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Esaias Reusner (1636-1679)
Esaias Reusner Jr. was born in Löwenberg (Lwówek Śląski), Silesia on 29 April 1636. He grew up in a musical family: his grandfather was a chamber musician at the Elector of Brandenburg’s court, but, more importantly, his father – also named Esaias Reusner – was a lutenist and his first teacher. The father’s only known work is Musicalischer Lust-Garten, published in 1645 in Breslau (Wrocław). In the preface, we are informed that the author was employed as a lutenist at the court of the Duke of “Bernstat in Schlesien”.
In 1655 he found employment at the court of Duke Georg III von Brieg (Brzeg) until his employer’s death in 1664. During this period, he married Maria Böhme, with whom he had three sons. Then he appeared for a short time in Breslau, and in 1665 entered the service of the next member of the Silesian noble Piast family - Christian, Duke of Brieg. During his seven years of duty he most probably undertook a journey to Vienna, where he performed for the Emperor Leopold I Habsburg, who was very pleased with his playing.
He became one of the two favorite and best-paid musicians of “the Great Elector”. On 1 May 1679, after a long agony, Reusner died there at the age of 43.
Reusner is an author of 3 collections of solo lute music: Delitiae testudinis 1667 (reprinted twice as Erfreuliche Lauten-Lust),
Some of the copies of Neue Lauten-Früchte include, on verso pages, copperplate with landscapes and the “author’s” copy contains additional new handwritten pieces. The collection opens with a very informative Preface, with an explanation of playing techniques and ornament signs. Almost all of the 13 Suites consist of the core allemande–courante–sarabande–gigue, which is the composer’s undoubted contribution to establishing the “classical” suite form.
This pieces clearly show that Reusner Jr. was not only an eminent predecessor of his famous compatriot S.L. Weiss, but was also a very important link between the French school (using style brisé, inégalité, thin harmonic texture, non mesuré preludes) and the German virtuoso baroque style, with its fondness for cantabile and more complex harmonic language – the combination which a hundred years later J.J. Quanz will call Stile misto.
Anna Wiktoria Swoboda | Le Luth Doré ®2015
Content
Suite in B-flat Major
Preludium de Reusner
Sonatina de R.
Allemanda de R.
Courant de R.
Sarabanda de R.
Aria de R.
Gigue de R.
Suite in B-flat Major
Allemanda de R.
Courant de R.
Sarabanda de R.
Gigue de R.
Suite in B-flat Major
Allemanda de R.
Courant de R.
Gavotte de R.
Sarabanda de R.
Canarie de R.
Ciacona de R.
Suite in B-flat Major
Allemanda de R.
Courant de R.
Sarabanda de R.
Gavotte de R.
Gigue de R.
Suite in C minor
Allemanda de R.
Courant de R.
Sarabanda de R.
Gavotte de R.
Gigue de R.
Suite in F Major
Allemanda de R.
Courant de R.
Sarabanda de R.
Ballett de R.
Gigue de R.
Suite in D minor
Allemanda de R.
Courant de R.
Sarabanda de R.
Aria de R.
Gigue de R.
Allemanda de R.
Courant de R.
Sarabanda de R.
Aria de R.
Gigue de R.
Suite in G minor
Allemanda de R.
Courant de R.
Sarabanda de R.
Ballett de R.
Gigue de R.
Suite in G Major
Allemanda de R.
Courant de R.
Sarabanda de R.
Aria de R.
Gigue de R.
Suite in A minor
Allemanda de R.
Courant de R.
Sarabanda de R.
Aria de R.
Gigue de R.
Suite in A Major
Allemanda de R.
Courant de R.
Sarabanda de R.
Gavotte de R.
Gigue de R.
Suite in D Major
Sonatina de R.
Allemanda de R.
Courant de R.
Sarabanda de R.
Gavotte de R.
Gigue de R.
Passagalia de R.
Concordances
| Ms. Code | Ms. Name | Library Name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-ETgoëssIII | A-ETgoëss Ms. III | Ebenthal, Graf Goëss'sche Primogenitur-Fideikommiss-Bibliothek | Austria |
| A-KR77 | A-KR ms. L 77 | Kremsmünster, Benediktiner-Stift Kremsmünster, Regenterei oder Musikarchiv | Austria |
| A-KR79 | A-KR ms. L 79 | Kremsmünster, Benediktiner-Stift Kremsmünster, Regenterei oder Musikarchiv | Austria |
| A-SEI | A-SEI ms. sans cote | Seitenstetten, Stiftsbibliothek | Austria |
| AUS-PVuLHD243 | AUS-Pvu ms LHD243 | Victoria, Melbourne, Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library
Provenience: Bibliothek Dr Werner Wolffheim n. 53 |
Australia |
| CZ-NrlkKk73 | CZ-Nrlk ms. II.Kk.73 | Nelahozeves, Private Library of Lobkowicz family | Czech Republic |
| D-Fschneider13 | D-Fschneider Ms. 13 | Frankfurt, Bibliothek Matthias Schneider
Provenience: Levoca |
Germany |
| Lesage | Cabinet der Lauten | by Philipp Franz LeSage de Richee | - |
| PL-Kj40620 | PL-Kj ms. mus. 40620 (olim: Berlin) | Kraków, Biblioteka Jagiellońska | Poland |
| PL-Wu2006 | PL-Wu RM 4139 (olim Mf. 2006) | Warszawa, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie, Gabinet Zbiorów Muzycznych | Poland |
| S-Klm21068 | S-Klm ms 21068
Stahlhammer manuscript (1) |
Kalmar, Läns Museum | Sweden |
| S-Klm21072 | S-Klm ms 21072
Stahlhammer manuscript (2) |
Kalmar, Läns Museum | Sweden |
| S-LuG37 | S-Lu ms Wenster G37 | Lund, Lund University Library, Manuscripts and Special Collections | Sweden |
| SK-Le | SK-Le ms. sans cote
Levoca-Manuscript |
Levoča, Evanjelicka a.v. cirkevna knižnica
Provenience: Levoca |
Slovenia |
| Tafelerlustigung | Musikalische Tafel-Erlustigung (Brieg 1668) | by Esaias Reusner | Germany |
| Work Title | Piece Title | Ms. Code | Ms. Page |
|---|---|---|
| Suite in B-flat Major | ||
| Praeludium de Reusner | A-KR79 | 17v |
| Sonatina de R. | A-KR79 | 195v |
| Allemanda de R. | A-KR79 | 18v |
| Courant de R. | A-KR79 | 19r |
| Sarabanda de R. | A-ETgoëssIII A-KR77 A-KR79 |
68r 36v (1) 19v |
| Aria de R. | A-KR79 | 19v |
| Gigue de R. | A-ETgoëssIII A-KR77 A-KR79 |
69v 38v (2) 20r |
| Suite in B-flat Major | ||
| Allemanda de R. | A-KR79 | 20v |
| Courant de R. | A-KR77 A-KR79 |
36v (2) 21r |
| Sarabanda de R. | A-ETgoëssIII A-KR77 A-KR79 |
71v 37v 21v |
| Gigue de R. | A-KR79 CZ-NrlkKk73 D-Fschneider13 S-LuG37 SK-Le |
21v 134 160 5r 206 |
| Suite in B-flat Major | ||
| Allemanda de R. | Tafelerlustigung (Ensemble) A-KR79 S-Klm21068 S-Klm21072 S-LuG37 |
29 (Allemande) 22v 11v 52v 3r |
| Courant de R. | A-KR77 A-KR79 |
38r 23r (1) |
| Gavotte de R. | A-KR77 A-KR79 |
38v (1) 23r |
| Sarabanda de R. | A-KR79 D-Fschneider13 S-Klm21072 SK-Le |
23v 165 53v 182 |
| Canarie de R. | A-KR79 | 23v |
| Ciacona de R. | A-KR79 SK-Le |
24r 194 |
| Suite in C minor | ||
| Allemanda de R. | A-KR79 | 27v |
| Courant de R. | A-KR79 | 28r |
| Sarabanda de R. | A-KR79 | 28v |
| Gavotte de R. | A-KR79 | 28v |
| Gigue de R. | A-KR79 | 29r |
| Suite in F Major | ||
| Allemanda de R. | A-ETgoëssIII A-KR79 |
12v 8v |
| Courant de R. | A-KR77 A-KR79 |
15v (2) 9r |
| Sarabanda de R. | A-ETgoëssIII A-KR79 |
8r 9v (1) |
| Ballet de R. | A-KR77 A-KR79 |
15v (1) 9v (2) |
| Gigue de R. | A-KR79 | 10r |
| Suite in D minor | ||
| Allemanda de R. | A-KR79 | 1r |
| Courant de R. | A-KR79 | 1v |
| Sarabanda de R. | A-KR79 | 2r |
| Aria de R. | A-KR79 | 2r |
| Gigue de R. | A-KR79 | 2v |
| Suite in E minor | ||
| Allemanda de R. | A-KR79 | 6v |
| Courant de R. | A-KR79 | 7r |
| Sarabanda de R. | A-KR79 | 7v |
| Aria de R. | A-KR79 | 7v |
| Gigue de R. | A-KR79 | 8r |
| Suite in G minor | ||
| Allemanda de R. | A-KR79 | 3r |
| Courant de R. | A-KR79 | 204v (#321) |
| Sarabanda de R. | A-KR79 | 3v |
| Ballet de R. | A-KR79 | 3v |
| Gigue de R. | A-KR79 | 4r |
| Suite in G Major | ||
| Allemanda de R. | A-KR79 | 13v |
| Courant de R. | A-KR79 A-SEI PL-Wu2006 |
14r 84v ("Cour") 7v (2) |
| Sarabanda de R. | A-KR79 | 14v |
| Aria de R. | A-KR79 | 14v |
| Gigue de R. | A-KR79 | 15r |
| Suite in A minor | ||
| Allemanda de R. | A-KR79 | 4v |
| Courant de R. | A-KR79 | 5r |
| Sarabanda de R. | A-KR79 | 5v |
| Aria de R. | A-KR79 | 5v |
| Gigue de R. | A-KR79 | 6r |
| Suite in A Major | ||
| Allemanda de R. | A-KR79 | 15v |
| Courant de R. | A-KR79 PL-Kj40620 |
16r 26v (#41) |
| Sarabanda de R. | A-KR79 PL-Kj40620 |
16v (1) 26r (#40) |
| Gavotte de R. | A-KR79 PL-Kj40620 |
16v 27v (#42) |
| Gigue de R. | A-KR79 | 17r |
| Suite in D Major | ||
| Sonatina de R. | A-KR79 AUS-PVuLHD243 |
10v 78 |
| Allemanda de R. | A-KR79 AUS-PVuLHD243 |
11v 80 |
| Courante de R. | A-KR79 AUS-PVuLHD243 |
12r 84 |
| Sarabanda de R. | A-KR79 AUS-PVuLHD243 |
12v 86 |
| Gavotte de R. | A-KR79 AUS-PVuLHD243 |
12v 87 |
| Gigue de R. | A-KR79 AUS-PVuLHD243 cf. Lesage |
13r 88 20 |
| Passagalia de R. | AUS-PVuLHD243 | 90 |
Editors
Graduated with honours from the Academy of Music in Kraków (Poland) and from Hochschule für Musik Trossingen (Germany) with prof. Rolf Lislevand. Her special interests are solo repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries for baroque lute, including research on Silesian lutenists, as well as miscellaneous chamber music with theorbo and baroque guitar as continuo instruments.
Anna Wiktoria is also a literature lover, she has obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Comparative Literature at the Jagiellonian University. She has taken part in master classes and workshops with the leading lute players such as Hopkinson Smith, Jakob Lindberg, Joachim Held, Evangelina Mascardi, Jürgen Hübscher and Anton Birula. She was awarded the Baden-Württemberg-Stipendium and the Vössing-Stiftung.
As a performer, she was invited to cooperate with numerous ensembles, orchestras and soloists in her country and abroad, and took part in different recordings of early music.
Anna Wiktoria is one of the editors in Le Luth Doré Urtext Editions and teaches lute at the Secondary Music School in Kraków and at the Academy of Music in Katowice (Poland).
Passionate about the baroque era, Jean-Daniel Forget is a self-taught lutenist. In order to play the forgotten (lute) works of the 17th and 18th centuries, he has copied (and studied) their manuscripts for almost 20 years.
A long career as a computer scientist, having made him expert in programming, allowed him to utilize the normal logic of writing music, especially that which transcribes tablature for instruments with fretted strings.
In collaboration with Guy Grangereau. he has posted his tablatures on a public internet site that is frequented by many lutenists and guitarists.
Forget was enlisted by Miguel Serdoura to help prepare the musical examples for his fine Method of the Baroque Lute. Further on, he continues to assist Serdoura in the preparation of his (lute) editions.
• Editor(s): Jean-Daniel Forget & Anna Wiktoria Swoboda
• Music period: Baroque
• Instrument(s): 11c Baroque lute
• Instrumentation: Baroque lute solo
• Notation: French tablature
• Modern edition: Urtext
• Publisher: Le Luth Doré Urtext Editions
• Year of publication: 2015
• Collection: Lute and Theorbo Music Collection
• Pages: pp. 102
• Dimensions: 230x310 mm
• Weight: 0,320g
• Binding: Section sewn glue binding
• ISMN: 377-0-0017-8811-1
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