Caldara, Antonio

born	ca. 1670 (Venice, Italy)
died	1736-12-28 (Vienna, Austria)
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Antonio Caldara was a prolific Italian composer and musician of the late Baroque period. Born in Venice, Caldara showed early promise in music and studied under renowned composers in Rome. He excelled as a singer and cellist, and his talent earned him positions in the courts of various European cities. Caldara served as the vice-Kapellmeister in Vienna, where he eventually became Kapellmeister at the Imperial Court, composing numerous operas, oratorios, and chamber music works. His music was characterized by expressive melodies, rich harmonies, and a mastery of counterpoint. Caldara’s influence extended beyond Vienna, as his compositions were performed in various European cities, earning him considerable esteem during his lifetime. However, his popularity waned in the years following his death, and it was only in recent times that his works have been rediscovered and appreciated, securing his place as a significant figure of the Baroque era.

Our editions comprise, amongst others, nine of Caldara’s masses and several short liturgical works which are extant in the SLUB Dresden. These works are highly interesting, since they contain annotations and even whole movements by Jan Dismas Zelenka.

ID	Title	Genre
(A-Ed A 174)	Missa	mass
(A-Ed A 41)	Missa Liberæ dispositionis	mass
(A-Ed A 42)	Missa Laudate eum omnes angeli eius	mass
(A-Ed A 44)	Missa in C major	mass
(A-Ed C 3)	Te Deum	hymn
(A-LA M 158)	Missa Fidei Vivæ	mass
(A-Wn HK.209)	Miserere	psalm
(A-Wn Mus.Hs.15898)	Missa Consolationis	mass
(D-B Mus.ms. 2730)	Missa di Toson B. V. Mariæ	mass
(D-B Mus.ms.autogr. Caldara, A. 4)	Missa Lætare	mass
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-10)	Missa Intende in adiutorium meum	mass
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-11)	Missa a 4	mass
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-12)	Missa Mundata est lepra eius	mass
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-13)	Missa Vix orimur morimur	mass
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-14)	Missa Quia mihi et tibi	mass
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-2,2)	Salve Regina	antiphon
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-2,3)	Magnificat	canticle
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-4)	Missa Matris dolorosæ	mass
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-7)	Missa providentiæ	mass
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-8)	Missa Reformata	mass
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-9)	Missa Divi Xaverii	mass
(D-Dl Mus.2170-E-2)	Beatus vir	psalm
(D-Dl Mus.2170-E-3)	Laudate pueri	psalm
(D-Dl Mus.2170-E-4)	Miserere	psalm
(D-LEb Go. S. 264)	Missa	mass

Works

Beatus vir
(D-Dl Mus.2170-E-2)

genre	psalm
scoring	S, A (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 ob, 2 vl, vla, b, org
scores	full score b coro ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla
IMSLP	scores and parts
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Laudate pueri
(D-Dl Mus.2170-E-3)

genre	psalm
scoring	S (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 vl, b, org
scores	full score b coro org vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Magnificat
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-2,3)

genre	canticle
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 ob, 2 clno (C), 2 vl, vla, b, org
scores	full score b clno 1, 2 coro ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla
MIDI
IMSLP	scores and parts
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Miserere
(A-Wn HK.209)

genre	psalm
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), cnto, fag, 2 trb, 2 vl, b, org
scores	full score b cnto coro fag org trb 1 trb 2 vl 1 vl 2
MIDI
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
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Miserere
(D-Dl Mus.2170-E-4)

genre	psalm
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 ob, 2 vl, 2 vla, b, org
scores	full score b coro ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla 1 vla 2
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Missa Consolationis
(A-Wn Mus.Hs.15898)

genre	mass
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), fag solo, 2 trb, 2 vl, b, org
scores	full score b coro org trb 1 trb 2 vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Missa Divi Xaverii
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-9)

genre	mass
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), ob, clno (C/F), 2 vl, 2 vla, b, org
scores	full score b clno coro ob org vl 1 vl 2 vla 1 vla 2
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Missa Fidei Vivæ
(A-LA M 158)

genre	mass
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 clno (C), 2 tr (C), 2 trb, timp (C–G), 2 vl, b, org
scores	full score b coro org ottoni trb 1 trb 2 vl 1 vl 2
MIDI
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Missa Intende in adiutorium meum
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-10)

genre	mass
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 ob, clno (D), 2 vl, 2 vla, b, org
scores	full score b clno coro ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla 1 vla 2
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Missa Laudate eum omnes angeli eius
(A-Ed A 42)

genre	mass
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 clno (C), 2 trb, timp (C–G), 2 vl, b, org
scores	full score b coro org ottoni trb 1 trb 2 vl 1 vl 2
MIDI
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Missa Liberæ dispositionis
(A-Ed A 41)

genre	mass
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 vl, vla, b, org
scores	full score b coro org vl 1 vl 2 vla
MIDI
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
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Missa Lætare
(D-B Mus.ms.autogr. Caldara, A. 4)

genre	mass
scoring	4 S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 clno (C), 2 tr (C), 2 trb, timp (C–G), 2 vl, 2 vla, b, org
scores	full score b coro org ottoni trb 1 trb 2 vl 1 vl 2
MIDI
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Missa Matris dolorosæ
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-4)

genre	mass
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 ob, fag, [2 trb], 2 vl, 2 vla, vlc, b, org
scores	full score b coro ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla 1 vla 2 vlc fag
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Missa Mundata est lepra eius
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-12)

genre	mass
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 ob, 2 vl, vla, b, org
scores	full score b coro ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Missa Quia mihi et tibi
Missa Ne projicias me
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-14)

genre	mass
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 ob, 2 vl, vla, b, org
scores	full score b coro ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Missa Reformata
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-8)

genre	mass
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 ob, 2 vl, vla, b, org
scores	full score b coro ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Missa Vix orimur morimur
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-13)

genre	mass
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), ob, 2 cor (D), 3 clno (D), timp (D–A), 2 vl, vla, b, org
scores	full score b cor 1, 2 coro ob org ottoni vl 1 vl 2 vla
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Missa a 4
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-11)

genre	mass
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 vl, b, org
scores	full score b coro org vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Missa di Toson B. V. Mariæ
(D-B Mus.ms. 2730)

genre	mass
scoring	S, A, T, 2 B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 clno (C), 2 tr (C), 2 trb, timp (C–G), 2 vl, b, org
scores	full score b coro org ottoni trb 1 trb 2 vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Missa in C major
(A-Ed A 44)

genre	mass
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 clno (C), 2 trb, timp (C–G), 2 vl, b, org
scores	full score b coro org ottoni trb 1 trb 2 vl 1 vl 2
MIDI
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Missa providentiæ
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-7)

genre	mass
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 ob, 2 vl, vla, b, org
scores	full score b coro ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Missa
(A-Ed A 174)

genre	mass
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 clno (C), timp (C–G), 2 vl, b, org
scores	full score b coro org ottoni vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Missa
Kyrie and Gloria
(D-LEb Go. S. 264)

genre	mass
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (tutti), 2 clno (C), timp (C–G), 2 vl, 2 vla, b, org
scores	full score b coro org ottoni vl 1 vl 2
MIDI
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license

Salve Regina
(D-Dl Mus.2170-D-2,2)

genre	antiphon
scoring	S (solo), 2 vl, vla, b, org
scores	full score S solo b org vl 1, 2 vla
MIDI
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
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Te Deum
(A-Ed C 3)

genre	hymn
scoring	S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 clno (C), timp (C–G), 2 vl, b, org
scores	full score b coro org ottoni vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP	scores and parts
source	GitHub
license