Hypocondrie a 7 concertanti
by Jan Dismas Zelenka
Score - Sheet Music

SKU: A2.S016

Composed by Jan Dismas Zelenka. Edited by Reinhard Goebel. Score. Published by A-R Editions (A2.S016).

ISBN 978-0-89579-698-1. 8.5x11 inches.

Jan Dismas Zelenka's Hypocondrie A 7 concertanti is one of the most enigmatic pieces of the early eighteenth century. During the baroque era the term "hypochondria" encompassed depression, migraine, melancholy, and mania - but presumably the single movement, which was composed in Prague in 1723, should be understood first as a self-portrait of the composer, whose handwriting in itself is already a graphic expression of the gravest problems and disorders. Hardly any other baroque piece leaves the audience so disoriented!