Catalogue of the Music Collection of the Dresden Catholic Court Church 1765

This resource presents the music collection of Dresden’s Catholic court church (the Hofkirche) as it was catalogued in 1765. The collection, parts of which Johann Sebastian Bach would have known through his connections with the musicians and composers of the Dresden court, comprised works that were either composed for, or collected and adapted for use in the royal chapel of a court renowned for its musical taste and excellence of its musical establishment.