Horn Concertos of Lund
The University Library Lund in Sweden keeps the most extensive source for horn music from the first half of the 18th century. The music is a handwritten collection of the Academic chapel. Many of the composers therein had somehow connections to the court in Dresden. It is possible that the copier was a hornist who visited Dresden.
This collection Wenster contains 18 concertos for horn - and not 17 how it is always said.
The original numbering of the collection:
- No.1 Schulz Concerto ex D sharp for horn, flauto traverso, violin and basso -> (ROM 018)
- No.2 Hoffmann Concerto ex D sharp for horn, 2 oboes and strings -> (ROM 013)
- No.3 Quantz (C.G. Fischer?) Concerto ex D sharp for horn and strings
- No.4 Anonym Concerto ex D sharp for horn, 2 oboes and basso -> (ROM 019)
- No.5 Förster Concerto ex D sharp for horn and strings -> (ROM 341)
- No.6 Anonym Concerto for horn, oboe d`amore and basso ->(ROM 020)
- No.7 Graun Concerto for horn, oboe d`amore and basso -> (ROM 181)
- No.8 Graun Trio for horn, violin and basso continuo -> (ROM 182)
- No.9 Quantz Concerto for horn, oboe and strings -> (ROM 021)
- No.10 Knechtel Concerto ex D sharp -> (ROM 377)
- No.11 Knechtel Concerto ex D
- No.12 Förster Concerto ex D sharp
- No.13 Anonym (Hampel) Concerto ex D -> (ROM 184)
- No.14 Röllig Concerto ex D sharp for horn and strings -> (ROM 022)
- No.15 Röllig Concerto ex D for horn and strings -> (ROM 023)
- No.16 Graun Concerto ex D for horn and strings -> (ROM 024)
- No.17a Reinhardt Concerto ex D sharp for horn and strings -> (ROM 025)
- No.17b Gehra Concerto ex D for horn and strings -> (ROM 026)
No. 17a Reinhardt
Concerto ex Eb major for Corno concertato, 2 Violins, Viola and Basso
This concert has really virtuoso jumps also in the deep register, a skill which particularly shall have had Hampel, the 2nd horn player of the court chapel in Dresden. It is therefore one of the "deep" baroque concerti, so that also 2nd horn players of today will still have a beautiful task as soloist.
Unfortunately, about the composer is not much written in the sources. An Andreas Reinhardt was living in Schwerin. He was there stood in line on 20-10-1750 as premier waldhorn player. Whether the spelling is correct may be doubted.
In the dictionary of music of Walter is found Johann Christian Reinhardt. He was the son of a shoemaker and was born in Leipzig on 24-12-1691. A two years lasting oboe lessons was financed by noble patrons for him, 10 years old. With 16 he was employed as page by count Wackerbart (Dresden). He held this office 10 years and then for 7 years was turned on with this nobleman as musicians. He changed 1724 to the Polish prince Lubomirsky Spisky, 1725 to prince Radzivil. Since then he was chamber musician in the high princely service of Ernst-Augustin.
