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ROCHLITZ ROCKSTRO 115
titles of his non-musical works see Riemann's
Lexikon-I H® *^so attempted composition,
and produced a mass, » Te Deum, some partsongs
for male voices, a setting of Ps. xxiii.,
and a cantata, 'Die Vollendung des Erlosers.'
In 1 7 9 8 h e founded the A UgemeiTie wAisikaZische
Zeitung (Breitkopf & Hartel), and edited it till
1818, during which period his articles largely
contributed to the improved general appreciation
of the works of the three great Austrian
composers, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, in
North Germany. The best of these were afterwards
re-published by himself under the title
of Fiir Freunde der Tonkwnst, in four vols.
(1824 to 1832, reprinted later by Dbrffel, third
edition, 1868). It contains, amongst other
matter, an interesting account of a visit to
Beethoven at Vienna in 1822. Another important
work was a collection in three vols.
(Schott, 1838 to 1840) of vocal music, from
Dufay to Haydn, in chronological order, of
which the contents are given below. The first
two volumes of the A.M.Z, contain a series of
anecdotes on Mozart, whose acquaintance he
made during Mozart's visit to Leipzig ; but
Jahn, in the preface to his Mozart, has completely
destroyed the value of these as truthful
records. Rochlitz was a good connoisseur of
paintings and engravings. In 1830 he was
one of the committee appointed by the Council
of Leipzig to draw up a new hymn-book, and
some of the hymns are from his own pen. He
also wrote the librettos for Schicht's Ende
*
des Gerechten,* Spohr's 'Last Judgment' and
' Calvary,' and for Bierey's opera Das Blumenmadchen.*
*
He was a Hofrath of Saxony, and
*
died Dec. 16, 1842. r. g.
The following are the contents of the collection
mentioned above—
* Sammlung vorziiglicher
Gesangstiicke vom Ursprung gesetzmassiger
Harmonie bis anf die neue Zeit : '
.
PlEBT PeEIOD (1380-1550)
. Dufay. Eyrie, a A. Belafar« g. O. I^sso.
. Do. Salve" ' 17. Do. Nunc
Angelns pnstores,
ay pale.
a 5.
L Do. Kyrie, u 10. Do. Miserere, Amplliu, Cor
4. 'L'omme
axmd.'
niTindnin, Ne proficeas,
. Okeghem. Kyrle and Chrlste, Bedde mihi, etc., a 6.
a4.
11. C. GondinieL Domine quid
a . JosquindePrte. HymDOB, a4 multiplicati, 4.
Tn paupemm refugium. 12. Ch. de Morales. Kyrle et
Chrlete, a 4.
Do. Zwiactaeugcflang
der grOsBten
einer
Messen des 13. Do. Gloria.
MeiBtere, et Incamatus, aA, 14. T. Tallis. Verba mea, a 4.
. Do. Motet, Misericordlaa Domini,
15. L. Senfl. Motet on a Choral.
a 4.
*
Mag Ich ungllick,' a 4.
. 0. Lhsso. B^na Coeli, a 4. 16. Do. Deus propitius esto, a 5.
dimittis, a 4.
Second Period (1550-1630)
. Palcstrlna. Adoramus, a 4. Gabrleli. In excelsis. Soprano
Do. Gloria, two choirs, a 4.
TenorsoloandchoruB,
nolo.
.
, Do. Pleni sunt, a 3.
a 4, with three horns, two
. Do. bone Jean, a 4.
trombones and violina.
Do. BenedictuB, three choirs.
. Do. Popule mens, two choirs,
a 4.
. Do. Madrigal, ' Cedro gentll,'
a 5.
Lauda anfma mea, a 4.
. G. M. Nanini. Stabat mater,
ai.
Exaudi noa. a 4.
Haec dies, a 5.
Jean dulcis. a A.
guam glorlosam, a 4.
F. Anerio. Adoramua, a 4.
Do. Chrlstns factns est, a A.
AlleKri. Miserere, two choirs,
a 5.
. Bcihm, BrQder. Two Lieder,
a 4 : Der Tag vertrelbt ; Die
Nacht ist komraen.
. "Do. Two Lieder, a A: Verleih'
UTifi Frieden ; Nimm'
von iins.
Walther. ^temo gratiaa,
,
a 4.
GesSngeMartlnLiithers, a4:
.
Mlt Pried und Freud : Es
woU'unsGott: Nunkomm
derHeidenHeiland; Christ
li^; Jesus Christas.
22. GalluB. Ecce quomodomoritUT
28. Fiuetorius. EcceDomlnus.aS.
Justus, a 4.
23. Do. Adoramus, a 6.
24. Do. Media vitae, two choirs,
a 4.
Appendix
S5. VulpiuB. Exultate justi, aA.
26. Do. Bun-exit Christus, two Paleetrina. Et incamatUB, etc.
choirs, a A.
(from mass ' Assumpta
27. Walllser. Oaudent In coelis, est a 6.
two choirs, a A.
'),
FxaetoiiuB, tos omnes.
Third Period (1600-1700)
1. Caccini. Solo and chorus,
Funeste piaggie.
i. Do. Chorus. Biondo
}. Cariasimi. Recitative and
chorus, Turbabuntur (from
Cantata 'Flaiutes dea r^prouv^
').
Do. Ardens est cor, fonr
t.
t. Do. Chrlste, a 4.
I. Bemabei. Alleluja, a A.
>. Do. Salve regina, a 4.
. A. Scarlatti. Kyrie, a 4.
L Do. Gloria, a 5.
L Do. Vacuum est, Canto solo
and chorus, with vioUuB.
. Do. Sanctus, a A, and Agnus,
a 7.
. Caldaxa. Salve reglna, a 3.
. Do. Agnus, alto and tenor.
. Do. Qui tollis, a A.
Stabat.
19. Do. Facme.
20. Do. Oquam.
21. Durante. Kyrle.
22. Do. Beglna angelorum.
23. Do. Bequiem aetemam.
24. Do. Domine Jesu.
25. Lottl. CrucifixuB, a 6.
soloB and chorus.
26. Do. Qui toUis, a 4.
'}.
Do. O sacrum convivium, 27. Do. (>uciflxuB, a a
Uiree solo voices.
28. Marcello. Udir* le orecchie,
{. Do. Cantemus omnes, chorus Ps. xliv. a A.
and Bceua (Jelta).
29. Do. Et incamatus, a 4.
Plorate, a 6.
Hauler.
H. SchUtz.
Pater noster, a 7.
Belig sind die
'.
Benevoli. Sanctus, four 81.
choirs, a 4.
Todten, a 4.
Fourth Period
HandeL Te Deimi, in D,
Glorlae tuae.
Do. He sent a thick darkness.
Do. He rebuked the Bed Sea.
Do. And Israel saw.
Do. Behold the Lamb of
God.
Do. He was despised.
Do. Thy rebuke.
Do. Lift up your heads.
Do. Hear, Jacob's God.
Do. Zadok the Priest.
Christoph Bacli. lob lasse
dlch nlcht.
J. 8. Bach. Nimm' von uns
Herr.
Do. Mache dicb meln Geist.
Do. Wir setzen uub mlt
ThrSnen nieder.
Do, Wie sich ein Vater.
Lbbet den Herm.
Zelenka. Credo. 40.
Telemann. Amen. Lob nnd 41.
Ehi-e, a a
StOlzeL Gloria.
Homillus. Vater unser, a A.
Pasterwltz. Bequiem.
Hasse. Duet and Chorus, Le
porte a noi.
!. Do. Chorus, ChriBtufllBthier,
aA.
53. Do. Psalm, Was betrUbst
du?
Do. Vater 54. unser.
V. Leiaring. Trotz sey dem
Teufel, two choirs, a A.
36. Grimm. Gloria^ a 5.
37. J. J. Fux. Domine Jesu, a 4.
36. Do. Trema la terra. Coro
from oratorio 'La Deposl-
2done.'
(1700-1760)
Alto solo. Ad teclamamus.
Do. Miserere, and Benigui.
Do. Te Deum, a A.
Oraun. MacbetdieThUrweit.
Do. Tu rex gluriae, a A.
Do. Freuet euch (Tod Jesu),
Do. Wir hier liegeu. Do.
Bolle. Der Herr ist KSiiig.
Do. Welt-Bichter(XodAbel).
Wolf. Lausetperennisglorla,
aA.
Do. Des Lebens FUrsten.
C. P. E. Bach. Et misericord
ia,a6,froinMagnifit;at.
Do. Heilig, two choirs, a 4.
M. Haydu. Salvos fac iios.
Do. Tenebrae factae.
Do. Miserere.
Leu. Coro, Dl quanta pena
(8. Elena).
Do. Et incamatus.
Do. Miserere; Ecceenlm,a6.
Jommelli. Confimia hoc
Deus, five solos and chorus.
Do. Miserere.
Pergolesi. EJa ergo (Salve
Beglna).
Do. Qui tolUs, a 6.
Do. Stebat Mater.
G.
ROCK, Michael, was appointed organist of
St. Margaret's, "Westminster, June 4, 1802, in
succession to William Rock, junr., who had
filled the office from May 24, 1774. He composed
some popular glees— 'Let the sparkling
wine go round' (which gained a prize at the
Catch Club in 1794), 'Beneath a churchyard
yew,' etc. He died in March 1809. y7. h. h.
ROCKSTRO (originally RACKSTRAW),
William Smith, bom at North Cheam, Surrey,
on Jan. 5, 1823, and baptized at Morden chm'ch.
The form of his surname by which he was
known was an older style resumed after 1846.
He was successively pupil of John Purkis, the
blind organist, of Stemdale Bennett, and at
the Leipzig Conservatorium, where he studied
from 1845 till 1846. He enjoyed the special
friendship and tuition of Mendelssohn, and
was with Hauptmann for theory and with
Plaidy for pianoforte. For some years after his