Jan Engel (?-1788) - SINFONIA (Es-Dur) | A | Violini, Oboe, Corni, | Alto, e Basso. |
[by hand with black ink: "Due Clarinetti"] | DEDICATA | A SUA ECCELLENZA
| II Sig|r: Conte | PRZEZDZIECKI. ... ANNO 1772
Performers: Capella Claromontana; Jan Tomasz Adamus (conductor)
Further info: Musica Claromontana 15
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Polish composer, printer and music publisher. He served as Kapellmeister
at the Cathedral of St. John in Warsaw between 1771 and 1772, during
which time he established a printing press on Ulica Krzywe Koło that
remained operational until 1776. In 1772, he independently published six
of his own symphonies, issued separately with uniform title pages and
distributed through the Warsaw booksellers M. Gröll and J.A. Poser;
while extant copies of the first three symphonies are preserved in the
Pauline Monastery in Częstochowa, the remaining works are known
exclusively through contemporary Warsaw press announcements and entries
in the Breitkopf (Leipzig) catalogs spanning 1772, 1777, and 1785-1787.
The following year, he compiled and published a collection titled
'Mélanges de Musique pour le clavecin par Monsieur Engel', which notably
featured works by M. Kamieński alongside what were highly probable to
be his own compositions and those of other contemporaries, though this
publication was regrettably destroyed during World War II. In tandem
with advertising this collection, he offered for sale various
manuscripts and prints, including Masses, motets, arias, duets, and
oratorios, alongside a novel, proprietary "music printing machine of his
own invention" before resigning from his cathedral post on September 1,
1773. A subsequent notice in the Gazeta Warszawska, dated February 14,
1776, documented the relocation of his printworks to the Wędrychowska
tenement on ul. Kamienne Schodki and publicized the release of "new
Polish dances arranged for the harpsichord" as well as twelve
forthcoming pieces. Ultimately, given the scarcity of surviving
historical data, evidence suggests that Engel’s publishing endeavors
were sporadic, representing the pioneering, independent efforts of a
single individual.
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