Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)
Åtta [8] menuetter ur Golovinmusiken (Musique satt til en Festin hos Ryska Ministern Graf Gollowin) [Eight (8) minuets from the Golovin Music]
BeRI 1 1/2
1. Minuet A major
2. Minuet A minor
3. [Minuet] D major
4. [Minuet] C major
5. [Minuet] C major
6. [Minuet] F major
7. [Minuet] F major
8. [Minuet] D major
- Year of composition: 1728
- Work category: Orchestral works in several movements
- First performed: February or May, 1728 in and outside of the Bååtska palatset, Stockholm (according to Monumenta Musicae Svecicae: 13). Most likely the music was performed by musicians of the Kungliga Hovkapellet [i.e, the orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera], under the baton of the composer himself.
- Duration: Approx. 50-60 min
- Detailed duration: Duration uncertain
Instrumentation
cont / str
Location for score and part material
Handwritten material can be found at the Lund University Libraries (LUB:Eng no. 406). See also material at the Musik och teaterbiblioteket (AlstrS [the Alströmer collection], Series I no. 2438) and at the Uppsala University Library (Caps. 11a, Caps. 56:18)
Literature
Bengtsson, Ingmar: J. H. Roman och hans instrumentalmusik (1955)
Description of work
1. Minuet A major [3/4]
2. Minuet A minor 3/4
3. [Minuet] D major [3/4]
4. [Minuet] C major [3/4]
5. [Minuet] C major [3/4]
6. [Minuet] F major [3/4]
7. [Minuet] F major [3/4]
8. [Minuet] D major [3/4]
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Work comment
According to Monumenta Musicae Svecicae: 13 the Golovin Music was compiled for the celebration of the coronation of Tsar Peter the Great of Russia in 1728. The festivities in Stockholm were arranged by Count Nikolaj Fjodorovitj Golovin (1695-1745) and were held in and outside of the so called Bååtska (later Stenbockska) palatset, adjacent to the Blasieholmstorg [a square on the Blasieholmen], where he lived at the time. (Today, the palace is owned by the Swedish Order of Freemasons.)
These eight minuets are not included in the 45 movements in BeRI 1. See separate joint post for those.