M Sonatas

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M.1
Sonata

Identifiers I.I.16 · Sog 17
Sources H-Bn Ms.mus III.269
Notes
Literature Mikusi (2020)

M.2
Sonata

Identifiers I.I.15 · Sog 22
Sources H-Bn Ms.mus III.270
Notes
Literature Mikusi (2020)

M.3
Sonatina

Identifiers I.I.10 · Sog 10
Sources H-Bn Ms.mus III.271
Notes
Literature Mikusi (2020)

M.4
Sonatina

Identifiers I.I.14 · Sog 15
Sources H-Bn Ms.mus III.272
Notes
Literature Mikusi (2020)

M.5
Sonatina

Identifiers I.I.3 · Sog 2
Sources H-Bn Ms.mus III.274
Notes
Literature Mikusi (2020)

M.6
Sonatina

Identifiers I.I.13 · Sog 11
Sources H-Bn Ms.mus III.275
Notes
Literature Mikusi (2020)

M.7
Sonatina

Identifiers I.I.8 · Sog 14
Sources H-Bn Ms.mus III.276
Notes
Literature Mikusi (2020)

M.8
Sonatina

Identifiers I.I.12 · Sog 4
Sources H-Bn Ms.mus III.277
Notes
Literature Mikusi (2020)

M.9
Sonatina

Identifiers I.I.1 · Sog 8
Sources H-Bn Ms.mus III.278
Notes
Literature Mikusi (2020)

M.10
Sonatina

Identifiers I.I.5 · Sog 3
Sources H-Bn Ms.mus III.279
Notes
Literature Mikusi (2020)

M.11
Sonatina

Identifiers I.I.18 · Sog 16
Sources H-Bn Ms.mus III.280
Notes
Literature Mikusi (2020)

M.12
Sonatina

Identifiers I.I.4 · Sog 21
Sources H-Bn Ms.mus III.281
Notes
Literature Mikusi (2020)

M.13
Sonatina

Identifiers I.I.17 · Sog 1
Sources H-Bn Ms.mus III.282
Notes
Literature Mikusi (2020)

M.14
Sonata

Identifiers I.I.11 · Sog 6
Sources H-Bn Ms.mus III.283
Notes
Literature Mikusi (2020)

M.15
Sonatina

Identifiers I.I.7 · Sog 13
Sources H-Bn Ms.mus III.284
Notes
Literature Mikusi (2020)

M.16
Sonatina

Identifiers I.I.2 · Sog 19
Sources H-Bn Ms.mus III.285
Notes
Literature Mikusi (2020)

M.17
Sonata prima
Symphoniae sex senaeque sonatae

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Sources P A-Wgm IX 8288 · D-Dl Mus.2462-Q-1 · F-AG 853 · GB-DRc M 113/115/116
Identification
WerW M.17
I.I.19/1
F.19
Sog 20
Scoring
2 vl, bc
Genre
sonata
Place and date of composition
Eisenstadt, 1735
Bibliography
Harman (1968, p. 106f, no. 615), Maillard (1999, p. 174), Petermayr (2020, p. 448f)

Music

1 [no title]

Tempo Largo
Key A minor
Meter
Extent 23 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

2 [no title]

Tempo Allegro
Key A minor
Meter
Extent 53 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

3 [no title]

Tempo Largo
Key C major
Meter
Extent 17 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

4 [no title]

Tempo Allegro
Key A minor
Meter
Extent 46 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

Sources

Print

Classification

notated music · print · copy · parts · first edition · complete

Location(s)

A-Wgm IX 8288
D-Dl Mus.2462-Q-1 (digitized version)
F-AG 853
GB-DRc M 113/115/116

RISM

990068292

Publication, dating

Johann Christian Leopold, Augsburg, 1735 (no plate number)

Title page(s)
[fol. 1r of each part]

sYMphonIæ seX senæqVè sonatæ, | qVæ | posterIores pro CapeLLIs VsVrpanDæ, | [blank line] | AnterIores Verò eX CaMerIs | VenIrent eXCIpIenDæ. | [blank line] | A | GregorIo Werner, ALtetItVulatI PrInCI= | pIs EsterhasY CapeLLæ MagIstro | ConCInnatæ, aC eXposItæ. | [blank line] | EX Vrbe EIsenstatt, proXIMè aD | CoLLes LeYthæ In HVngarIa.

[fol. 1v of each part]

EsterhasIanæ AntonIaDI, | EX aVstrasIa fortUnâ seCVnDâ reDVCI. | [in italic font] ſeu | Celsiſsimo Sac:Rom:Imp: Principi ac Domino, | Domino Antonio Carolo Esterhasy de Galantha, | Perpetuo Comiti in Frakno Sac:Cæſ:Regiæque | Majestatis Conſiliario, Camerario, | nec non Inclyti Comitatûs | ſopronienſis hæreditario | ſupremo Comiti /:Tit:/ | Domino Domino | Gratiosiſsimo. | [in upright font] CVI | faVente faVsto sYDere, eX MarChIonIbVs | [blank line] | LVnatI VIsContI, VIrtVte, | ALtoqVe sangVIne aDnataM,

[fol. 2r of each part]

VICesIMâ seCVndâ XbrIs, | atqVè annI nVperi, | [blank line] | LVnæ: VILLæ In LotharInoIa, IVXta | Vota DesponsataM | [blank line] | Neo: PrInCIpeM, fortVnatIs AVIbVs | eXInDè aLLatVro. | [ornament] | Ista DeDICat, seqVe sVbsternIt DICtVs | GregorIVs Werner.

Physical description

3 parts
33 × 23 cm
12 staves per page

Components and notes
  • vl 1 (24), vl 2 (24), cemb (20)
  • Each of the three first paragraphs on fol. 1r, three paragraphs in upright font on fol. 1v, and four paragraphs on fol. 2r is chronogrammatic, giving 1735, the year of publication. (W and Y must be read as VV and II, respectively). The chronogram in the last paragraph on fol. 1r (imprint) probably resolves to 1759-11-16.
  • This sonata is the 2nd work in the collection Symphoniae sex senaeque sonatae, which consists of twelve works in total. It is written on the following pages of the parts, whose total extent is given above: vl 1, p. 2–4; vl 2, p. 2–4; bc, p. 2f.

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M.18
Sonata secunda
Symphoniae sex senaeque sonatae

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Sources P A-Wgm IX 8288 · D-Dl Mus.2462-Q-1 · F-AG 853 · GB-DRc M 113/115/116
Identification
WerW M.18
I.I.19/2
F.19
Sog 18
Scoring
2 vl, bc
Genre
sonata
Place and date of composition
Eisenstadt, 1735
Bibliography
Harman (1968, p. 106f, no. 615), Maillard (1999, p. 174), Petermayr (2020, p. 448f)

Music

1 [no title]

Tempo Largo
Key G dorian
Meter
Extent 17 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

2 [no title]

Tempo Allabreve
Key G dorian
Meter
Extent 95 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

3 [no title]

Tempo Largo
Key G dorian
Meter
Extent 13 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

4 [no title]

Tempo Allegro
Key G dorian
Meter
Extent 90 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

Sources

M.19
Sonata tertia
Symphoniae sex senaeque sonatae

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2
3
4
Sources P A-Wgm IX 8288 · D-Dl Mus.2462-Q-1 · F-AG 853 · GB-DRc M 113/115/116
Identification
WerW M.19
I.I.19/3
F.19
Sog 5
Scoring
2 vl, bc
Genre
sonata
Place and date of composition
Eisenstadt, 1735
Bibliography
Harman (1968, p. 106f, no. 615), Maillard (1999, p. 174), Petermayr (2020, p. 448f)

Music

1 [no title]

Tempo Adagio
Key F dorian
Meter
Extent 20 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

2 [no title]

Tempo Allegro
Key F dorian
Meter
Extent 44 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

3 [no title]

Tempo Adagio
Key F dorian
Meter
Extent 16 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

4 [no title]

Tempo Vivace
Key F dorian
Meter
Extent 49 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

Sources

M.20
Sonata quarta
Symphoniae sex senaeque sonatae

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2
3
4
Sources P A-Wgm IX 8288 · D-Dl Mus.2462-Q-1 · F-AG 853 · GB-DRc M 113/115/116
Identification
WerW M.20
I.I.19/4
F.19
Sog 12
Scoring
2 vl, bc
Genre
sonata
Place and date of composition
Eisenstadt, 1735
Bibliography
Harman (1968, p. 106f, no. 615), Maillard (1999, p. 174), Petermayr (2020, p. 448f)

Music

1 [no title]

Tempo Largo
Key E minor
Meter
Extent 28 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

2 [no title]

Tempo Allegro
Key E minor
Meter
Extent 70 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

3 [no title]

Tempo Largo
Key E minor
Meter
Extent 10 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

4 [no title]

Tempo Tempo giusto
Key E minor
Meter
Extent 63 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

Sources

M.21
Sonata quinta
Symphoniae sex senaeque sonatae

1
2
3
4
Sources P A-Wgm IX 8288 · D-Dl Mus.2462-Q-1 · F-AG 853 · GB-DRc M 113/115/116
Identification
WerW M.21
I.I.19/5
F.19
Sog 7
Scoring
2 vl, bc
Genre
sonata
Place and date of composition
Eisenstadt, 1735
Bibliography
Harman (1968, p. 106f, no. 615), Maillard (1999, p. 174), Petermayr (2020, p. 448f)

Music

1 [no title]

Tempo Largo
Key D dorian
Meter
Extent 21 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

2 [no title]

Tempo Allegro
Key D dorian
Meter
Extent 57 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

3 [no title]

Tempo Largo
Key D dorian
Meter
Extent 8 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

4 [no title]

Tempo Allegro
Key D dorian
Meter
Extent 67 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

Sources

M.22
Sonata sexta
Symphoniae sex senaeque sonatae

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2
3
4
Sources C A-Wn Mus.Hs.2120
P A-Wgm IX 8288 · D-Dl Mus.2462-Q-1 · F-AG 853 · GB-DRc M 113/115/116
Identification
WerW M.22
I.I.19/6, II.D.1
F.19
Sog 9
Scoring
2 vl, bc
Genre
sonata
Place and date of composition
Eisenstadt, 1735
Bibliography
Harman (1968, p. 106f, no. 615), Maillard (1999, p. 174), Petermayr (2020, p. 448f)

Music

1 [no title]

Tempo Adagio
Key C phrygian
Meter
Extent 19 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

2 [no title]

Tempo Vivace
Key C dorian
Meter
Extent 39 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

3 [no title]

Tempo Adagio
Key C dorian
Meter
Extent 11 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

4 [no title]

Tempo Allegro non troppo
Key C dorian
Meter
Extent 47 bars
Scoring 2 vl, bc

Sources

Manuscript copy

Classification

notated music · manuscript · copy · score · fair copy · complete

Location(s)

A-Wn Mus.Hs.2120 (catalogue entry)

RISM

600112960

Publication, dating

18th centiry

Title page(s)
[cover]

Gradus ad Parnassum oder Anführung zur Regelmässigen Musicalischen Composition auf Eine Neue, Gewisse und bisshero noch niemahls In So deutlicher ordnung, an das liecht gebrachte art aussgearbeitet : Aus dem lateinischen Ins Teutsche übersetzt, mit nöthigen Ver Nützlichen Anmerkungen Versechen und Herausgegeben von Lorenz Mizlern

Physical description

3 p.
33.5 × 22 cm
hand-ruled paper

Components and notes
  • This translation of Fux’ Gradus ad parnassum contains the sonata on fol. 165a–b.
  • catalogued according to catalogue entry

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M.23
Sonata

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2
3
4
5
Sources C CZ-Bm A 13116
Identification
WerW M.23
II.D.3
G.3
Sow 3
Scoring
fl, vl, bc
Genre
sonata
Place and date of composition
Eisenstadt (?), before 1740
Bibliography
Petermayr (2022)
Editions
Notes
Although the single extant source is entitled Symphonia, the work is here classified as sonata, corresponding to its genre in Werner’s thematic catalogue of 1740.

Music

1 [no title]

Tempo Andante
Key C dorian
Meter
Extent 150 bars
Scoring fl, vl, bc

2 Courente

Tempo [no tempo]
Key C dorian
Meter
Extent 158 bars
Scoring fl, vl, bc

3 Air

Tempo Andante cantabile
Key C dorian
Meter
Extent 84 bars
Scoring fl, vl, bc

4 Overette d’Amour

Tempo [no tempo]
Key C dorian
Meter
Extent 104 bars
Scoring fl, vl, bc

Sources

Manuscript copy

Classification

notated music · manuscript · copy · parts · fair copy · complete

Location(s)

CZ-Bm A 13116

RISM

Publication, dating

18th century

Title page(s)
[wrapper]

Symphonia | à | Flûte=Traversiére | Violino Solo | con | Fondamento. | Del Sig Werner. | Chori Rajhradensis

Physical description

3 parts
hand-ruled paper, 12 staves

Components and notes
  • fl (3), vl (3), vlne (3)
  • provenance: Rajhrad u Brna (fonds 84)

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M.L1
Sonata a 3 (G minor)

Identifiers
Sources
Notes only bass incipit known
Literature St. Peter inventory (n.d., p. 35)

M.L2
Sonata a 4 (G minor)

Identifiers
Sources
Notes only bass incipit known
Literature St. Peter inventory (n.d., p. 35)

M.L3
Sonata (G minor)

Identifiers II.D.2 · G.5 · Sow 2
Sources
Notes fl, vl, lute, bc; only incipit and scoring known
Literature Petermayr (2022)

M.S1
VI Fugen in Quartetten

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Sources C A-GÖ Ms 4495 · A-KR G 54/181-186
P A-SEI (n.i.) · A-Wgm IX 5411 · A-Wn MS10118-4° · A-Wnh SH.Werner.1 · A-Wst Mc-12059 · D-B Mus.12727 · D-B N.Mus.Nachl. 99,741 · D-Mbs 4 Mus.pr. 14412 · GB-Lbl Hirsch III.586. · RUS-Mrg (no shelfmark) · US-DMu 269477 · US-NYp Mus. Res *MX Werner, Gregor Joseph. Fugues Two Violins and Viola
Identification
WerW M.S1
Scoring
2 vl, vla, vlc
Genre
sonata
Place and date of composition
Vienna, 1804
Bibliography
Petermayr (2020), Somfai (1963-1964), Weinmann (1978, pp. 9, 84), RobbinsLandon1977 [p. 297f]
Editions
Notes
Joseph Haydn compiled the introductions of the six oratorios Esther (WerW A.10), Absolon (WerW A.7), Holoferne (WerW A.6), Der verlohrene Sohn (WerW A.11), Adam (WerW A.13), and Job (WerW A.12) into this collection.

Music

1 [no title]

Tempo Larghetto
Key F major
Meter
Extent 78 bars
Scoring 2 vl, vla, vlc

Section Tempo Key Meter Extent Scoring Notes
[no title] Larghetto F major 31 2 vl, vla, vlc
[no title] Vivace – Adagio F major 47 2 vl, vla, vlc

2 [no title]

Tempo Largo
Key D minor
Meter
Extent 91 bars
Scoring 2 vl, vla, vlc

Section Tempo Key Meter Extent Scoring Notes
[no title] Largo D minor 25 2 vl, vla, vlc
[no title] Allegro – Adagio D minor 66 2 vl, vla, vlc

3 [no title]

Tempo Adagio ma poco
Key C dorian
Meter
Extent 62 bars
Scoring 2 vl, vla, vlc

Section Tempo Key Meter Extent Scoring Notes
[no title] Adagio ma poco C dorian 14 2 vl, vla, vlc
[no title] Allegro C dorian 48 2 vl, vla, vlc

4 [no title]

Tempo Grave
Key C dorian
Meter
Extent 100 bars
Scoring 2 vl, vla, vlc

Section Tempo Key Meter Extent Scoring Notes
[no title] Grave C dorian 40 2 vl, vla, vlc
[no title] Allegro C dorian 60 2 vl, vla, vlc

5 [no title]

Tempo Adagio ma poco
Key D minor
Meter
Extent 62 bars
Scoring 2 vl, vla, vlc

Section Tempo Key Meter Extent Scoring Notes
[no title] Adagio ma poco D minor 19 2 vl, vla, vlc
[no title] Allegro – Adagio D minor 43 2 vl, vla, vlc

6 [no title]

Tempo Adagio ma poco
Key G minor
Meter
Extent 70 bars
Scoring 2 vl, vla, vlc

Section Tempo Key Meter Extent Scoring Notes
[no title] Adagio ma poco G minor 21 2 vl, vla, vlc
[no title] Vivace G minor 49 2 vl, vla, vlc

Sources

Manuscript copy

Classification

notated music · manuscript · copy · parts · fair copy · complete

Location(s)

A-GÖ Ms 4495

RISM

Publication, dating

1847

Title page(s)
[wrapper]

VI Fugen | in | Quartetten | auf 2 Violinen, Viola und Violoncell | von | G. J. Werner | Weyland Kapellmeister | S. D. des Fürsten N. Esterhazy etc. etc. | Aus besonderer Achtung gegen diesen berühmten | Meister nun herausgegeben von dessen Nachfolger | Jos: Haydn | Comp. | 847.

Physical description

4 parts
hand-ruled paper

Components and notes
  • vl 1, vl 2, vla, vlc
  • a copy by P. Hermann Moser

Manuscript copy

Classification

notated music · manuscript · copy · parts · fair copy · complete

Location(s)

A-KR G 54/181-186

RISM

600178837

Publication, dating

1790–1799

Title page(s)
[wrapper]
  1. Fugen | in | QUARTETTEN | auf zwey Violin, Viola, und Violonzello. | von | G: J: Werner | Weyland Kapelmeister | S. D. des Fürsten N. Esterhazy | Aus besonderer Achtung gegen diesen berühmten | Meister nun herausgegeben von deſsen Nachfolger | J. Haydn | S. D. dem regierenden Fürsten | N. ESTERHAZY | Capitain den K. Hungarische adeliche Leibgarde | Ehrfurchtsvoll zugeeignet von deſsen | gehorsamsten Dienern | Artaria et Comp: | P: M: Vorauer [manu propria]
Physical description

4 parts
36 × 22 cm
hand-ruled paper, 14 staves (10 mm)

Components and notes
  • vl 1 (6), vl 2 (7), vla (6), vlc (6)

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M.S2
6 Fugen

Identifiers
Sources A-KR H 42/121 · D-B Am.B 530 (1) · D-B Am.B 530 (2) · D-B Am.B 530 (3) · D-B Am.B 530 (4) · D-B Am.B 530 (5) · D-B Am.B 530 (6)
Notes first fugue is the third movement of the sonata in A-KR, which is attributed to Fux (FuxWV III.2.1)
Literature Erdmann (2014), Hochradner (2016, p. 329f), Petermayr (2020)