| Composition Year | 1723 |
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| Genre Categories | Sacred oratorios; Oratorios; Religious works; |
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| Work Title | Sub olea pacis |
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| Alternative. Title | Melodrama de Sancto Wenceslao |
| Composer | Zelenka, Jan Dismas |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | ZWV 175 |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IJZ 139 |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1723 |
| First Publication. | 1987 – Prague: Editio Supraphon in Musica antiqua Bohemica. Seria II, volume 12 (publisher no. H 6825) |
| Librettist | Matouš Zill |
| Language | Latin |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Baroque |
| Piece Style | Baroque |
| Instrumentation | Vocal - Soloists (SSATB), Chorus (SATB) Orchestra - 2 flutes, 2 oboes, chalumeau, 2 recorders, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings, continuo |
| External Links | Wikipedia article |
Though the subtitle says "melodrama", that tag (strictly speaking) involves narration. This work, a grand production, incorporates oratorio, stage play, and dance, but there is no narration. Therefore, the best tag will be sacred oratorios.
First published from the manuscript in 1987. Should strictly speaking be mch (male voices), not SSATB/SATB; female voices would not have been used (according to the Syracuse University catalog description of the 1987 publication, which includes substantial critical notes.) (They file it not under oratorios but under Festival Opera.) The use of melodrama to mean narration is a newer thing, but that is our use of it here. Still, since this is not called an oratorio, our very strictly-by-name tagging rules (exceptions only by even stricter cases like burlesque, melodrama, etc.) would seem to require we call it sacred choruses instead (since it is not called an oratorio), which seems not quite right either. - ES
