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.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)
- First Edition -
Concerto del Sign. Hoffman
2nd Concerto a 7 for horn, 2 Violins, Viola & Basso continuo
The manuscript of this work is kept in the SLUB (library) Dresden. The copier of the work was Johann Joachim Quantz. He is also remarked on the title page with J.J. Quantus.
Who is now Sign. Hoffman? Two composers are possible:
First, Georg Melchior Hofmann (1685 – 1715) organist and music master at the church "Neukirche" of Leipzig, at the Collegium Musicum and at the opera in Leipzig. In the first two offices he followed Telemann from 1704 onwards. He was educated as "Kapellknabe" ( choir singer) in Dresden and conducted in Leipzig public concerts and the Operntheater. During a longer stay in England he was represented by Georg Pisendel in Leipzig, who got a famous violin virtuoso in Dresden later on.
Second, Johann Georg Hoffmann (1700 – 1780) organist in Breslau. He wrote more than 400 Concertos. He also learned trumpet and horn next to singing and organ in his youth.
