Volume 13, August 2021
Sperger's Cadenzas for his Contrabass Concertos: A Study of Compositional Techniques and Improvisational Strategies for Creating Cadenzas

by Renaud Boucher-Browning


Appendix F — Contrabass Concertos by Sperger and Other Composers in Sperger's Estate 73

Date: Dedicatee Place Composer Concerto Number and Key Manuscript Source
1767: Pischelberger Großwardein Dittersdorf Concerto No. 1 in E♭ major D-SWI: Mus 1687
1767: Pischelberger Großwardein Dittersdorf Concerto No. 2 in E♭ major D-SWI: Mus 1688
1768: Pischelberger Großwardein Pichl Concerto No. 1 in D major D-SWI: Mus 4247
1768: Pischelberger Großwardein Pichl Concerto No. 2 in D major D-SWI: Mus 4246
1777 (19 Sept.) Preßburg Sperger Concerto No. 1 in E♭ major D-SWI: Mus 5176/3
1778 (17-30 Apr.) Preßburg Sperger Concerto No. 2 in E♭ major D-SWI: Mus 5176/12 score, Mus 5177/6 parts
1778 (8 Aug.-8 Sep.) Preßburg Sperger Concerto No. 3 in B♭ major D-SWI: Mus 5176/1
c1778: Sperger Preßburg Zimmermann Concerto No. 1 in D major D-SWI: Mus 5817
c1778: Kämpfer Preßburg Zimmermann Concerto No. 2 in D major A-KR: H 48/147
1779 Preßburg Sperger Concerto No. 4 in F major D-SWI: Mus 5176/2
1779 Preßburg Sperger Concerto No. 5 in E♭ D-SWI: Mus 5174/2a
1779 (12 July) Preßburg Sperger Concerto No. 6 in G major D-SWI: Mus 5176/9
1781 (1 September) Preßburg Sperger Concerto No. 7 in A major D-SWI: Mus 5176/8
1783 (28 July) Kofidisch Sperger Concerto No. 8 in E♭ major D-SWI: Mus 5177/4
c1785: Pischelberger Vienna Hoffmeister Concerto 'No. 1' in E♭ major (Adagio with obbligato violin) A-WGM: IX 6394
1785-86
1786-87
Kofidisch
Vienna
Sperger Concerto No. 9 in E♭ major D-SWI: Mus 5177/7
1787 Berlin Sperger Concerto No. 10 in E♭ major D-SWI: Mus 5177/1
1787 Vienna Sperger Concerto No. 11 in B♭ major D-SWI: Mus 5177/2
c1787 Vienna Sperger Adagio in D major for Cb./Orch. D-SWI: Mus 5180
c1786-89: Sperger Vienna Vanhal Concerto in E♭ major D-SWI: Mus 5512
c1786-89: Sperger Vienna Hoffmeister Concerto 'No. 3' in E♭ major D-SWI: Mus 2850
After c1789: Pischelberger Vienna Hoffmeister Concerto 'No. 2' in D major A-WGM: IX 6393
c1789-1793 Ludwigslust Sperger Romance in D min. for Cb./Str. D-SWI: Mus 5178
c1790-1792 Ludwigslust Sperger Concerto No. 12 in E♭ major D-SWI: Mus 5176/7
c1792 Ludwigslust Sperger Concerto No. 13 in D major D-SWI: Mus 5176/6
c1793-94 Ludwigslust Sperger Concerto No. 14 in E♭ major D-SWI: Mus 5174/2b
1796 Ludwigslust Sperger Concerto No. 15 in D major D-SWI: Mus 5177/5
c1796-1797 Ludwigslust Hoffmeister,
rev. Sperger
Adagio for Cb./Str. in B♭ major
(revision of Adagio in Mus 2850)
D-SWI: Mus 5179
1797 (August) Ludwigslust Sperger Concerto No. 16 in E♭ major D-SWI: Mus 5176/11
1805 (8 November) Ludwigslust Sperger Concerto No. 17 in B♭ major D-SWI: Mus 5176/4
1807 (20 August) Ludwigslust Sperger Concerto No. 18 in C minor D-SWI: Mus 5176/5

Library Sigla Abbreviations:
A-KR: Benediktinerstift Musikarchiv in Kremsmünster, Austria

A-WGM: Archiv der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, Austria
D-SWI: Landesbibliothek Mecklenberg-Vorpommern in Schwerin, Germany