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.

Overview

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

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2022-09-02)
scores b coro full score ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

Laudate pueri
(D-Dl Mus.2170-E-3)

genre psalm
scoring S (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 vl, b, org
latest release v1.0.0 (2022-09-07)
scores b coro full score org vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2022-09-11)
scores b clno 1, 2 coro full score ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2022-07-04)
scores b coro full score ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla 1 vla 2
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2023-03-12)
scores b cnto coro fag full score org trb 1 trb 2 vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2022-12-06)
scores b coro full score org ottoni vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2023-07-24)
scores b coro full score org ottoni vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2022-01-20)
scores b coro full score org trb 1 trb 2 vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2022-03-02)
scores b clno coro full score ob org vl 1 vl 2 vla 1 vla 2
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

Missa Fidei Vivæ
Kyrie and Gloria
(D-BNu Ec 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
latest release v1.0.0 (2023-09-16)
scores b coro full score org ottoni trb 1 trb 2 vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2022-05-22)
scores b clno coro full score ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla 1 vla 2
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2023-03-31)
scores b coro full score org ottoni trb 1 trb 2 vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2023-02-26)
scores b coro full score org vl 1 vl 2 vla
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2022-06-20)
scores b coro full score ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla 1 vla 2 vlc fag
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2022-04-05)
scores b coro full score ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.1.0 (2022-02-14)
scores b coro full score ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases v1.0.0 (2022-02-09)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2022-01-29)
scores b coro full score ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2022-05-27)
scores b cor 1, 2 coro full score ob org ottoni vl 1 vl 2 vla
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2022-02-17)
scores b coro full score org vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2023-01-31)
scores b coro full score org ottoni trb 1 trb 2 vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2023-05-12)
scores b coro full score org ottoni trb 1 trb 2 vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v2.0.0 (2021-12-18)
scores b coro full score ob 1 ob 2 org vl 1 vl 2 vla
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases v1.0 (2021-07-18)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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

genre antiphon
scoring S (solo), 2 vl, vla, b, org
latest release v1.0.0 (2022-07-29)
scores b full score org S solo vl 1, 2 vla
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

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
latest release v1.0.0 (2022-02-14)
scores b coro full score org ottoni vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP scores and parts
previous releases (none)
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0