Abstract
Present-day Bavaria, comprising Old Bavaria (Upper Bavaria, Lower Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate), Franconia and Swabia, acquired its present unity and form only at the beginning of the nineteenth century. In considering the late Baroque period, therefore, a number of factors in the political and cultural history of the area recommend a survey of its musical history under several separate headings.
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Bibliographical Note
Historical and political background
B. Hubensteiner provides a good deal of information in a short space in Bayerische Geschichte (Munich, 1977). The period of Elector Max Emanuel is fully covered in the many articles and catalogue entries in Kurfürst Max Emanuel: Bayern und Europa um 1700, i: Zur Geschichte und Kunstgeschichte der Max-Ernanuel-Zeit; ii: Katalog (Munich, 1976).
Literature and art
There is no complete history of literature in Bavaria. The relevant articles in Spindler’s history (see above) contain much literary information. The two publications Bayerische Literaturgeschichte, ed. E. Dünninger and D. Kiesselbach, ii (Munich, 1967), and Handbuch der Literatur in Bayern, ed. A. Weber (Regensburg, 1987) consist substantially of monographs on selected writers.
A thorough survey of the literature on art in Bavaria may be found in H. Wichmann’s Bibliographie der Kunst in Bayern, i-v (Wiesbaden, 1961–83). H. Schindler’s Grosse bayerische Kunstgeschichte, ii (Munich, 1976) provides an appreciation of the leading figures in painting, sculpture and architecture and of their works. An extensive account of art in Munich is to be found in N. Lieb’s München: Geschichte seiner Kunst (Munich, 1977). As an introduction to the world of the Bavarian baroque, B. Hubensteiner’s Vom Geist des Barock (Munich, 1967) may be recommended.
Music
Musik in Bayern, i: Bayerische Musikgeschichte, ed. R. Münster and H. Schmid, with the exhibition catalogue Musik in Bayern, ii: Katalog, ed. F. Göthel (both Tutzing, 1972), represents a first attempt at a comprehensive account of the subject. On Munich, O. Ursprung’s well-written musical history, Münchens musikalische Vergangenheit von der Frühzeit bis Richard Wagner (Munich, 1927), has not yet been superseded. R. Münster gives an account of the period of Max Emanuel in Kurfürst Max Emanuel, i: Zur Geschichte und Kunstgeschichte der Max-Emanuel-Zeit, ed. H. Glaser (Munich, 1976), 295–316. An almost complete list of operas performed at the Munich court is included in Nationalteater: die Bayerische Staatsoper, ed. H. Zehetmayr and J. Schläder (Munich, 1993), 259–62. There are very few recent full accounts of the musical history of individual cities and regions. Information on Augsburg is contained in a general survey in the collection entitled Musik in der Reichsstadt Augsburg (Augsburg, 1965); additional new findings are published in two articles by F. Krautwurst in Geschichte der Stadt Augsburg von der Römerzeit bis zur Gegenwart, ed. G. Gottlieb and others (Stuttgart, 1985), 504–14. For Nuremberg, see F. Krautwurst’s two contributions to Nürnberg: Geschichte einer europäischen Stadt, ed. G. Pfeiffer (Munich, 1971), 287–91, 344–6. For Kempten, see F. Krautwurst’s chapter in Geschichte der Stadt Kempten, ed. V. Dottermich (Kempten, 1989), 303–22. Because of its inadequate sources, the posthumous work of O. Kaul on music in Würzburg, Musica Herbipolis (Marktbreit, 1980), offers only an incomplete survey. However, E. F. Schmid’s Musik am Hofe der Fürsten von Löwenstein-Werthehim-Rosenberg (1720–1750) (Würzburg, 1953)
F. Zobeley’s catalogue Die Musikalien der Grafen von Schönborn-Wiesentheid, i: Das Repertoire des Grafen Rudolf Franz Erwein von Schönborn (1677–1754) (Tutzing, 1967–82) provide illuminating insights into the musical life of two small Franconian courts. New material is disclosed in two works of documentation published in connection with exhibitions — Musik in Ingolstadt: zur Geschichte der Musikkultur in Ingolstadt, published by the Historischer Verein Ingolstadt (Ingolstadt, 1984),
K. W. Littger, Musik in Eichstätt: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Hofmusik und Katalog (Tutzing, 1988).
K. G. Feilerer’s Beiträge zur Musikgeschichte Freisings von den ältesten christlichen Zeit bis Zur Auflösung des Hofes 1803 (Munich, 1926) remains useful. A wealth of material is offered by the earliest scholar to work on local musical history in Bavaria, Dominikus Mettenleiter, in Musikgeschichte der Stadt Regensburg (Regensburg, 1866) and Musikgeschichte der Oberpfalz (Regensburg, 1867); new editions with supplementary indexes are in preparation. On the history of Baroque opera in Bavaria, the incomplete survey by R. Brockpähler, Handbuch der Barockoper in Deutschland (Emsdetten, 1963) provides information, but requires some revision. For information on individual composers and cities in Bavaria, see the relevant entries in Grove 6, Grove 0 and MGG. Editions of music of the Baroque period have been published in the series Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern (DTB), i-xxx (Leipzig, 1900–31) and vol.i of the new series (Wiesbaden, 1967). They include compositions by Dall’Abaco, Kerll, Kindermann, J. P. Krieger, Murschhauser, Pachelbel, Pez, Steffani and Torri; selected works by Arnold are in preparation. The documentation series Musica Bavarica, ed. R. Münster and A. Kirchberger (Munich, 1967-), is also useful for this period.
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Münster, R. (1993). Courts and Monasteries in Bavaria. In: Buelow, G.J. (eds) The Late Baroque Era. Man & Music. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11303-3_10
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