Acknowledgements

Stimulating encouragement from the late William Waterhouse was integral to this project; he was the link to many of the collaborations that are acknowledged here.

I am grateful to the many people who have contributed to the collection

and documentation of these works, in particular:

Günter Angerhöfer, Leipzig/Kronach;

Carlo Colombo, Lyon;

Oswald Bill, Darmstadt;

Eleanor Froelich, Vienna;

Jesse Read, Vancouver;

Janice Stockigt, Melbourne;

Dennis Pajot, Milwaukee, Wis.;

George Zukerman, Vancouver;

Gordon Solie, Portland, Ore;

Jason Grant, Cambridge Mass.;

Ralph-Jürgen Reipsch, Magdeburg;

Ute Poetzsch-Seban, Magdeburg;

Carsten Lange, Magdeburg;

Stefan Pantzier, Leipzig;

Michael Maul, Leipzig;

Uwe Wolf, Leipzig;

Eric Fiedler, Frankfurt;

Paolo Tognon, Padua;

Giuseppe Nalin, Padua;

Guntram Wolf, Kronach;

Amato Mauro, Naples;

Wolfgang Kleber, Darmstadt;

Gabor Meszaros, Lugano;

Thomas Kiefer, Gelsenkirchen;

Rod Reynolds, Melbourne;

John A Rice, Rochester, Minn.;

Daniel Lipori, Ellensburg, Wa;

Frans Robert Berkhout, Amsterdam;

Wolfram Ensslin, Leipzig;

Vaughan McAlley, Melbourne;

Jacqueline Waylen, Melbourne;

Peter Hornung, Melbourne;

Florian Heyerick, Gent;

Ann Furholt Pedersen, Sorø;

Mélodie Michel, Basel;

Ricardo Simian, Basel;

Massimo Data, Alexandria, Italy;

Colin Timms, Birmingham;

 

Collected editions in the Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library at the University of Melbourne were valuable in assembling some of this repertoire.

 

The following Libraries have given generous permission to reproduce incipits, solo parts or

modern settings of various works as .pdf files or scanned copies:

 

Musiksammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Wien.

Incipits from Sammelband of 12 arias with obbligato bassoon Mus. Hs. 17051, (Livero Terzo).

 

Thüringisches Staatsarchiv, Rudolstadt.

Solo bassono/bassuono/fagotto parts from the cantatas of Georg Gebel.

 

Hessische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, Darmstadt.

Solo bassono/ basson/fagotto parts from the cantatas of Christoph Graupner.

 

Leipziger Städtische Musikbibliothek,

Modern setting and original of the Telemann aria from TWV 1.1098 “Kommt her zu mir alle”

 

Statens musikbibliothek, Stockholm, Sweden.

Solo part and incipit of score of the Righini aria “Bella de’ Boschi diva” from Atalanta e Meleagro

 

Sächsische Landes-Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden.

Modern setting of Heinichen Litaniae, Pro Festo Corporis Domini, “Peccatores te rogamus”

Solo fagotto part of the Heinrich Himmel aria "Deh tergi quel pianto"

Provisional score of the Zelenka motet "Qui nihil sortis"

 

Singakademie zu Berlin.

Solo bassoon part, compiled from the score, of the Telemann aria "Wer wirbelt das

feurige Rennen der Sonne" from the cantata Herr Gott dich loben wir, TWV 1.745

 

The British Library, London

Scores of arias from the Steffani operas Henrico Leone, La Superbia d'Alessandro, Le Rivali Concordi, La Libertà contenta, I Trionfi del Fato, Arminio and Il Turno.  

 

Stadtbibliothek zu Hannover

Scores of arias from the Steffani opera Orlando generoso 

 

Universitätsbibliothek, Basel

Score and parts of the Wagenseil aria "Dal suo gentil sembiante"