Baden-Württemberg, hg. vom Staatsanzeiger-Verlag, Stuttgart 2010, S. 14–17.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Das Musikleben am Hof des Kurfürsten Carl Theodor in der Zeit von 1743 bis 1778«, in: Schwetzingen. Kurfürstliche Sommerresidenz, Nominierung zur Eintragung in die UNESCO-Welterbeliste, Textband, hg. vom Wissenschaftsministerium Baden- Württemberg, Finanzministerium Baden-Württemberg, Stadt Schwetzingen, S. 21–25.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Gutachten zur musikhistorischen Bedeutung«, in: Schwetzingen. Kurfürstliche Sommerresidenz, Nominierung zur Eintragung in die UNESCO-Welterbeliste, Antragsband, hg. vom Wissenschaftsministerium Baden-Württemberg, Finanzministerium Baden-Württemberg, Stadt Schwetzingen, S. 198–210.
Pelker, Bärbel: »The Palatine Court in Mannheim«, in: Music at German Courts, 1715–1760. Changing Artistic Priorities, hg. von Samantha Owens, Barbara M. Reul u. Janice B. Stockigt, Woodbridge 2011, S. 131–162.
Pelker, Bärbel: »›Eine Armee von Generälen‹ – die Hofmusik des Kurfürsten Carl Theodor in Mannheim und Schwetzingen in den Jahren von 1743 bis 1778«, in: Musik-Welten. Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter, Sonderveröffentlichung 3, hg. von Hermann Wiegand, Alfried Wieczorek, Claudia Braun und Michael Tellenbach (= Publikationen der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen 45), Mannheim 2011, S. 129–135.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Franziska Danzi-Lebrun (1756–1791). ›Ihr Leben war ein Gesang‹. Zur Biographie der Sopranistin und Komponistin«, in: Schwetzinger Frauengeschichten, hg. von der Stadt Schwetzingen und dem ZONTA Club Schwetzingen, Schwetzingen 2013, S. 39–52.
Pelker, Bärbel: »Die kurpfälzische Hofmusik in Mannheim und Schwetzingen (1720–1778)«, in: Süddeutsche Hofkapellen im 18. Jahrhundert. Eine Bestandsaufnahme (= Schriften zur Südwestdeutschen Hofmusik 1 (externer Link)), hg. von Silke Leopold u. Bärbel Pelker, Schwetzingen 2013, S. 195–365.
Reutter, Jochen: »Der stiftskemptische Kapellmeister Franz Xaver Richter (1709-1789) und sein frühes kirchenmusikalisches Schaffen«, in: Allgäuer Geschichtsfreund. Blätter für Heimatforschung und Heimatpflege, 89 (1989), S. 119–150.
Reutter, Jochen: »Ein Fragment als Spiegel der Repertoiregeschichte. Eine Musikhandschrift aus dem Umkreis der Mannheimer Hofkapelle«, in: 176 Tage W. A. Mozart in Mannheim, hg. von Karin von Welck u. Liselotte Homering, Heidelberg 1991, S. 173–181.
Reutter, Jochen: »Die Kirchenmusik am Mannheimer Hof«, in: Die Mannheimer Hofkapelle im Zeitalter Carl Theodors, Mannheim 1992, S. 97–112.
Reutter, Jochen: »Franz Xaver Richter - eine Integrationsfigur in der Musiklandschaft des Oberrheins zwischen Tradition und Fortschritt«, in: Musik am Oberrhein (= Hochschuldokumentationen zu Musikwissenschaft und Musikpädagogik Musikhochschule Freiburg 3), Kassel 1993, S. 107–141.
Reutter, Jochen: »Kirchenwerke Franz Xaver Richters in böhmischen Musiksammlungen«, in: Untersuchungen zu Musikbeziehungen zwischen Mannheim, Böhmen und Mähren im späten 18. und frühen 19. Jahrhundert, hg. von Christine Heyter-Rauland u. Christoph-Hellmut Mahling (= Beiträge zur mittelrheinischen Musikgeschichte 31), Mainz u.a. 1993, S. 133–140.
Reutter, Jochen: »Franz Xaver Richters Bemerkungen über das Komponieren einer Sinfonie im Kompositionstheorie und Kompositionspraxis«, in: Mozart und Mannheim. Kongressbericht Mannheim 1991 (= QSMH 2), 1994, S. 221–231.
Reutter, Jochen: »Kirchenmusik am Mannheimer Hof und sinfonischer Kirchenstil«, in: Kirchenmusikalisches Jahrbuch, 78 (1994), S. 63–82.
Reutter, Jochen: »Die Zeichen Punkt und Strich unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Lehrwerke von Johann Joachim Quantz und Johann Friedrich Agricola«, in: Mozart-Jahrbuch 1995, S. 59–77.
Reutter, Jochen: »Die konzertierende Orgel in der vokalen Kirchenmusik am kurpfälzischen Hof zu Mannheim«, in: Kirchenmusikalische Studien, hg. von Friedrich Wilhelm Riedel, 4. Bd., Sinzig 1999, S. 71–90.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Arkadien am Oberrhein – Zur Aufführungs- und Überlieferungsgeschichte von Joseph Aloys Schmittbaurs Singspiel Lindor und Ismene«, in: Musik in Baden-Württemberg. Jahrbuch 1999, 6. Bd., Stuttgart 1999, S. 111–122.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Zur Überlieferung und Echtheit der Messen von A. Fils«, in: Mannheim – Ein Paradies der Tonkünstler? Kongreßbericht Mannheim 1999 (= QSMH 8), 2002, S. 207–226.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »...mit einem Priester in der Pfalz verheyrathtet. Zur Biographie der Juliana Margaretha und zu einem unbekannten Zweig der Lautenistenfamilie Weiss«, in: Die Laute. Jahrbuch der Deutschen Lautengesellschaft 2000, 4 (2002), S. 41–47.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Expedition ins Paradies der Tonkünstler. Das Forschungsprojekt ›Geschichte der Mannheimer Hofkapelle im 18. Jahrhundert‹ der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften«, in: Niedersachsen in der Musikgeschichte. Zur Methodologie und Organisation musikalischer Regionalgeschichtsforschung. Internationales Symposium Wolfenbüttel 1997, Augsburg 2000, S. 117–125.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »›This will be delivered to you by Mr. & Mrs. Davies & charming Daughters‹. Die Konzertreise der Familie Davies 1767/68-1773«, in: Le musicien et ses voyages. Pratiques, réseaux et représentations, hg. von Christian Meyer (= Musical Life in Europe 1600–1900. Circulation, Institutions, Representation), Berlin 2003, S. 349–369.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Zarte Stimmen zu dem Lob Gottes. Das Seminarium musicum in Mannheim (1756-1801)«, in: Festschrift 125 Jahre Chor der Jesuitenkirche Mannheim, Obere Pfarrei St. Ignatius und St. Franz Xaver, Mannheim 2003, S. 13–29.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Die Musikpflege der Piaristen im Kontext der markgräflichen Hofmusik«, in: Die Rastatter Residenz im Spiegel von Beständen der Historischen Bibliothek. Begleitbuch zur Ausstellung ›300 Jahre Residenz Rastatt‹, hg. von Hans Heid, Rastatt 2006, S. 229–248.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Lautenisten und Lautenmusik am kurpfälzischen Hof in Mannheim«, in: Die Laute. Jahrbuch der Deutschen Lautengesellschaft 2003, 7 (2007), S. 60–77.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Johann Michael Quallenberg (ca. 1726–1786). Hofklarinettist und Entrepreneur«, in: Früchte vom Baum des Wissens. Eine Festschrift der wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter (= 100 Jahre Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften 3), hg. von Ditte Bandini u. Ulrich Kronauer, Heidelberg 2009, S. 343–351.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Musik am Karlsruher Hof im 18. Jahrhundert. Johann Melchior Molter und Joseph Aloys Schmittbaur«, in: Vom Minnesang zur Popakademie. Musikkultur in Baden-Württemberg, hg. vom Badischen Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 2010, S. 282–232.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Hofkapellmeister – Komponist – Instrumentenbauer – Pädagoge. Joseph Aloys Schmittbaur (1718 bis 1809)«, in: Momente. Beiträge zur Landeskunde von Baden-Württemberg, Nr. 2, 2010, S. 24.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Lautenisten und Lautenmusik am kurpfälzischen Hof in Mannheim«, in: Johann Georg Pisendel – Studien zu Leben und Werk. Bericht über das internationale Symposium vom 23. bis 25. Mai 2005 in Dresden (= Dresdner Beiträge zur Musikforschung 3), hg. von Ortrun Landman u. Hans-Günter Ottenberg, Hildesheim u.a. 2010, S. 587–513.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »The Court of Baden-Durlach in Karlsruhe«, in: Music at German Courts, 1715–1760. Changing Artistic Priorities, hg. von Samantha Owens, Barbara M. Reul u. Janice B. Stockigt, Woodbridge 2011, S. 365–387.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »›...unsere wonneduftende Flöte...‹. Überlegungen zur Kammermusik mit Flöte am Hofe Carl Theodors in Mannheim«, in: Jahrbuch der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften für 2010, hg. von der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Heidelberg 2011, S. 171–183; eine reicher bebilderte Fassung dieses Aufsatzes erschien in: Tibia. Magazin für Holzbläser 36 (2011), S. 483–493.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Auf dem Weg zum modernen Orchester. Die Frühgeschichte der Badischen Staatskapelle«, in: Momente. Beiträge zur Landeskunde von Baden-Württemberg, Nr. 2, 2012, S. 10–11.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Die Musik am markgräflich badischen Hof in Karlsruhe (1715 – 1803)«, in: Süddeutsche Hofkapellen im 18. Jahrhundert. Eine Bestandsaufnahme (= Schriften zur Südwestdeutschen Hofmusik 1 (externer Link)), hg. von Silke Leopold u. Bärbel Pelker, Schwetzingen 2013, S. 139–183.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Die Hofkapelle der Markgrafen von Baden-Baden in Rastatt (1715–1771)«, in: Süddeutsche Hofkapellen im 18. Jahrhundert. Eine Bestandsaufnahme (= Schriften zur Südwestdeutschen Hofmusik 1 (externer Link)), hg. von Silke Leopold u. Bärbel Pelker, Schwetzingen 2013, S. 409–434.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Die Musik am Kolleg der Jesuiten in Baden-Baden«, in: Die Jesuiten in der Markgrafschaft Baden (1570–1773). Band 1: Niederlassungen, Wirken, Erbe, hg. von Hans Heid, Ubstadt-Weiher 2014, S. 543–551.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Georg Metzger (1746–1794) – Ein stiller Star der kurpfälzischen Hofmusik«, in: Musik in Baden-Württemberg. Jahrbuch 2019/20, S. 255–260.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Nebenstunden eines Hofmusikers. Die literarischen Versuche des kurpfälzischen Hofklarinettisten Johann Michael Quallenberg«, in: ders. (Hg.): »Es ist nur ein Dorf«, Heidelberg 2020, S. 19–43. https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.566
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Nadeln im Heuhaufen. Der historische Katalog der Badischen Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe als Quelle für das Repertoire des Rastatter Hoftheaters«, in: Fabian / Thomsen-Fürst (Hg.), Oper – Südwest, Schwetzingen 2020, S. 25–35. https://doi.org/10.11588/heibooks.588
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: »Johann Philipp Käfer und die Kantatenaufführungen am Baden-Durlacher Hof in Karlsruhe 1717–1722«, in: Haag, Norbert / Kremer, Joachim / Holtz, Sabine (Hg.): Die Kantate im deutschen Südwesten. Quellen, Repertoire und Überlieferung 1700-1770 (im Druck).
Dilanyan, Yevgine: » ›spectakln sind meine freüde‹ – Sigismund von Rumlings Werke für das Zweibrücker Musiktheater auf dem Karlsberg am Beispiel der Ariette ›Demandez ma vie‹ «, in: Fabian / Thomsen-Fürst (Hg.), Oper – Südwest., Schwetzingen 2020, S. 37–60. https://doi.org/10.11588/heibooks.588
Dilanyan, Yevgine: »Eine Begegnung auf Augenhöhe? Die Flötenquartette von Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi und Christian Cannabich in klingenden Innenräumen des Kurfürsten Carl Theodor«, in: Klingende Innenräume. Gender Perspektiven auf eine ästhetische und soziale Praxis im Privaten, hg. von Sabine Meine und Henrike Rost (= Musik – Kultur – Geschichte, Bd. 12), Würzburg 2020, S. 91–108.
Dilanyan, Yevgine: »Von Gluck bis Dezède. Die Notenbände der ›Bibliotheca Bipontina‹ im Bestand der Staatsbibliothek Bamberg«, in: Jahrbuch für Buch- und Bibliotheksgeschichte (5|2020), hg. von Uwe Jochum, Bernhard Lübbers, Armin Schlechter und Bettina Wagner, Heidelberg 2020, S. 79–110.

Encyclopedia entry

Pelker, Bärbel: Art. »Mannheimer Schule«, in: MGG2, Sachteil 5, hg. von Ludwig Finscher, 2. Aufl., Kassel u.a. 1996, Sp. 1645–1662.
Pelker, Bärbel: Art. »Beck, Franz«, in: MGG2, Personenteil 2, hg. von Ludwig Finscher, 2. Aufl., Kassel u.a. 1999, Sp. 606–609.
Pelker, Bärbel: Art. »Bossler, Heinrich Philipp Carl«, in: MGG2, Personenteil 3, 2000, Sp. 498–500.
Pelker, Bärbel: Art. »Eck (Familie)«, in: MGG2, Personenteil 6, 2001, Sp. 55–59.
Pelker, Bärbel/Hörner, Stephan: Art. »Fränzl (Familie)«, in: MGG2, Personenteil 7, 2002, Sp. 37–42.
Pelker, Bärbel: Art. »Holzbauer, Ignaz (Jakob)«, in: : MGG2, Personenteil 9, 2003, Sp. 265–275.
Pelker, Bärbel/Höft, Brigitte: Art. »Lebrun (Familie)«, in: MGG2, Personenteil 9, 2003, Sp. 1399–1401.
Pelker, Bärbel: Art. »Moralt (Familie)«, MGG 2, Personenteil 12, 2004, Sp. 454–456.
Pelker, Bärbel/Hörner, Stephan: Art. »Pietragrua (Familie)«, MGG2, Personenteil 13, 2005, Sp. 569–572.
Pelker, Bärbel: Art. »Ramm, (Johann) Friedrich«, in: MGG2, Personenteil 13, 2005, Sp. 1252.
Pelker, Bärbel: Art. »Ritter (Familie)«, MGG2, Personenteil 14, 2005, Sp. 197–200.
Pelker, Bärbel, Art. »Mannheim«, in: Das Mozart Lexikon, hg. von Gernot Gruber u. Joachim Brügge (= Das Mozart-Handbuch 6), Laaber 2005, S. 409–416.
Pelker, Bärbel/Finscher, Ludwig/Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: Art. »Stamitz (Familie)«, in: MGG2, Personenteil 15, 2006, Sp. 1301–1314.
Pelker, Bärbel: [Art. zur Mannheimer Musikgeschichte, u.a. Cannabich, Fischer, Fränzl, Hofmusik, Holzbauer, Kirchenmusik, Konzertleben, Lebrun, Mannheimer Schule, Mozart, Musiktheater, Musikverlage, Raaff, Ritter, Stamitz, Vogler, Wendling], in: Der Brockhaus Mannheim. 400 Jahre Quadratestadt – das Lexikon, Mannheim-Leipzig 2006.
Pelker, Bärbel: Art. »Franziska Lebrun«, in: MUGI. Musikvermittlung und Genderforschung: Lexikon und multimediale Präsentationen, hg. von Beatrix Borchard, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, 2003ff., Stand vom 31.1.2008.
Pelker, Bärbel: Art. »Lebrun, Franziska (Dorothea)«, in: Lexikon Musik und Gender, hg. von Annette Kreutziger-Herr und Melanie Unseld, Kassel u.a. 2010, S. 320.
Reutter, Jochen: Art. »Richter, Franz Xaver«, in: MGG2, Personenteil 14, 2005, Sp. 31–35.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: Art. »Rastatt«, in: MGG2, Sachteil 8, 1998, Sp. 87–91.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: Art. »Zweibrücken«, in: MGG2, Sachteil 9, 1998, Sp. 2493–2496.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: Art. »Cramer (Familie)«, in: MGG2, Personenteil 4, 2000, Sp. 36–41, 45–46.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: Art. »Danner (Familie)«, in: MGG2, Personenteil 5, 2001, Sp. 381–383.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: Art. »Dimler (Familie)«, in: MGG2, Personenteil 5, 2001, Sp. 1051–1053.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: Art. »Fils, Anton«, in: MGG2, Personenteil 6, 2001, Sp. 1161–1166.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: Art. »Frick, Philipp Joseph«, in: MGG2, Personenteil 7, 2002, Sp. 107.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: Art. »Metzger, (Johann) Georg«, in: MGG2, Personenteil 12, 2004, Sp. 110–111.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: Art. »Ritschel, Johannes«, in: MGG2, Personenteil 14, 2005, Sp. 196–197.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: Art. »Vogler, Georg Joseph«, in: MGG2, Personenteil 17, 2006, Sp. 176–183.
Thomsen-Fürst, Rüdiger: Art. „Weiss, Juliana Margaretha“, in: Lexikon Musik und Gender, hg. von Annette Kreutziger-Herr und Melanie Unseld, Kassel u.a. 2010, S. 330.

Special Publications

Die Mannheimer Hofkapelle im Zeitalter Carl Theodors, hg. von Ludwig Finscher. Mit Beiträgen von Gabriele Busch-Salmen, Paul Corneilson, Sibylle Dahms, Ludwig Finscher, Brigitte Höft, Hermann Jung, Jörg Kreutz, Bärbel Pelker, Jochen Reutter, Joachim Veit, Roland Würtz, Mannheim, Palatium Verlag im J & J Verlag 1992 (vergriffen).
Hofoper in Schwetzingen, hg. von Silke Leopold und Bärbel Pelker. Mit Beiträgen von Annette Frese, Silke Leopold, Bärbel Pelker, Hans-Joachim Scholderer, Monika Scholl, Friedrich Teutsch, Ralph Richard Wagner, Heidelberg, Universitätsverlag Winter 2004.
Theater um Mozart, hg. von Bärbel Pelker, mit Beiträgen von Rudolph Angermüller, Jan Assmann, Angela Bräunig, Volkmar Braunbehrens, Florian Ebeling, Annette Frese, Günter Krenn, Silke Leopold, Jessen Oestergaard, Bärbel Pelker und Monika Scholl Heidelberg, Universitätsverlag Winter 2006 (Einblicke), FAZ, 29.9.2006 [Das Buch wurde von der EU als Kulturstraße (Major Cultural Route) anerkannten Vereinigung der europäischen Mozartstädte und Mozartregionen in der Kategorie »Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen« mit dem Ehrenpreis 2006 ausgezeichnet.].
Sohn der Harmonie! Joseph Aloys Schmittbaur (1718–1809), hg. von Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst, Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek 2009.

Music by the Mannheim Court Orchestra, Stuttgart, Carus Verlag

Holzbauer, Ignaz:. Missa in C, ed. by Jochen Reutter, 1995.
Solo Works for Soprano and Orchestra, edited by Bärbel Pelker, 1999. (Includes: the cantata “La Tempesta” and the ode after Horace “Degli amor” by Ignaz Holzbauer, as well as three arias from “Les trois Sultanes” by Franz Beck).
Holzbauer, Ignaz:. The Death of Dido, opera in one act, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 1997 (on loan).

Music Editions, Heidelberg, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

(complete score and parts available for loan; please direct inquiries to the staff at the research project. Works marked “MSH” [Music from Court Orchestras of Southwestern Germany; A = instrumental music, B = vocal music] are available for purchase via Noten Röhr (external link).

Bach, Johann Christian: 2 arias (“Non m’alletta quel riso” (external link), “Or a' danni d’un ingrato” (external link)) from: Temistocle, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2003.
Brandl, Johann Evangelist: Symphony for Large Orchestra (E-flat major), Op. 12 (external link), edited by Sanja Aleksic, 2018.
Broschi, Riccardo: Aria “Son qual nave” (external link) for soprano and orchestra, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2011.
Cannabich, Christian: https://hofmusik.hadw-bw.de/data/Cannabich_Ballett_Kopie.pdf">Ceyx et Alcyonne (external link), ballet music, edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2003.
Cannabich, Christian: Electra, melodrama, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 1999.
Cannabich, Christian: Pastorale for 12 Instruments in D Major (P 1) (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2011.
Cannabich, Christian: Pastorale for 12 Instruments in D major (P 2) (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2011.
Cannabich, Christian: Quartet I (C major) (external link), from: Six Quatuors, Op. 5, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2009.
Cannabich, Christian: Quartet VI (G-major) (external link), from: Six Quatuors, Op. 5, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2010.
Cannabich, Christian: String Quartet in E minor (external link), from: Six Quartets, Op. 5, ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2018.
Cannabich, Christian: Flute Quartet in D Major (Op. 1, No. 1) (external link), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2017.
Cannabich, Christian: Flute Quartet in F Major (external link), edited by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2018.
Cannabich, Christian: Flute Quartet in A minor (external link), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2019.
Cannabich, Christian: https://hofmusik.hadw-bw.de/data/Cannabich_Quintetto_VII1_Homepage_Kopie.pdf">Quintet in F major (Op. 7 No. 1) (external link), ed. by Sarah-Denise Fabian, 2016(= MSH. A 66).
Cannabich, Christian: Quintet in C Major for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola, and Cello (external link), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2019.
Cannabich, Christian: Sinfonia concertante in F major (W 34) (external link) for solo violin and orchestra, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2011.
Cannabich, Christian: Symphony for 2 Orchestras (C major) (external link), edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2003.
Cannabich, Christian: Symphony (D major) (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 1998.
Cannabich, Christian: Symphony (E-flat Major) (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 1998.
Cannabich, Christian: Symphony in B-flat major (Op. 4, No. 4) (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2013.
Cannabich, Christian: Symphony in G Major (W8) (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2013.
Cramer, Wilhelm: Concerto (in C major) for Violin and Orchestra (No. 1) (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2014.
Cramer, Wilhelm: La Chasse (D major) (external link) for violin and orchestra, ed. by Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst, 2012.
Cramer, Wilhelm: Quartet No. 5 (D major) (external link), from: Six Quatuors, Op. 4, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2010.
Cramer, Wilhelm: Quartet No. 6 (G major) (external link), from: Six Quatuors, Op. 4, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2010.
Cramer, Franz: Rondo per il Clarinetto in B-flat major, ed. by Sanja Aleksic, 2019.
Danner, Christian: Concerto (F) for Violin and Orchestra (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2013.
Danzi, Franz: Flute Quartet in D minor (external link), edited by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2020.
Dimler, Anton: Concertante for 2 Horns and Orchestra in E-flat Major, ed. by Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst, 2003.
Dimler, Anton: Concerto (B) for Clarinet and Orchestra (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2014.
Dimler, Anton: Concerto in BMajor for Clarinet and Orchestra, ed. by Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst, 2017.
Dimler, Anton: Concerto in C major for oboe and orchestra (1793) (external link), ed. Sanja Aleksic, 2019.
Eck, Friedrich: Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2002.
Eichner, Ernst: Concertert (D) Op. 9 (external link), arranged for harp and orchestra by Bärbel Pelker, 2012.
Eichner, Ernst: Symphony in E-flat Major (Op. 1, No. 2) (external link), edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2014.
Eichner, Jean Théophile (also attributed to Ernst Eichner): Concerto No. 1 in G major (external link) and Concerto No. 2 in D major (external link) (Op. 5), arranged for harp and orchestra by Bärbel Pelker, 2012.
Fils, Anton: Symphony in E-flat Major, edited by Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst, 2003.
Fils, Anton: Symphony in E-flat Major (external link), ed. by Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst, 2018.
Fils, Anton: Symphony in G minor “Copenhagen Version” (external link), ed. by Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst 2019.
Fränzl, Ferdinand: Flute Quartet in D Major (external link), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2020.
Fränzl, Ignaz: Flute Quartet in G Major (Op. 6 No. 1) (external link), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2017.
Fränzl, Ignaz: Flute Quartet in D Major (external link), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2019.
Gazzaniga, Giuseppe: L'isola d'Alcina, opera in 3 acts (version: Vienna 1774), edited by Sanja Aleksic in collaboration with Sarah-Denise Fabian and Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst, 2020.
Gossec, François-Joseph: Flute Quartet in E-flat minor (external link), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2019.
Grétry, André-Ernest-Modest: Aria “L’usignuolo che al nido” (external link) from: Zemira e Azor, ed. by Sanja Aleksic, 2019.
Hasse, Johann Adolph: Leucippo, Favola pastorale per musica, 3 acts (“Schwetzingen version” from 1757), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2013–2014.
Holzbauer, Ignaz: Aria “In pace tranquilla” (external link) for soprano and orchestra, also in an arrangement for oboe and small orchestra, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2011.
Holzbauer, Ignaz: Aria (“The Shining Sky”) (external link), Duet (“O King”) (external link) from: Günther von Schwarzburg, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2003.
Holzbauer, Ignaz: Il figlio delle selve, opera in 3 acts, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2002.
Holzbauer, Ignaz: Miserere in E-flat major (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2006.
Holzbauer, Ignaz: Motet “Die Zeit rückt schon herzu” (external link) for solo voice, choir, and orchestra; also arranged for orchestra as “Hirtenmusik,” ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2011.
Holzbauer, Ignaz: Overture to the opera *Günther von Schwarzburg* (external link), concert version, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2002.
Holzbauer, Ignaz: Sinfonia a quattro partiti obligati in C major (Op. 1, No. 6) (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2011.
Holzbauer, Ignaz: Symphony in D Major (Op. 2, No. 1) (external link) for orchestra and horns ad lib., edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2011.
Holzbauer, Ignaz: Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major (external link) for violin, viola, cello, and orchestra, edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2011.
Holzbauer, Ignaz: Simphonia a piu strumenti obligati No. 16 (external link) in F major, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2011.
Holzbauer, Ignaz: Symphony for Large Orchestra “La tempesta del mare” (Op. 4, No. 3) (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2015.
Holzbauer, Ignaz: Sinfonia for ‘Alessandro nell’Indie’ (external link), ed. by Sanja Aleksic, 2018.
Holzbauer, Ignaz: String Quartet in C minor (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2010.
Holzbauer, Ignaz: String Quintet in E-flat Major (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2013.
Holzbauer, Ignaz: Sextet in F Major (external link), edited by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2018.
Holzbauer, Ignaz: Sextet in C Major (external link), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2019.
Holzbauer, Ignaz: Sonata in D Major for Flute, Violin, and Bass (external link), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2019.
Jommelli, Niccolò: Aria “Deh china quei rai” (external link) from: Cajo Fabrizio, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2003.
Jommelli, Niccolò: https://hofmusik.hadw-bw.de/data/Jommelli_Sinf_Cajo_Partitur_Homepage.pdf">Sinfonia to Cajo Fabrizio (external link), ed. by Sarah-Denise Fabian, 2017 (= MSH. A 68).
Jommelli, Niccolò: Aria “Ah! Che dissi infelice” (external link) (Final Scene) from Didone abbandonata (Stuttgart 1763), ed. by Sarah-Denise Fabian 2018 (= MSH.B2, 2019).
Jommelli, Niccolò: Aria “Son Regina, e sono amante” (external link) from Didone abbandonata (Stuttgart 1763), ed. by Sarah-Denise Fabian, 2018 (= MSH.B1, 2019).
Jommelli, Niccolò: Duet “Ferma! Senti” (external link) from: Zemira e Azor, ed. by Sanja Aleksic, 2019.
Lebrun, Ludwig August: Concerto in F Major for Oboe (external link) and Strings, ed. by Sanja Aleksic, 2019.
Lebrun, Ludwig August: Trio in F Major for Oboe, Violin, and Bass (external link), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2019.
Metzger, Georg: Concertos Nos. 1–4, 6–7 for Flute and Orchestra, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2009 No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 , No. 4, No. 6, No. 7 (external links).
Metzger, Georg: Concerto in G Major for Flute (external link) and Orchestra (Lib. 5), edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2008.
Metzger, Georg: Concerto in FMajor for Flute (external link) and Orchestra (Op. 7, Book 8), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2008.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony in C (K. 102) (external link), reconstruction of the second movement, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2003.
Neumann: Quintet in C Major (external link), ed. by Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst, 2020.
Richter, Franz Xaver: Missa brevis in C (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2005.
Richter, Franz Xaver: Mass in B minor (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2007.
Richter, Franz Xaver: Symphony in D Major (external link) (Op. 2/1), edited by Sanja Aleksic, 2019.
Richter, Franz Xaver: https://hofmusik.hadw-bw.de/data/2_Richter_Sinfonie_F_Dur_Op_2_Partitur_Homepage.pdf">Symphony in F major (external link) (Op. 2/2), edited by Sanja Aleksic, 2019.
Richter, Franz Xaver: Symphony in D Major for Orchestra (Op. 2, No. 6) (external link), edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2014.
Ritter, Peter: 5 Harmonic Pieces (external link), edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2013.
Rumling, Sigismund von: Ariette “Demandez ma vie” (external link) from: Romeo et Juliette (Zweibrücken 1783), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2018.
Salieri, Antonio: La fiera di Venezia, opera in 3 acts (version: Mannheim 1772), edited by Sanja Aleksic in collaboration with Sarah-Denise Fabian and Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst, 2018.
Schmittbaur, Joseph Aloys: Concerto Movement in Gmajor for bassoon and orchestra, ed. by Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst, 2010.
Schmittbaur, Joseph Aloys: Sinfonia in C major (external link), ed. by Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst, 2016.
Schmittbaur, Joseph Aloys: https://hofmusik.hadw-bw.de/data/Schmittbaur_Lindor.pdf">Lindor and Ismene (external link), edited by Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst and Sanja Aleksic, 2018.
Schmittbaur, Joseph Aloys: Tré Symphony, edited by Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst (in progress)
Schweizer, Anton: Rosamunde, opera in 4 acts, edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2012.
Schwindl, Friedrich: Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Basso continuo, ed. by Sanja Aleksic, 2020.
Stamitz, Anton: Symphonie concertante (F) for oboe and bassoon (optional) and orchestra (external link), edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2015.
Stamitz, Anton: Symphony Concertante (C major) for Oboe, Bassoon, and Orchestra (external link), edited by Sanja Aleksic, 2017.
Stamitz, Carl: Concerto (in G major) for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 29 (external link), ed. by Sarah-Denise Fabian, 2016 (= MSH. A 69).
Stamitz, Carl: https://hofmusik.hadw-bw.de/data/StamitzC_Klarinettenkonz_B-Kai3_Kopie.pdf">Concerto (B-flat major) for Clarinet and Orchestra (Kaiser Klar 3) (external link), edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2010.
Stamitz, Carl: Concerto (B-flat major) for Clarinet and Orchestra (Kaiser Klar 4) (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2012.
Stamitz, Carl: Concerto (B-flat major) for clarinet and orchestra (Kaiser Klar 5) (external link), edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2011.
Stamitz, Carl (Eichner, Ernst): Concerto (E-flat major) for Clarinet and Orchestra (Kaiser Klar 2) (external link), ed. by Sanja Aleksic, 2015.
Stamitz, Carl: Grande Symphonie à deux Orchestres (external link), E-flat major, edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2006.
Stamitz, Carl: Sinfonia concertante in D major for first violin and orchestra (Op. II, No. 2) (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2013.
Stamitz, Carl: Symphonie de chasse in D major (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2013.
Stamitz, Carl: Symphonie concertante in C major for oboe/flute, bassoon, and orchestra (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2015.
Stamitz, Carl: S Symphony Concertante in D Major for 2 Violins, Cello, and Orchestra (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2015.
Stamitz, Carl: Symphonie concertante in E-flat major for violin, violin/oboe, viola, cello/bassoon, and orchestra (external link), edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2015.
Stamitz, Carl: Sinfonia concertante (D minor) for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra(external link), ed. by Sanja Aleksic, 2017.
Stamitz, Carl: Flute Quartet(external link) in A major, ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2019.
Stamitz, Johann: Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2015.
Stamitz, Johann: Pastorella (external link) in G major for orchestra, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2011.
Stamitz, Johann: Symphony in D major (D17) (external link), edited by Sarah-Denise Fabian, 2016 (= MSH. A 67).
Stamitz, Johann: Symphony in D Major (D25) (external link), ed. by Sarah-Denise Fabian, 2016 (= MSH. A 65).
Stamitz, Johann: Symphony in E-flat Major, Op. 4, No. 4 (Es4) (external link), ed. by Sarah-Denise Fabian, 2016(= MSH. A 71).
Stamitz, Johann: Symphony in G Major (G7) (external link), edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2013.
Toeschi, Carlo Giuseppe: Flute Quartet in F Major (Op. 1 No. 2) (external link), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2017.
Toeschi, Carlo Giuseppe: Flute Quartet “De Lucile” (external link), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2017.
Toeschi, Carlo Giuseppe: Flute Quartet in B-flat major (external link), edited by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2018.
Toeschi, Carlo Giuseppe: Flute Quartet in G Major (external link), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2019.
Toeschi, Carlo Giuseppe: Flute Quartet in C Major (external link), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2020.
Toeschi, Carlo Giuseppe: Sextet in B-flat Major (external link), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2018.
Toeschi, Carlo Giuseppe: Symphony in C Major (Op. 8, No. 2) (external link), edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2006.
Toeschi, Carlo Giuseppe: Symphony in C Major (No. 10) (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2013.
Toeschi, Carlo Giuseppe: Toeschi, Carlo Giuseppe: https://hofmusik.hadw-bw.de/Symphony for Large Orchestra in G Major (Op. 12, No. 3) (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2015.
Toeschi, Carlo Giuseppe: Symphony in E-flat Major (Op. 1, No. 6) (external link), ed. by Sarah-Denise Fabian, 2017. (= MSH. A 70).
Vogler, Georg Joseph: Andantino (F) on the Christmas hymn “Resonet in laudibus” (external link) (“Joseph, my dear Joseph«) from the symphony “La Scala” for orchestra, ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2011.
Vogler, Georg Joseph: Concerto (C) for harpsichord or fortepiano and orchestra (Concert de la Reine, Versailles 1781) (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, Schwetzingen 2013 (Live recording, 1st movement). (external link)
Vogler, Georg Joseph: Hamlet Overture for Orchestra (external link), ed. by Bärbel Pelker, 2015.
Vogler, Georg Joseph: Symphony in D minor (external link), ed. by Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst, 2019.
Vogler, Georg Joseph: Symphony in C Major “Satisfactions Symphony” (external link), edited by Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst, Sanja Aleksic, and Bärbel Pelker, 2019.
Vogler, Georg Joseph: Dixit Dominus (external link), from: Vesperae de Paschate (1805), ed. by Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst, 2019.
Vogler, Georg Joseph: Magnificat (external link), from: Vesperae de Paschate (1805), ed. by Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst, 2019.
Vogler, Georg Joseph: String Quartet in F minor (external link), edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2010.
Vogler, Georg Joseph: https://hofmusik.hadw-bw.de/data/Vogler_Flute_Quartet_F-Major_Score_Homepage.pdf">Flute Quartet in F Major (external link), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2019.
Wendling, Jean Baptist: Flute Quartet in E-minor (external link), ed. by Yevgine Dilanyan, 2018.
Zumsteeg, Johann Rudolph: Die Geisterinsel, Singspiel in 3 Acts, edited by Bärbel Pelker, 2010.

2020
Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 7:00 p.m., at the Temple of Minerva in the Schwetzingen Palace Gardens

“Kleine Serenade,” a chamber music concert as part of the 2020 theme year “Infinitely Beautiful. Monuments for Eternity.” In collaboration with Schwetzingen Palace and Palace Gardens and the Schwetzingen Music School

Alongside various other chamber music ensembles, the so-called flute quartet gained increasing popularity in the second half of the 18th century. In southwestern Germany, the Electoral Palatinate’s concertmaster and court music director Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi was one of the first to compose works for this ensemble. But even after the heyday of the flute quartet in the 1770s and 1780s—and even at the beginning of the 19th century, when the flute quartet was losing popularity—there were still composers who turned their attention to this ensemble. Notably among them were Ferdinand Fränzl and Franz Danzi, sons of distinguished Mannheim court musicians, who had received an excellent musical education in the Electoral Palatinate court orchestra. In this program, the works of the three composers—which mark the heyday and, in a sense, the decline of the flute quartet—are presented side by side. Elector Carl Theodor, too, had taken great pleasure in participating as a flutist in such quartet performances during the summer in Schwetzingen.

Performers: Christoph Rox (flute), Christine Rox (violin), Olga Becker-Tkacz (viola), Mirjam Rox (cello). The chamber music concert will be hosted by Ms. Yevgine Dilanyan, a staff member of the research project.

Program notes (PDF)

Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from August 28, 2020, by Maria Herlo (PDF)

Virtual Exhibition

The “Bibliotheca Bipontina” exhibition, which was on display last year at the Bamberg State Library, is now available online, and we would like to bring this to your attention. In addition to numerous magnificent books from this private library of the Dukes of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, the collection includes a number of handwritten and printed music scores. The most notable item is arguably the printed score of the opera Iphigénie en Aulide by Christoph Willibald Gluck, featuring the composer’s signature on the title page. You can access this virtual exhibition here (external link).

2019

Thursday, October 24, 2019, 6:30 p.m., Schwetzingen Adult Education Center, Room 105

Lecture “Burning Imaginations” – The Collaboration Between Niccolò Jommelli and Mattia Verazi

by Dr. Sarah-Denise Fabian, in collaboration with the Schwetzingen Adult Education Center

Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart described the Württemberg chief conductor Niccolò Jommelli as having “burning imagination.” He was referring to Jommelli’s operas, which caused a sensation primarily through the incorporation of French elements into Italian opera seria and through spectacular performances. This is particularly true of Jommelli’s operas set to librettos by the Electoral Palatinate court poet Mattia Verazi. The lecture focused on this fruitful collaboration between the two artists.

Flyer

Wednesday, October 23, 2019, Guided Tour and Chamber Concert

“The Magical Sounds in the Paradise of Composers”

In collaboration with Schwetzingen Palace and Palace Gardens and Music School e. V. Schwetzingen

4:15 – 5:30 p.m.: Music History Tour

Meeting point for the city tour at Peter Lenk’s sculpture “Glücksschwein von Schwetzingen” at Schlossplatz

6:00 p.m., Chamber concert featuring works by Ignaz Holzbauer, Christian Cannabich, Ludwig August Lebrun, and Wilhelm Cramer (Schwetzingen Palace, Mozart Hall)

“Whenever the Elector was in Schwetzingen, and his excellent orchestra followed him there, one felt one felt transported to a magical island where everything resounded and sang. [...] Indeed, from every corner and cottage of the little village, one could hear the magical sounds of his virtuosos, who excelled on all manner of instruments.” This is how euphorically the Swabian poet Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart described his impressions when he visited Schwetzingen in 1774 at the invitation of the Elector.

A walking tour through downtown Schwetzingen led to the places where the court musicians of Elector Carl Theodor lived and worked. Following the tour, a chamber concert featured works by those court musicians who were mentioned during the tour and who, as composers and virtuosos, contributed to the fame of the Mannheim Court.

The performers were: Christoph Rox (flute), Georg Lustig (oboe), Eckart David Schmidt (violin), Clémence Apffel-Gomez (viola), and Mirjam Rox (cello).

Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from October 25, 2019, by Maria Herlo

Saturday, September 28, 2019, 9:30 a.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen

Conference “Objective Reports? – Leopold Mozart’s Notes on Court Orchestras in Southwestern Germany”

Even if no compositions by Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had survived, but only their letters and travel notes, anyone who studies European musical life in the second half of the 18th century would be familiar with these two musicians: Their reports, more than almost any other body of sources, provide extensive information about musicians and institutions in Europe’s musical centers.

To mark the 300th anniversary of Leopold Mozart’s birth, the research project on Southwest German Court Music organized a conference aimed at critically examining Leopold Mozart’s records on the court orchestras in southwestern Germany. The focus was on the royal residences in Mannheim/Schwetzingen, Stuttgart, Bruchsal, and Donaueschingen.

Conference Program

The city walking tour “Walks in the Paradise of Composers” on Thursday, September 26, September 2019 at 5:00 p.m.

A walking tour through downtown Schwetzingen takes participants to the places where the court musicians of Elector Carl Theodor lived and worked. The meeting point is at Peter Links’ sculpture "Lucky Pig of Schwetzingen" on Schlossplatz.

Wednesday, August 14, 7:00 p.m., at the Badhaus, Schwetzingen Palace

“Kleine Serenade,” a chamber music concert as part of the 2019 theme year “Pretty Good Friends. With Sword, Charm, and Wit: France and the German Southwest”

In collaboration with Schwetzingen Palace and Palace Gardens and the Schwetzingen Music School

In the second half of the 18th century, musicians from the Electoral Palatinate court orchestra regularly traveled to Paris to perform in public and have their works published. But the music of French composers was also occasionally performed in Mannheim and Schwetzingen—especially on the court theater stage.
Featuring flute quartets by Ignaz Fränzl, Carl Stamitz, François-Joseph Gossec, and Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi, the musicians Christoph Rox (flute), Olga Becker-Tkacz (violin), Anne Johnson-Zander (viola), and Mirjam Rox (cello) invited the audience on a musical journey through time, leading from Mannheim to Paris and ending in Schwetzingen, at the Badhaus. The chamber music concert was hosted by Ms. Yevgine Dilanyan, a staff member of the research project.

Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from August 15, 2019, by Janina Hardung

Saturday, June 29, 2019, 6:30 p.m., Hofgarten of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Serenade Concert “Of Friends and Rivals: The Young Mozart Among Mannheim Court Musicians”

This year’s serenade concert at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities featured flute quartets by Christian Cannabich, Georg Joseph Vogler, Jean Baptist Wendling, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as a duo for viola and cello by Carl Stamitz. The performers were Christoph Rox (flute), Eckart Schmidt (violin), Clémence Apffel-Gomez (viola), and Mirjam Rox (cello).

Sunday, June 16, 2019, 2:00 p.m., Schönborn Hall, Bruchsal Palace

Lecture “The Glass Harmonica at the Courts of Southwest Germany” by Dr. Rüdiger Thom

As part of the lecture series marking the 250th birthday of glass harmonica virtuoso Marianne Kirchgessner

After Benjamin Franklin invented the glass harmonica in London in 1761, it would take several more years before this new instrument would be regarded not merely as a curiosity but as an integral part of musical life. However, this process did not take place in England but primarily in the German-speaking world: “Germany truly became the adopted home of the harmonica”, as musicologist Alec Hyatt King summarized. This development began at the courts of southwestern Germany. Here, —in some cases commissioned by the rulers—the first instruments in Germany were replicated; mass production began a little later. Here, instrumentalists learned how to play the instrument, composed music for it, and in turn passed on their knowledge to students. The central role of the region in the history of the glass harmonica was examined in more detail in this presentation.

Further information on the lecture series and the subsequent evening concert by the Vienna Glass Harmonica Duo can be found at here.

The city walking tour “Walks Through the Paradise of the Tonkünstler” on Thursday, May 23, 2019, at 6:30 p.m.

A walking tour through downtown Schwetzingen took participants to the places where the court musicians of Elector Carl Theodor lived and worked. The meeting point was at Peter Link’s sculpture “Glücksschwein von Schwetzingen” on Schlossplatz.

Monday, May 13, 2019, 7:30 p.m., Rittersaal, Baroque Palace of Mannheim

SWR Festival Academy II, Schwetzingen Festival (in collaboration with the Schwetzingen Festival and the Villa Musica Rhineland-Palatinate State Foundation)

The second concert of the Court MusicAcademy was held at a historic venue: The musical academies took place in the Knights’ Hall of Mannheim Palace during the winter months, a season marked by celebrations for the ruling couple’s name days and birthdays, as well as Carnival. This hall is inextricably linked to the high standard of orchestral culture in the Electoral Palatinatecourt music, about which an anonymous eyewitness raved: “It was a joy to see how one bow stroke followed another, rising and falling; a joy to hear how not a single note in the entire orchestra of more than 50 people went unnoticed … how forte and piano were performed in brotherly harmony, how the uniformly executed rise of the crescendo and fall of the diminuendo made the sensitive listener’s heart swell.” Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.

Further information

The concert was broadcast on May 21, 2019, at 1:05 p.m. on SWR2 Midday Concert.

Sunday, May 12, 2019, 6:00 p.m., Mozart Hall, Schwetzingen Palace

Court Music Academy I of the SWR Schwetzingen Festival

In collaboration with the Schwetzingen Festival and the Villa Musica Rhineland-Palatinate State Foundation

This year’s Schwetzingen Court Music Academy continued the tradition of the musical academies at the court of Elector Carl Theodor. These varied court concerts, in which the Elector himself occasionally performed as a soloist, were a regular feature of the court’s festival cycleor could also be scheduled on short notice, as Leopold Mozart reported from Salzburg in July 1763: “Yesterday, an academy was specially ordered for our sake … It lasted from 5 o’clock in the evening until 9 o’clock at night.”

The program featured works by court musicians of the Electoral Palatinate and their contemporaries. In addition to symphonies, the program included concertos, arias, ballet music, and chamber music, and a musical surprise awaited the audience during both intermissions. Musical direction: Werner Ehrhardt.

The introduction by Dr. Sarah-Denise Fabian will take place at 5 p.m. in the Jagdsaal.

Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from May 14, 2019

Saturday, May 11, 2019, 3:00 p.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen

In the Musicians’ Paradise: Walking Tour – Concert – Guided Tour

A walking tour through downtown Schwetzingen led participants to the places where Elector Carl Theodor’s court musicians lived and worked. Participants in this year’s Court Music Academy then invited guests to a short concert in the concert hall of Palais Hirsch. Afterward, staff members from the “Southwest German Court Music” research project of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities—also located in Palais Hirsch—provided insights into their work.

Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from May 13, 2019, by Hans-Günter Fischer

Sunday, April 28, 2019, 11 a.m., Karl-Wörn-Haus, Schwetzingen City Museum

“It’s Just a Village” – Schwetzingen Through the Eyes of Leopold Mozart, Exhibition Opening

To mark the 300th anniversary of Leopold Mozart’s birth, the Museum of the City of Schwetzingen opened the special exhibition “It’s Just a Village” – Schwetzingen Through the Eyes of Leopold Mozart

When Leopold Mozart stayed in Schwetzingen in the summer of 1763 during his first concert tour with his children Maria Anna and Wolfgang Amadeus, he wrote a letter to his friend and patron, Johann Lorenz Hagenauer, in which he not only reported on the music and musicians at court but also in detail the everyday life in Schwetzingen.

The mayor of Schwetzingen, René Pöltl; the director of the research project on Southwestern German Court Music at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold; and the museum director, Lars Maurer, opened the exhibition with their speeches.

The collaboration involves the Karl-Wörn-Haus, the Museum of the City of Schwetzingen (Lars Maurer), The Schwetzingen City Archives (Joachum Kresin), the Historical Institute at the University of Mannheim (Prof. Dr. Hiram Kümper), and the research project on Southwestern German court music (Dr. Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst) were involved. The exhibition was open until July 28, 2019.

Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from April 30, 2019, by Maria Herlo

The city tour “Walks in the Paradise of Composers” on Thursday, April 25, 2019, at 3:00 p.m.

A walking tour through downtown Schwetzingen takes you to the places where the court musicians of Elector Carl Theodor lived and worked. The meeting point is at Peter Link’s sculpture “‘Lucky Pig of Schwetzingen’” on Schlossplatz.

Sunday, February 24, 2019, 17 a.m., Concert Hall of the University of Music and Performing Arts, Stuttgart

Concert “Electra” by Christian Cannabich

The introduction by Dr. Sarah-Denise Fabian took place at 4:15 p.m.

Dr. Fabian spoke about Christian Cannabich’s “Electra" on the SWR2 radio program “Treffpunkt Klassik.”

You can listen to the recording of the program at here.

Thursday, February 14, 2019, 6:30 p.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen

Lecture “The Astronomer and the Blind Girl” by Dr. Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst

A lecture on the history of the glass harmonica to mark the 300th anniversary of Christian Mayer’s birth and the 250th anniversary of Marianne Kirchgessner’s

Like no other musical instrument, the glass harmonica, with its ethereal, almost ethereal sound, the sentimental spirit of the late 18th century. Although it was invented in London in 1761 by the American Benjamin Franklin, the instrument found a home primarily in Germany. Prominent composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Adolf Hasse, and Johann Gottlieb Naumann composed for the glass harmonica; the poet Jean Paul called it a “glass sanctuary of the muse of sound,” and Goethe is said to have heard in its sound the “heart’s blood of the world.” The lecture provided an introduction to the history of this now largely forgotten instrument and explained the important role that the courts in southwestern Germany played in its development.

2018

Thursday, November 15, 2018, 6:00 p.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen

Lecture “Creator of a New Taste?” by Dr. Sarah-Denise Fabian

When Duke Carl Eugen of Württemberg invited him to his court, he was already an internationally celebrated star composer: Niccollò Jommelli (1714–1774). His operas made him famous throughout Europe. From 1754 to 1769, Jommelli served as chief conductor in Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg. The lecture focused on this phase of the life and work of this significant composer, who is no longer prominently represented in today’s musical landscapecomposer.

Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from November 19 by Maria Herlo

Sunday, November 4, 2018, 5:00 p.m., Rittersaal, Mannheim Palace

“Music from the Residence” concert series

275 Years of the “Mannheim School”

A Musical Academy

Works by Johann and Carl Stamitz, Ignaz Holzbauer, Anton Fils, Wilhelm Cramer, and Antonio Salieri

Soloists: Yvonne Prentki (soprano), Sueye Park (violin), Nikolaus Friedrich(clarinet), Kurpfälzisches Chamber Orchestra, Conductor: James Lowe

Organizer: GMG in cooperation with the State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg and in collaboration with the Research Project for Southwestern German Court Music of >Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Saturday, October 20, 2018, Guided Tour and Concert

Mozart in the Paradise of Composers, in collaboration with the City of Schwetzingen and Musikschule e. V. Schwetzingen

4:15–5:30 p.m.
Music-historical walking tour “In the Paradise of Musicians”.

After the tour, light refreshments will be served.

6:00 p.m., Palais Hirsch, upper-floor concert hall

Chamber music concert “A Quartetto for the Indian Dutchman”:

The flute quartets of the young Mozart and the Mannheim court musicians. Free admission.

The staff of the Rüdiger Thomsen research project—Fürst and Sarah-Denise Fabian—invited guests to a music-historical tour through downtown Schwetzingen. The tour took participants to the places where the court musicians of Elector Carl Theodor lived and worked. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart also visited the Electoral Palatinate, first as a (child) prodigy and later as a young adult. He maintained particularly close ties with several prominent court musicians during his stay in Mannheim over 240 years ago. Detailed accounts of this can be found in the letters to his father, who remained in Salzburg; in these, Wolfgang Amadé also writes about his musician friends at court arranging commissions for him. “A quartetto for the Indian-Dutchman, for the true friend of humanity, is also nearly ready,” Mozart informed his father in a postscript dated December 20, 1777. By “quartetto,” he means a flute quartet—a chamber music form for flute and string trio that was frequently composed by the “Mannheimers” and was a popular chamber music form for flute and string trio at the time. This flute quartet, along with three other works edited specifically for the subsequent concert by Christian Cannabich, Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi, and Jean-Baptiste Wendling, were performed by the musicians Christoph Rox (flute), Covadonga Alonso (violin), Anne Johnson-Zander(viola), and Mirjam Rox (cello) were performed. The concert was moderated by Eva Dilanyan, a staff member of the research project.

Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from October 22 by Maria Herlo

The guided tour “Walks Through the Paradise of Composers” on September 29 at 3:00 p.m.

Sunday, September 9, 2018, 1–6 p.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen

Open Monument Day

As part of the organ walk, the research project hosted an open house.

Saturday, September 8, September 2018, 10:30 a.m., SWR2

Treffpunkt Klassik extra

Dr. Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst was a guest on the SWR2 radio program "Treffpunkt Klassik extra."

For more information, see here.

Sunday, July 8, 2018, 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Friedenskirche, Ludwigsburg

Don’t you know…. Music from the Ludwigsburg Court

6:00 p.m.: Introductory lecture by Sarah-Denise Fabian

7:00 p.m.: Concert featuring works by Breschianello, Duntz, and Holzbauer, conducted by Nikolai Ott

Introductory lecture

Wednesday, June 27, 2018, 6:15 p.m., Lecture Hall of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Orpheus in Swabia—Florian Deller’s “Orphée et Euridice” at the Court of Württemberg

A lecture by Dr. Sarah-Denise Fabian as part of the series: 15 Years of “Insights. For you.” [Part 2]

Ballet at the Württemberg court under Carl Eugen in the 18th century is associated above all with one name: Jean Georges Noverre. During his tenure in Stuttgart (1760–1767), the Duke granted him virtually unlimited freedom to implement his ballet reform—the concept of a new kind of dramatic narrative ballet. Music plays a central role in this, for, as Noverre himself stated, music is to dance what words are to music. Today, however, the composers of this music are largely forgotten —one of them being the Württemberg court musician Florian Deller. He composed the music for numerous ballets based on Noverre’s reforms, with the score for *Orphée et Euridice* (1763) counting among his most significant works. This lecture now turned its attention explicitly to this music, examining in particular the question ofhow the program developed by Noverre around Orpheus and Eurydice is reflected in the musical composition.

Activities of the research project in collaboration with the 2018 Schwetzingen Festival

Press Review

Saturday, May 19, 2018, 7:00 p.m., additional performances on Monday, May 21 (6:00 p.m.) and

Tuesday, May 22 (7:00 p.m.), Schwetzingen Rococo Theater

Premiere: *La Fiera di Venezia*, a *drama giocoso* by Antonio Salieri (1750–1825), semi-staged performance

In collaboration with the Schwetzingen Festival and the L’arte del mondo Orchestra (Bayer Kultur)

With the opera buffa "La Fiera di Venezia," the young Antonio Salieri made a name for himself with Viennese audiences in early 1772. That same year, the opera was performed in Mannheim and later throughout Europe. Nearly 250 years after its premiere, Salieri’s opera returned to the Kurpfalz region, bringing a touch of Venetian flair to Schwetzingen. Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.

The introductions by Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold took place on May 19 and 22 at 6:00 p.m. and on May 21 at 5:00 p.m. in the Chamber Music Hall.

Article in the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung from May 22, 2018, by Matthias Roth

Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from May 21, 2018, by Hans-Günter Fischer, photo by SWR/SSF/WITT

Listen to the opera

More walking tours and city tours »"Walks Through the Paradise of Composers" will take place on April 28, May 19, and September 29, each at 3:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 5, 2018, 6:00 p.m., Rokokotheater Schwetzingen

SWR Schwetzingen Festival Court Music Academy, Closing Concert

In collaboration with the Schwetzingen Festival and the Villa Musica Rhineland-Palatinate State Foundation

As part of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival and in collaboration with the Research project, the sixth Court Music Academy took place on May 5, 2018. The program featured works by composers from the second half of the 18th century who operated at the intersection of tradition and innovation at the royal courts of southwestern Germany. This corresponded with the festival’s, “Transitions.” Compositions by Georg Joseph Vogler, Niccolò Jommelli, Johann Evangelist Brandl, Anton Fils, and Joseph Aloys Schmittbaur were performed by Camerata Villa Musica under the direction of Werner Ehrhardt.

The introduction by Dr. Sarah-Denise Fabian took place at 5 in the Chamber Music Hall.

Concert Recording

Friday, May 4, 2018, 4:00 p.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen

In the Musicians’ Paradise: Walking Tour – Concert – Guided Tour

A walking tour through downtown Schwetzingen took participants to the places where the court musicians of Elector Carl Theodor lived and worked. Participants in this year’s Court Music Academy then invited the audience to a chamber music concert in the concert hall of the Palais Hirsch. Afterward, staff members from the “Southwest German Court Music” research project of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities—also located in the Palais Hirsch—provided insights into their work.

Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from April 30, 2018, by Markus Mertens

Thursday, January 25, 2018, 6:00 p.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen

Lecture “Sons of Schwetzingen: Famous Children of Electoral Palatinate Court Musician Families”

Dr. Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst spoke about the children of court musicians born in Schwetzingen who received their early training at home and later pursued careers outside the Electoral Palatinate. Three of them—Franz Danzi, Franz Cramer, and Ferdinand Fränzl—were featured in the lecture.

Article in the Schwetzinger Woche from January 31, 2018

2017

Sunday, September 10, 2017, 1:00–6:00 p.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen

Open Monument Day

Press Review

Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 7:00 p.m., Schwetzingen Palace, at the Badhaus

“Badhaus Serenade,” a chamber music concert in collaboration with Schwetzingen Palace and Palace Gardens and the Schwetzingen Music School

This year’s Badhaus Serenade featured flute quartets by renowned Mannheim court composers such as Christian Cannabich, Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi, and Ignaz Fränzl, as well as another flute quartet by Ernst Eichner. Before the concert, art historian Dr. Ralf Wagner gave an introduction to the nearby natural theater. The chamber music concert was introduced by staff member Eva (Yevgine) Dilany, who works on the research project.

Report in the Mannheimer Morgen from July 15, July 2017 by Maria Herlo

Article in the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung from July 15, 2017, by Marion Gottlob

Text of the introduction

June 17 and 18, 2017, Schwetzingen, Mannheim

Conference “The Stamitz Family and European Musician Migration in the 18th Century”

To mark the 300th anniversary of Johann Stamitz’s birth, the research project and the Mannheim State University of Music and Performing Arts organized a symposium in Schwetzingen on June 17 and 18, 2017, on the topic “The Stamitz Family and European Musician Migration in the 18th Century” (Chairs: Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold, Prof. Dr. Panja Mücke).
Following the symposium, Prof. Dr. Michael Werner (Paris) delivered a commemorative lecture at Mannheim Palace, where a celebratory concert featuring works by Johann Stamitz was subsequently held.

Conference Program

Photo

Sunday, May 14, 2017, Rococo Theater, Schwetzingen

SWR Court Music Academy, Schwetzingen Festival, Closing Concert

in collaboration with the Schwetzingen Festival and the Villa Musica Rhineland-Palatinate State Foundation

This year, the collaboration with the SWR Schwetzingen Festival continued. The concert by the Schwetzingen Court MusicAcademy took place on Sunday, May 14, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. at the Rococo Theater (Schwetzingen Palace). The program revolved around the theme “Musician Migration at the Electoral Palatinate Court,” featuring works by Johann Stamitz, Carl Joseph Toeschi, Franz Xaver Richter, and others. The Camerata Villa Musica performed under the direction of Werner Ehrhardt.

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Listen to the interview on court music of the Electoral Palatinatelisten to

Introductory lecture

Program text

2016

September 14–17 September 2016, Mainz

XVIth International Congress of the Society for Music Research

At the XVIth International Congress of the Society for Music Research, which took place from September 14 to 17 September 2016 in Mainz, the research project presented its work on Thursday, September 15, 2016.

Saturday, September 10, 2016, 7:15–11:30 p.m., Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen

Open Monument Night

The opening event for “Open Monument Day 2016” took place this year in Schwetzingen: on Saturday, September 10, 2016, with the “Night of Open Monuments.” The research project also opened its doors for the occasion: Under the theme “Court Music in Schwetzingen”, an introductory lecture and a concert featuring works by F. Danzi. Afterward, from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., visitors had the opportunity to take a guided tour of the research project, offering insights into the research work.

Saturday, July 9, 2016, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

At this year’s serenade concert hosted by the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the chamber choir of the Collegium Musicum at Heidelberg University, conducted by University Music Director Michael Sekulla, will perform works by Franz Danzi, Peter von Winter, Georg Joseph Abbé Vogler, and others. The concert will take place on July 9, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Academy’s Hofgarten.

Saturday, April 30, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Schwetzingen Palace, Rococo Theater

Gala concert marking the 1,250th anniversary of the city of Schwetzingen

Works by Ignaz Holzbauer, Christian Cannabich, Carl Stamitz, Georg Joseph Vogler, and Anton Dimler

Kurpfälzisches Chamber Orchestra

Nikolaus Friedrich (clarinet)

Cramer Quartet (Thierry Stöckel, Covadonga Alonso, Julien Heichelbech, Matthias Bergmann)

Conductor: Johannes Schlaefli

Event presented as part of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival in collaboration with the research project and the City of Schwetzingen

More info

Sunday, May 29, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Schwetzingen Palace, Rococo Theater

Arcadia in Sound

Works by Ignaz Holzbauer, Christian Cannabich, Johann and Carl Stamitz

Fourth Court Music Academy as part of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival in collaboration with the research project

Conductor: Midori Seiler and Jaap ter Linden

Moderators: Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold

More Information

Information on the workshop’s terms and conditionsGerman version

English Version

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2015

Saturday, May 23, 2015 3:00 p.m., Jagdsaal, Schwetzingen Palace

Instrument Special

Presentation of original instruments from the context of Electoral Palatinate court music

Panel discussion featuring, among others, Matthias Kohl and Midori Seiler; moderated by: Reinhard Ermen

Free admission

Event organized by the SWR2 Cultural Service as part of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival in collaboration with a research project

5:00 p.m., Chamber Music Hall, Schwetzingen Palace

“Nothing here is cheap except the wine”—and why Paris in the 18th century was nonetheless a place of longing for musicians from Germany

Lecture: Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold

Free admission

Keynote Lecture as part of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival

7:30 p.m., Rococo Theater, Schwetzingen Palace

Music in Dialogue – Mannheimers in Paris

Works by Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi, Georg Joseph Vogler, Anton Fils, Anton Stamitz, and Ignaz Holzbauer

Third Court Music Academy as part of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival in collaboration with the research project

Article in Morgenweb from May 27, 2015, by Hans-Günter Fischer

Article in Schwetzinger Woche from May 28, 2015, by Angelika Bermann-Scherer

Article in Schwetzinger Woche from May 28, 2015, by Angelika Bermann-Schererdownload.swr.de/swr2/musik/konzerte/schwetzinger-festspiele/schwetzinger-hofmusik-academy-musik-im-dialog-mannheimer-in-paris-schwetzinger-swr-festspiele-20150531.19244s.mp3">Final concert available for listening (mp3)

Video of the closing concert

Saturday, July 4, July 2015, 6:00 p.m., Heidelberg, Karlstraße 4, Hofgarten

Serenade Concert

Rediscovered String Quartets of the Mannheim School

Performed by the newly founded Cramer Quartet with Thierry Stöckel (first violin), Covadonga Alonso Villasenor (second violin), Julien Heichelbech (viola), and Matthias Bergmann (cello)

Free admission; open seating

An event organized by the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities in collaboration with the research project

Program

Review of the concert in Mannheimer Morgen on July 6, 2015

Instrument Making at the Research Project for Southwestern German Court Music, Katrin Kreusel in conversation with Matthias Kohl, Bärbel Pelker, and Thierry Stöckel (radio broadcast, WDR 3, July7, 2015)

The quartet plays on the precious original instruments made by the electoral court violin makers Jacob Rauch and Mathias Gülich—that is, on original instruments from the immediate circle of Elector Carl Theodor’s famous court orchestra. The quartet’s name is derived from the violin virtuoso Wilhelm Cramer, who was one of Mannheim’s famous sons and one of the most gifted pupils of the Mannheim School. The 1759 Gülich violin may even have once belonged to the virtuoso himself (see the essays: Kohl/Pelker). The original instruments will be played in public for the first time during the serenade concert.

2014

Friday, January 31, 2014, 7:00 p.m., Schwetzingen, Palais Hirsch, Conference Room

Making Music Together—Brought to Life in Art. On the Iconography of Wittelsbach Court Concerts

Public Lecture: Dr. Annette Frese (Heidelberg)

The evening lecture focuses on depictions of the Wittelsbachs making music. It spans the spectrum from individual portraits of the electoral couple Carl Theodor and Elisabeth Augusta in Mannheim to family gatherings of the Wittelsbachs in Bavaria. These occasions gave rise to joint court concerts and, like theatrical performances in the Baroque era, were a natural part of courtly entertainment and self-presentation. Captured in images, such depictions of multiple figures—portraits and group portraits—offered the opportunity to princely guests and visitors to witness an interplay among all participants that was grounded in familial harmony.

Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from February 3, 2014, by Maria Herlo

Saturday, March 1, 2014, Mannheim Baroque Palace, Rittersaal, 6:30 p.m.

Court Music of the Wittelsbachs

Works by Franz Xaver Richter, Georg Joseph Vogler, Christian Danner and Christian Danner and Christian Danner and Ernst Eichner

Sunday, March 2, 2014, Mannheim, rem, Museum of World Cultures D 5, 10 a.m.–5:45 p.m.

Mannheim – Paris – Zweibrücken. Paths of Wittelsbach Court Music

Public academic conference chaired by Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold

Welcome address: Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Paul Kirchhof (President of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities)

Speakers: Prof. Dr. Matthias Schnettger (Mainz), Prof. Dr. Hans Ammerich (Speyer), Prof. Dr. Hans Ottomeyer (Ottobrunn), Prof. Dr. Hermann Kleber (Trier), Dr. Roland Würtz (Weisenheim am Berg), Dr. Hans Oskar Koch (Bobenheim/Roxheim), Prof. Dr. Herbert Schneider (Saarbrücken)

Thursday, May 22, 2014, 8:00 p.m., Rokokotheater, Schwetzingen

Schwetzingen SWR Festival (in collaboration with the research project)

“Leucippo” by Johann Adolph Hasse (Schwetzingen version from 1757)

Based on the Electoral Palatinate libretto and two handwritten copies of the score, Bärbel Pelker reconstructed the “Schwetzingen version” of the opera, which was first performed on June 15, 1757, at the Palace Theater in Schwetzingen to celebrate the birthday of the Electress’s sister, Princess Maria Franziska Dorothea Christine von Sulzbach.

Further information about the performance

Live recording of the opera from May 22, 2014, at the Schwetzingen Palace Theater

Review in the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung from May 24–25, 2014, by Matthias Roth

Friday, May 23 – Saturday, May 31, 2014, Foyer of the Rokokotheater, Schwetzingen

Exhibition on court music in the Electoral Palatinate

Key themes in light of the occasion: Court opera and court orchestra

Saturday, May 31, 2014, 7:30 p.m., Rokokotheater, Schwetzingen

Schwetzingen SWR Festival – “Schwetzingen Court Music Academy” (in collaboration with the research project)

Concertissimo

Concertante symphonies by Ignaz Holzbauer, Carl Stamitz and Christian Cannabich

Conductor: Midori Seiler and Jaap ter Linden

Host: Markus Brock

Together with the festival and the faculty, Bärbel Pelker developed the program concept Concertissimo for the Court Music Academy. For this, she also prepared the sheet music for the concert symphonies by Ignaz Holzbauer, Christian Cannabich, and Carl Stamitz, which were performed again for the first time on May 31, 2014. Another program item, the opera sinfonia to Artaserse,, was a small tribute to Niccolò Jommelli (1714–1774) on the occasion of his 300th birthday.

Closing Concert with Participants of the Orchestra Workshop (Live Recording)

Interview with Midori Seiler in the Mannheimer Morgen on June 2, 2014, by Hans-Günter Fischer

Wednesday, December 31, 2014, 8:15 p.m., Christuskirche Mannheim

Festive New Year’s Eve Concert – Virtuoso Music from the Baroque and Classical Periods

including the world premiere of the Clarinet Concerto (B) by Anton Dimler

Soloist: Nikolaus Friedrich, Sinfonietta Mannheim, conducted by Johannes Michel

Review in Mannheimer Morgen on January 2, 2015, by Eckhard Britsch

2013

The main themes of the year were 250th anniversary of the Mozart siblings’ of the Mozart siblings and the Wittelsbach Year. In addition to its own events, which took place under the direction of Bärbel Pelker as part of the “Fascination with Court Music” event series, the research project also participated as a partner in several projects organized by municipal cultural institutions during this theme year.

April 26 – June 2 2013, Schwetzingen Palace, Südlicher Zirkel

“The orchestra is, without a doubt, the best in Germany”—the legendary court music of Elector Carl Theodor

Exhibition as part of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival

To mark the opening of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival, the research project is presenting a small special exhibition that will provide insights into the famous court music of Elector Carl Theodor. On the occasion of the new “Schwetzingen Court Music Academy,” the exhibition focuses specifically on the court orchestra, which, in the opinion of many contemporaries, was among the largest and finest ensembles in Europe. On display is a small selection of orchestral works, as well as the court composers of the Elector’s instrumental music and examples of 18th-century orchestra formations—including, for the first time, the concert formation of the legendary Electoral Court Orchestra.

Articles in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from April 26, 2013, by Katja Bauroth,

3 . May 2013 by Katja Bauroth,

May 29, 2013 (about the Hofmusik Academy) by Katja Bauroth

Schwetzingen Week, June 5, 2013

Photos from the exhibition

May 26 – June 1, 2013, Schwetzingen Palace, Südlicher Zirkel

Sound Workshop: In the Footsteps of Jacob Stainer

Visitors are warmly invited to this public workshop to experience how violin-making students from Mittenwald carve the famous lion heads modeled after Jacob Stainer’s violins under the guidance of master violin maker Thomas Wörnle . Visitors will also have the opportunity to learn fascinating facts about the time-honored art of violin making at the renowned Mittenwald School.

To accompany this, the research project will, for the first time, display original instruments from the immediate circle of the legendary electoral court music.

Article in *Sonntag Aktuell* from May 26, 2013, by Katja Bauroth

Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from May 28, 2013, by Maria Herlo

Friday, May 31, 2013, 7:00 p.m., Schwetzingen Palace, Südlicher Zirkel

Sound Workshop: Historical Violin Making

Lecture by master violin maker Matthias Kohl from Heidelberg, with musical accompaniment by Hans-Joachim Berg and Christiane Schmidt, who will bring the original string instruments on display—crafted by the Elector’scourt instrument maker Mathias Gülich on display, accompanied by works by Carl Stamitz and Joseph Haydn.

Preview article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from May 29, May 2013 by Katja Bauroth

Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from June 3, 2013, by Maria Herlo

Saturday, June 15, 2013, Schwetzingen, Palais Hirsch, conference room

Mozart Variations – Franz Danzi and the Veneration of Mozart in the Late 18th Century

Public academic conference chaired by Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold

Conference Program

Saturday, June 15, 2013, 7:00 p.m., Schwetzingen Palace, Jagdsaal

Franz Danzi – a tribute to the 250th anniversary of his birth

Concert by the Mannheim Court Quartets

Program:

Franz Danzi: Quartetto I in C major (from Op. 29)
W. A. Mozart: Quartet in G major (KV 156)
Franz Danzi: Quartetto III in D major (from Op. 29)
Franz Danzi: String Quartet (“Figaro Quartet”) in B-flat major (Op. VI, No. 2)

Sunday, June 16, 2013, 11 a.m., Schwetzingen, Palais Hirsch

The Myth of the Child Prodigy

Panel Discussion with Silke Leopold, Martin Brauß and Armin Brinzing

Sunday, June 16, 2013, 8:00 p.m., Schwetzingen Palace, Mozart Hall

Child Prodigies – Virtuosities by Mozart and Danzi

Program:

Christian Cannabich: Symphony in B for Orchestra (world premiere)

W. A. Mozart: Concerto in G for Flute and Orchestra (KV 313, composed in Mannheim in 1778)

W. A. Mozart: “Jenamy” Concerto (formerly “Jeunehomme” Concerto) in E-flat major for piano and orchestra (K. 271, composed in Salzburg in 1777)

Franz Danzi: Concertante in B for clarinet, bassoon, and orchestra (Op. 47, composed in 1808)

Soloists: Matvey Demin (flute), Johannes Schultz (clarinet), Jusara Moser (bassoon),Elisabeth Brauß (piano)

Kurpfälzisches Chamber Orchestra, Conductor: Martin Brauß (Hanover)

The soloists are graduates of the Institute for the Early Promotion of Highly Gifted Musicians (IFF)

(IFF)

Preview of the “Wunderkind” weekend in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from June 14, 2013

Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from June 19, 2013, by Werner Schilling

Friday, June 21, June 2013, 7:00 p.m., Schwetzingen, Palais Hirsch, conference room

A Temple of the Muses Instead of Prostitution and a Beggar’s Staff—Venice’s Girls’ Conservatories, Using the Pietà as an Example

Public Lecture: Prof. Dr. Helen Geyer (Weimar)

The Ospedale della Pietà—one of the four major Venetian ospedali, was one of the city’s four women’s conservatories, which counted among the attractions for travelers and music lovers in 17th- and 18th-century Venice. It is associated with the name Antonio Vivaldi, with the genre of the solo concerto, and with a unique symbiosis of architecture and music, which was realized here in the second half of the 18th century. The music was etched into the voices or fingers of the female musicians at all four conservatories; they shaped tastes, fired the imagination of listeners, and established experimental and unconventional aesthetic standards. This was based on a rigorous training system, but also on a unique constellation of external and structural circumstances. After all, the poorest members of society were offered a magnificent opportunity here, although only a small fraction actually made an impact “outside”; nevertheless, all other residents of the Ospedali were offered unusual life opportunities and circumstances.

Sunday, July 14, 2013, 2–6 p.m., Schlossplatz Schwetzingen

City festival in honor of the Mozart family

2 p.m.: Arrival of the Mozart at Schlossplatz

2:30 p.m.: Unveiling of the plaques commemorating the Schwetzingen court musicians’ quarters and Mozart’s stays in the Electoral Palatinate at the “Rotes Haus” (Dreikönigstr. 6)

Bärbel Pelker wrote the plaque texts and identified the musicians’ lodgings based on the handwritten lodging lists from 1758 and 1762, which are preserved in the State Archives in Karlsruhe. The confirmed locations are marked on the revised building inventory map by Hermann Blank, which documents property ownership in Schwetzingen after 1748 (map, in: Hermann Blank/Wilhelm Heuss, Schwetzingen—A History of the City and Its Houses, Vol. 1, Schwetzingen 1979)

Arrival of the Mozart family in Schwetzingen in 2013

Unveiling of the plaque texts at the “Rothen Haus” (Dreikönigstraße 6) in Schwetzingen

Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from July 15, 2013, by Katja Bauroth

Article in the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung from July 15, 2013, by Stefan Kern

Thursday, July 18, 2013, 8:00 p.m., Schwetzingen Palace, Mozart Hall

Electoral Festival Academy

Concerto Köln, Conductor and Soloist: Martin Sandhoff (flute)

Program:

Ignaz Holzbauer (1711–1783): Symphony No. 16 in F major for orchestra
Jean Baptist Wendling (1723–1797): Concerto in G Major for Flauto traverso and Orchestra
Christian Cannabich (1731–1798): Symphony in G Major for Orchestra (World Premiere)
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart (1756–1791): Symphony in E-flat Major, K. 16
Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi (1732–1788): Symphony in C Major for orchestra (world premiere)
Ignaz Fränzl (1736–1811): Symphony No. 5 in C major for orchestra

The sheet music for both world premieres is being produced as part of a research project exclusively for the concert (edited by Bärbel Pelker)

Preview in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from July 4, 2013

Review in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from July 20, July 2013 by Maria Herlo

Article in the Mannheimer Morgen from July 20, 2013, by Monika Lanzendörfer

Article in the Schwetzinger Woche from July 24, 2013, by Angelika Bergmann-Scherer

Photo of “Wolfgang” and “Nannerl”

Saturday, July 20, 2013, Schwetzingen Palace, Rococo Theater

JOIN IN!

Children’s Music Festival with the international children’s and youth Baroque orchestra “Die Telemänner”

Conductor: Steffi Bade-Bräuning

Workshop, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., for children ages 10–17

Concert by “Die Telemänner”, 3:00–4:00 p.m.

Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from July 22, July 2013 by Maria Herlo

Article in the Schwetzinger Woche from July 24, 2013, by Angelika Bergmann-Scherer

LISTEN UP!

Musical tour with Dr. Ralf Wagner for children ages 8 and up as part of the Children’s Music Festival

PLAY ALONG!

12:00 PM–2:30 PM, Schwetzingen Palace, Meeting point: Foyer of the Rococo Theater, includes attendance at the workshop and the concert by the “Telemänner”

Monday, September 30, 2013, 7:00 p.m., Schwetzingen, Palais Hirsch

The Myth of Mozart

Public lecture: Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold (Heidelberg)

As part of the 38th Schwetzingen Mozart Festival organized by the Mozartgesellschaft Schwetzingen e.V.

Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from October 2, 2013, by Maria Herlo

Friday, November 8, 2013, 7:00 p.m., Schwetzingen, Palais Hirsch, conference room

Electoress Therese Kunigunde of Bavaria—Musical Commitment in Exile, or: “Vivaldi? – Never heard of him!”

Public Lecture: Dr. Britta Kägler (Munich)

Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from November 11, 2013, by Maria Herlo

Friday, November 15, 2013, 7:00 p.m., Schwetzingen, Palais Hirsch, Conference Room

Electoress Elisabeth Augusta of the Palatinate – A Passion for Power and Music

Public slide presentation: Dr. Stefan Mörz (Ludwigshafen)

Article in the Schwetzinger Zeitung from November 19, 2013, by Maria Herlo

May 11, 2013

WDR 3: On the 250th birthday of the Schwetzingen composer Franz Danzi

Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold in conversation with Christian Schruff

2012

Autograph of the opera Rosamunde identified

In the course of preparing the performance materials for the world premiere of the German-language opera Rosamunde by Anton Schweitzer based on the libretto by Christoph Martin Wieland at this year’s Schwetzingen Festival, Bärbel Pelker was able to unequivocally identify the opera’s manuscript as the composer’s original manuscript.

Press Releases (Selection)

Klassik Magazine

Extrem News

Ahano

June 23, 2012, Palais Hirsch

Upper Rhine Harpsichord Tour with Roland Götz (harpsichord)

2011

December 2 and 3, 2011, Schwetzingen Palace

Princely Arcadia. Summer Residences in the 18th Century

International Academic Conference

Conference Program

Musical Accompaniment

December 2, 2011, 8:00 p.m., Mozart Hall, Schwetzingen Palace

Christmas at Court with the La Folia Baroque Orchestra

December 3, 2011, 8:00 p.m., Palace Chapel, Schwetzingen Palace

Electoral Palatinate Chamber Music with the ensemble flauto con bassi

Events as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site 2011

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History of Court Music in Southwest Germany in the 18th Century

History of Court Music in Southwestern Germany in the 18th Century

Nobility Imposes Obligations

Court Music—Documentation, Interpretation, and Comparison

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History of the Mannheim Court Orchestra in the 18th Century

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A History of Court Music in Southwestern Germany in the 18th Century

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Music by the Mannheim Court Orchestra, Stuttgart, Carus Verlag

Music Editions, Heidelberg, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

“Kleine Serenade,” a chamber music concert as part of the 2020 theme year “Infinitely Beautiful. Monuments for Eternity.” In collaboration with Schwetzingen Palace and Palace Gardens and the Schwetzingen Music School

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