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Johann Gottlieb Janitsch was born in Schweidnitz, Silesia, on 19 June 1708. After high school and initial musical studies in his hometown, he went to Breslau for further training, where he was taught by members of the court orchestra. From 1729 on he followed his father's wishes by reading law at the University of Frankfurt/Oder, but kept up his artistic activities. Soon he enjoyed his first successes as a composer. In 1733 Janitsch accepted the post of secretary to the Prussian councillor of state F. W. von Happe. In 1736 the future King Frederick II appointed him chamber musician in the Ruppin orchestra, which moved to Rheinsberg that year. From 1740 on, he worked as Contraviolonist in the court orchestra, a position he held up to his death around 1763. Founded by Janitsch and continued in Berlin, the Friday Academies, featuring the royal princely and margravian orchestras as well as bourgeois music lovers, were among the most popular concerts in town. A lot of his chamber music must have been written for these performances. Janitsch was one of the most respected and important composers of the Berlin school grouped around J. J. Quantz, C. Ph. E. Bach and the Graun brothers. Most admired were his quartets with Basso continuo. In 1784, Joh. Wilhelm Hertel (1727-1789) described Janitsch and his works in his autobiography: He was a good contrapuntist and his quartets are still the best examples of their kind. His musical activity was as joyful as his heart and manners were honest, candid and sincere.
His 28 extant Quadros with Basso continuo feature a great diversity of most attractive tonal combinations of wind and string instruments. He himself published only three of them as op. 1 in 1760 through the Berlin publisher G. L. Winter.* The source for the present Quartet is a set of parts in a copyist's hand, held in the Archive of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin under shelfmark SA 3448. The manuscript consists of 4 parts (Violino, Flauto Traverso, Oboe und Basso). The separate title reads:
Them: [Incipit, first movement Andante] / Sonata a 4. / Violino / Flauto Traverso / Oboe / e Basso / di Janitsch. The bass part is figured. The source contains almost no errors, but the non-uniform articulations, ornaments and legato slurs required some adjustments by analogy. The intended scoring can be varied. The flute part can also be played on a treble recorder, as it does not reach below f '.
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BPA1754
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204158
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edited by Yvonne Morgan
