Czech Christmas Parthias - Hataš, Mašek, Vaňhal, Anonymous (ed. Vojtěch Spurný)
"I chose seven wind parthias for this edition that are based mostly on parthias found in Czech castle archives. They are written for chamber instrumentation of two oboes, two French horns, one or two bassoons and therefore they present the most common type of wind harmony. In some of the compositions, the two bassoons do not play duet often, which suggests that both instruments played unison mostly; a similar thing is known from the Baroque orchestra where bassoon parts are part of basso continuo and they were often doubled or even multiplied."
Parthia Pastoralis in F Major by Jan Křtitel Vaňhal is preserved together with another composition of the same name in a later copy of the score from a private archive. It is so called diplomatic copy where minor inaccuracies (mostly missing accidentals or pauses) from a former source were corrected. Unfotunatelly, the former source is unknown.
Parthia Pastoritia in D major by Jan Hataš is kept in the collections of the Czech Museum of Music as a part of a former archive of count Clam-Gallas. It is a hand-written convolute of 5 voices on longitudinal unnumbered pages; voices are marked Oboe Primo (2 pages), Oboe Secondo (2 pages), Cornu Primo in D (1 page), Cornu Secundo in D (1 page), Fagotto (1 page). Oboe voices have a note “Volti“ at the end of the first page. There is a note “Fine“ on the last page of each instrument’s part, only a bassoon part is marked “Il Fine“.
Parthia Pastoritia in C major by Jan Hataš is kept in the collections of the Czech Museum of Music as a part of a former archive of count Clam-Gallas. It is a hand-written convolute of 6 voices on longitudinal unnumbered pages; voices are marked Oboe Primo (2 pages), Oboe Secondo (2 pages), Corno Primo in C (2 pages), Corno 2 in C (2 pages), Fagotto Primo (2 pages), Fagotto 2 (2 pages). At the end of the first page of each voice (with the exception of the 2nd bassoon) is a note “Volti“; on the last page of each part of each instrument there is a note “Il Fine“.
Parthia Pastoritia in F major by Jan Hataš is kept in the collections of the Czech Museum of Music as a part of a former archive of count Clam-Gallas. It is a hand-written convolute of 5 voices on longitudinal unnumbered pages; voices are marked Oboe Primo (2 pages), Oboe Secondo (2 pages), Corno Primo in F (1 page), Corno Secondo in F (1 page), Fagotto (1 page). Oboe voices have a note “Volti“ at the end of the first page. There is a note “Fine“ on the last page of each instrument’s part.
Parthia in D Major by Václav Vincenc Mašek is kept in the collections of the Czech Museum of Music as a part of a former archive of count Clam-Gallas. It is a hand-written convolute of 6 voices on longitudinal unnumbered pages; voices are marked Oboe Primo (2 pages), Oboe Secondo (2 pages), Corno Primo in D (2 pages), Corno Secondo in D (2 pages), Fagotto Primo (2 pages), Fagotto Secondo (2 pages).
Anonymous Parthia Pastoralis (as a note on parts of the first movement says) is kept in the collections of the Czech Museum of Music under a call number XLII C 219. It is a hand-written convolute of 6 voices on longitudinal unnumbered pages; voices are marked Oboa 1 (2 pages), Oboa 2da (2 pages), Cornu 1 ex G (2 pages), Cornu 2do ex G (2 pages), Fagotto (2 pages).
Other compositions edited by Vojtěch Spurný published in Czech Radio:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra E flat major, op. 20 - Václav Jan Tomášek
Concerto per il clavicembalo, due corni, due violini, viola e basso in D - František Xaver Dušek
Concerto per il clavicembalo, due violini, viola e basso in C - František Xaver Dušek
Concerto per il clavicembalo, due corni, due violini, viola e basso in Es - František Xaver Dušek
Czech Christmas Mass - Jakub Jan Ryba
Stabat mater - Jakub Jan Ryba