Artistic contacts between Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf and Silesian monasteries of the Piarists in Bílá Voda and of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Nysa Cover Image

Kontakty artystyczne Carla Dittersa Von Dittersdorfa ze śląskimi klasztorami pijarów w Bílej Vodzie i bożogrobców w Nysie
Artistic contacts between Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf and Silesian monasteries of the Piarists in Bílá Voda and of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Nysa

Author(s): Agnieszka Drożdżewska
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Music, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: musical culture of Silesia; Dittersdorf; Neisse; Bílá Voda; musical sources; court theater; school theater; opera; oratorio;

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses an artistic cooperation between Vienesse composer of classical era Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, connected with Silesia for at least a quarter of age due to his duty at the court of Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch, the bishop of Wrocław in his estatein Javornik and two Silesian monastic centres in Nysa and Bílá Voda. At the bishop’s court there was a person of great significance, Salvatore Ignatio Pinto, Jesuit and local confessor,the author of many librettos to Dittersdorf’s early operas and oratorios (eg. Esther and Hiob). The local aristocracy (Hoditz and Chorinsky) also kept their own musicians who collaborated with church and monastic areas of that region.The Piarists in Bílá Voda were focused on theatrical and musical activity, mainly in theirmonastic school. It is known that Dittersdorf had close contacts with the local regens chori —father Antonin Brossman (p. Damaso a San Ignatio), who not only influenced Dittersdorf’s church music style, but also raised lot of famous composers as Wenzel Müller. There is nosource proving Dittersdorf’s contacts with the closter of the Order of the Holy Sepulchrein Nysa. However, the preserved musical collection shows a huge range of the repertoireof Javornik’s court director. Moreover, probably thanks to the Dittersdorf acquaintance with Nysa’s regens chori Ignaz Pohl and prior Jacob Martini, lot of his pieces were copied, among which contra facta of operatic and oratorio arias must be highlighted.

  • Issue Year: XXIII/2017
  • Issue No: 49
  • Page Range: 191-202
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish