Index of music
The most important primary document for Bertali's output (as it is for Schmelzer) is a handwritten Viennese catalogue known as Distinta Specificatione. This amazing list divides composers at the Habsburg court in Vienna's output into categories, then gives details of each piece. I'm going to use that as the basis for my online catalogue.
PLEASE NOTE: More than half of Bertali's output is lost, and only those pieces whose entries in this list refer to source material are known to have survived.
The DS (as we'll call it) lists the following categories (the letters are my addition):
I Mottetti de Apostoli, et Martyribus
J Salmi sollenni, et ordinarii
L Magnificat sollenni, et altri
M Vespero intiero de Apostolis
N Antiphone
O Litanie sollenni
P Lytanie ordinarie
Q Sub tuum praesidium con trombe
R Sub tuum praesidium ordinarii
S Sonate a 3
T Sonate camera
U Miserere
V Stabat mater
W Messe da morti
X Lectiones et responsoria
Y Te Deum laudamus
Z Compositioni morali, et spirituali per camera
AA Compositioni proprie
BB Compositioni amorose
Over the coming months Prima la musica! will be adding pieces by Bertali to their catalogue, including sonatas, motets and masses. If you see a reference to a surviving source in this list, and you are interested in the piece, e-mail Brian and ask him if an edition is forthcoming.
Recommended recordings
Sonate Festive (1997)
Musica Fiata, dir. Roland Wilson
cpo 999 545-2