Antonio Rosetti (1750 - 1792)

• Parthia in Eb (Murray B deest.) for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and bassoon (first print)

Rosetti’s Oeuvre is amazingly extensive concerning the instrumentation. Chamber music, especially for wind instruments, is one of his main parts in his compositions. Beside the up to 13 instruments containing harmonies, for example the  Parthia in F "pour la chasse" (Murray B 18), Rosetti composed also works for smaller groups. Many letters of musicians show their interest in ordering chamber music. This Parthia of three movements is kept at the library of Wroclaw, however not listed in the RWV (Catalogue of Sterling Murray).

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• Quintet F-major for Horn, Flute or Oboe, Violin, Viola and Basso

Information about Rosetti's Life  The source for this quintet is a print of the publishing house Sieber, Paris. It was published approximately 1789 under the composer name Giovanni Punto. It was the second of three quintets. Fortunately, the print names  Rosetti as the composer in very small letters.  The composition was arranged by Giovanni Punto. This quintet is better known in the instrumentation  for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and English horn in which the English horn was often replaced by a horn and a wind quintet therefore arose.

The autograph of this composition (Murray B6) is kept in the university library Augsburg. The original composition is in e flat major. It was not printed to life times of Rosetti. Since arranging was a component of the performance practice and music culture then and by such a famous musician as Punto was, the music is today not less essential. 

• Quintet F-major for Horn, Flute or Oboe, Violin, Viola and Basso

note range of the horn part

Horn in F

first side of the score as Adobe Acrobat pdf-file

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• 3rd Quintet for Horn, Flute or Oboe, Violin, Viola and Basso  of Fiorillo 

• 1st Quintet for Horn, Flute or Oboe, Violin, Viola and Basso of Punto