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.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. 05 Christoph Förster (1693 - 1745)
Concerto ex Dis major for Corno concertato, 2 Violins, Viola and Basso
The composer of the work is likely Christoph Förster (1693 - 1745). Förster, a native of Thuringia in Bibra got in Weissenfels lessons from Johann David Heinichen and worked at the local court orchestra musician and concertmaster. In 1719 he visited Heinichen in Dresden, 1723, he attended the royal coronation in Prague. This resulted in numerous contacts with the Dresden and Vienna Court. 1743, he was Vice-Kapellmeister in Rudolstadt, but already died there on 05/12/1745.
The present edition is based on the transcript of Lund (SL / Saml.Wenster J :1-17). In the SLUB Dresden under the signature Mus. 2323-O-4 kept a second copy of this show. You can boast minor differences in the score.
The orchestral parts are available in sets (3/3/2/3) .
