Quantz, Johann Joachim - Concerto ex Dis-Dur for Horn (Lund 9)

Horn Concertos of Lund

The University Library Lund in Sweden keeps the  most extensive source for horn music from the first half of the 18th century. The music is a handwritten collection of the Academic chapel. Many of the composers therein had somehow connections to the court in Dresden. It is possible that the copier was a hornist who visited Dresden.

This collection Wenster contains 18 concertos for horn - and not 17 how it is always said.

The original numbering of the collection:

• No.1    Schulz    Concerto ex D sharp for horn, flauto traverso, violin and basso -> (ROM 018)
• No.2    Hoffmann    Concerto ex D sharp for horn, 2 oboes and strings -> (ROM 013)
• No.3    Quantz (C.G. Fischer?)       Concerto ex D sharp for horn and strings
• No.4    Anonym    Concerto ex D sharp for horn, 2 oboes and basso -> (ROM 019)
• No.5    Förster      Concerto ex D sharp for horn and strings -> (ROM 341)
• No.6    Anonym    Concerto for horn, oboe d`amore and basso ->(ROM 020)
• No.7    Graun    Concerto for horn, oboe d`amore and basso -> (ROM 181)
• No.8    Graun    Trio for horn, violin and basso continuo -> (ROM 182)
• No.9    Quantz    Concerto for horn, oboe and strings -> (ROM 021)
• No.10    Knechtel    Concerto ex D sharp -> (ROM 377)
• No.11    Knechtel    Concerto ex D
• No.12    Förster    Concerto ex D sharp
• No.13    Anonym (Hampel)    Concerto ex D -> (ROM 184)
• No.14    Röllig    Concerto ex D sharp for horn and strings -> (ROM 022)
• No.15    Röllig    Concerto ex D for horn and strings -> (ROM 023)
• No.16    Graun    Concerto ex D for horn and strings -> (ROM 024)
• No.17a    Reinhardt    Concerto ex D sharp for horn and strings -> (ROM 025)
• No.17b    Gehra    Concerto ex D for horn and strings -> (ROM 026)

No.9     Johann Joachim Quantz (1697 -1773)
 Concerto ex D sharp major for corno concertato, oboe, 2 violins, viola and basso

In the collection from Lund we find two concerti of Quantz. This concerto (no.9) is written in the catalogue of Breitkopf from 1763 Part.III as a concerto of Quantz, however in F major and without the oboe.

The concerto no.3 from Lund is also displayed with an inscription in the catalogue of Breitkopf from 1783., here however indicated to C.G. Fischer (supplement XIV). As Quantz as copier on the title page of Hoffmann appears is it  well possible, that the composer of the concerto no.3 was really Fischer and Quantz was the copier. RISM indicates also Fischer as the composer.


This concerto no.9 from Lund is however real with high probability from Quantz.