The mysterious provenance and uncommon repertoire of the music collection belonging to the Dominican Pius Hancke
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2012
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Katedra Muzykologii, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PTPN, Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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Father Pius Hancke’s music collection includes numerous pieces written for harp. Its outstanding
repertoire and provenance distinguishes it from other monastic collections. Hancke expanded
it throughout his life and took it with him when moving home. He spent the last thirty years of his life
in the Dominican monastery in Nysa. Music for the liturgy contained in his collection (masses, litanies)
was certainly used there and is currently the only testimony of that monastery’s musical culture. Besides
liturgical compositions, Hancke’s collection includes a number of instrumental pieces for harp with the
accompaniment of other instruments and contrafacta of operatic arias. The latter often include parts
arranged for harp, probably by Hancke himself. The scriptors’ names link this collection to a unique
manuscript containing a Credo ascribed to Antonio Vivaldi.
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Nysa, Antonio Vivaldi, Pius Hancke, Dominicans, harp
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Interdisciplinary Studies in Musicology 11, 2012, pp. 155-167
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1734-2406