Princely to Bentheim-Tecklenburgische Musikbibliothek Rheda

The Fürstlich zu Bentheim-Tecklenburgische Musikbibliothek Rheda is the music library of the Bentheim-Tecklenburg house in Rheda-Wiedenbrück ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

history

The collection contains 985 manuscripts and 1053 printed music . The private collection was acquired under the government of Count Moritz Casimir I (ruled 1710–1768), Moritz Casimir II (ruled 1768–1805) and Emil Friedrich I. zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg (ruled 1805–1837, since 1817 Prussian prince ) in the residences Hohenlimburg (until 1756) and Rheda .

From this period there are scores for the use of court music , especially instrumental music for smaller ensembles. In Rheda, various members of the family have also created their own collections of notes, identified by ownership notes. The pressure built up in Hohenlimburg older inventory has mainly manuscripts, but also music prints of the Amsterdam publishers Estienne Roger and Michel-Charles Le Cène such as by Arcangelo Corelli , Willem de Fesch , John Loeillet , Georg Philipp Telemann and Vivaldi are some as a unique condition .

As director of the court orchestra, Johann Martin Doemming also wrote numerous works in Hohenlimburg and Rheda.

The high proportion of piano literature , for example by Beethoven, Clementi , Czerny , Koseluch , Mozart, Pleyel and Sterkel , shows how strongly domestic music was cultivated . Operas are mainly available as arrangements or piano reductions. Particularly in piano music, especially in piano concerts, there are ownership notices from female members of the court .

The valuable collection had been housed in the library tower at Rheda Castle since the end of the 18th century . Since 1966 the collection has been on loan to the University and State Library of Münster - Department for Manuscripts.

All works were also registered in the international music repertory RISM .

Georg Philipp Telemann , Johann Martin Doemming : Festive concert in Rheda Castle. Collegium Aureum on original instruments, concertmaster Franzjosef Maier, location: Klosterkirche Wenau , label: Orbis Gütersloh 1979

"The works on this record were recorded from manuscripts from the Fürstlich zu Bentheim-Tecklenburgische Musikbibliothek Rheda ."

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Rudolf Reuter : The instruments of the Fürstlich-Bentheim-Tecklenburgischen court music in the Erbdrostenhof in Münster. Westfalen, Volume 46, 1968, pp. 129-145.
Hans Schnoor : Music at Rheda Castle. Monograph of the district of Wiedenbrück. Music + Theater - without their own roof, Bielefeld 1969, pp. 32–57.
Hans-Joachim Böckenholt: Castle and Lordship of Rheda. Rhode Druck und Verlag, Harsewinkel / Marienfeld 1979, ISBN 3-921961-02-8 .
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Albert Ernst, Erich Thurmann: Music at the Westphalian aristocratic courts. Rare and beautiful sheet music prints from the castles Rheda and Burgsteinfurt. Exhibition catalog, Münster 1987.
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Hermann Schaub: The rule of Rheda and their residence city. From the beginning to the end of the Old Kingdom. Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 978-38953-461-01 .