Casus atrybucji utworów Carla Zedlacka z tabulatur lutniowych cystersów krzeszowskich w kontekście odnalezionych dokumentów archiwalnych

Joachimiak, Grzegorz

Casus atrybucji utworów Carla Zedlacka z tabulatur lutniowych cystersów krzeszowskich w kontekście odnalezionych dokumentów archiwalnych

Abstract

The subject of the article are biographical and genealogical and attribution issues that concern the composer Carl Sedlack. His handwritten works for the lute were noted down in lute tablature manuscripts from the 18th-century collection of Krzeszów (Grüssau) Cistercians. These pieces are unique. The article’s title concerns the problem of attribution of the pieces, which arose in connection with recently discovered sources. They show that there were probably two composers and organists with the same name and surname: Carl Sedlack, one of them could have been a father (Sedlack the older) and the other – his son (Sedlack the younger). Such a hypothesis is based on the information from archive sources and the title page from an old print made for the occasion of Johann Anton Schaffgotsch’s funeral. Carl Sedlack the older was most probably connected with Krzeszów Cistercians branch in Cieplice Śląskie but his son appears as a composer in music sources from other monasteries, often of Cistercian provenance, e.g. Lubiąż, Trzebnica, Henryków. Although there is no certainty as to the correct attribution of the compositions for lute by Sedlack, these pieces show that during that time in Silesia lute was not less popular than the organ.