Canon
Where to start with Dittersdorf
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralDouble Bass Concerto in E flat major
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ChamberAndante, for oboe and strings
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VocalLitaniae laurentanae in D major, for voice, chorus and orchestra
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OrchestralAndantino for oboe and strings
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OrchestralDouble Bass Concerto no. 2 in D major, L.172
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ChamberGerman Dance, for violin and piano
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OrchestralHarp Concerto
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VocalMotetto pro Offertorio in honorem St. Joanis Nepomuceni, for voice, chorus and orchestra
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VocalRequiem in C minor, for voice, chorus and orchestra
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OrchestralSinfonia concertante in D major, for viola, double bass and orchestra
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OrchestralSinfonia in A
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OrchestralSinfonia in A minor, "Il delirio delli compositorì"
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OrchestralSinfonia in A, "Sinfonia nazionale nel gusto di cinque nazioni"
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OrchestralSinfonia in D
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OrchestralSinfonia in D major,, "Il Combatiimento delle passioni umani"
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Dittersdorf's catalogueMost Popular
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Harp Concerto in A major
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Ovid Symphonies (selections)
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Doctor and Apothecary (opera — overture)
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Double Bass Concerto in E major
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String Quartet in D major
Most Acclaimed
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Ovid Symphonies (complete 12)12 symphonies each depicting a scene from Ovid’s Metamorphoses
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String Quartet in E-flat major
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Symphony in D minor ”Il combattimento dell\’umane passioni”
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Double Bass Concerto
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Doktor und Apotheker (opera)
Most Weird
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Ovid Symphoniesprogrammatic depictions of: Actaeon turned to stag, four Metamorphoses, Phaeton, etc. — unusual for 1781
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Symphony ”The Four Ages of the World”programmatic — the ages of gold, silver, bronze, and iron
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Symphony in F ”Il delirio delli compositori”the Madness of Composers — satire
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Ovid Symphony No. 3 ”Actéon transformé en cerf”
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Hieronymus Knicker (opera)comic opera
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 29
- Orchestral
- Double Bass Concerto in E flat major
- Andantino for oboe and strings
- Double Bass Concerto no. 2 in D major, L.172
- Harp Concerto
- Sinfonia concertante in D major, for viola, double bass and orchestra
- Sinfonia in A
- Sinfonia in A minor, "Il delirio delli compositorì"
- Sinfonia in A, "Sinfonia nazionale nel gusto di cinque nazioni"
- Sinfonia in D
- Sinfonia in D major,, "Il Combatiimento delle passioni umani"
- Sinfonia in D minor, Grave d1
- Sinfonia in E flat major
- Sinfonia in F
- Sinfonia in G minor
- Symphony in A minor
- Symphony in C, "La Prise de la Bastille"
- Symphony in D
- Symphony no. 1 in C major, 'Die 4 Weltalter'
- Chamber
- Andante, for oboe and strings
- German Dance, for violin and piano
- String Quartet no. 1 in D
- String Quartet no. 2 in B flat major
- String Quartet no. 3 in G
- String Quartet no. 4 in C
- String Quartet no. 5 in E flat major
- String Quartet no. 6 in A
- Vocal
- Litaniae laurentanae in D major, for voice, chorus and orchestra
- Motetto pro Offertorio in honorem St. Joanis Nepomuceni, for voice, chorus and orchestra
- Requiem in C minor, for voice, chorus and orchestra