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Lotti, Antonio (1667 - 1740)

Sample page — 221x Score — 150x
Soprano — 109x , Violino I — 113x , Violino II — 111x , Viola — 109x , Basso continuo — 116x , Oboe I — 116x , Oboe II — 110x

The source of “Chari Zephyri fontes” in A major is the manuscript of the score. Title: “Chari Zephÿri fontes p. | à | Soprano Solo | 2 Hautbois | 2 Violini | 1 Violetta | con il Basso Continuo.“, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung, Berlin (D-B), Mus.ms. 30095, RISM-ID: 455026787.

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Sample page — 153x Score — 192x
Oboe — 148x , Violino I — 119x , Violino II — 119x , Viola — 115x , Basso — 136x

The Concerto is an arrangement, perhaps by Lotti himself (M. Talbot) of three opera arias taken from his works Giove in Argo and Ascanio. The sources are: 1) the anonymous manuscript of the parts: “Concerto a 5 | g b | Hoboe Principalo | Violino Primo | Violino Secundo | Viola | et Basso Continuo.”, Saml.Wenster L:10, Universitetsbiblioteket, Lund (S-L), RISM: 190001696; 2) the manuscript of the score: “Die meisten Arien aus der Pastoral | Giove in Argo | und der Opera Ascanio”, (18 arias and 1 duetto from the pastorale, 35 arias and 1 duetto from the opera by A. Lotti), ND VI 2625 (Nr. 1-55), Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Carl von Ossietzky, Musiksammlung, Hamburg (D-Hs).

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Sample page — 158x Score with Oboe d'Amore part transposed into A major — 152x , Non-transposed score — 131x
Cembalo / Basso — 151x , Oboe d'Amore transposed into A major — 120x , Non-transposed Oboe d'Amore — 124x , Violino I — 125x , Violino II — 115x , Viola — 122x
[1.] Allegro — 172x , [2.] Affettuoso — 273x , [3.] Allegro — 256x

The sources of the Concerto are: 1) the manuscript of the parts (1734): “Concerto ex A. Hautbois d'amour solo, violino primo, violino 2.do, viola & basso cembalo.”, MS. 360, Univer-sitäts- und Landesbibliothek, Münster (D-MÜu), RISM: sources/450016927; 2) the manuscript of the score (>1944): “Conzerto für Oboe d'amore mit Begleitung eines Streichorchesters und Continuo”, Mus-Ms-347, TU Darmstadt. Both manuscripts erroneously attri-bute the concerto to Heinichen, while several more reliable sources (Christoph Graupner, Breitkopf Thematic Catalogue. Part III 1763) indicate Antonio Lotti.

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Sample page — 207x Score — 218x
Violino I — 185x , Violino II — 166x , Viola — 170x , Basso — 169x , Oboe I — 107x , Oboe II — 129x , Fagotto — 135x
Ouverture — 213x , Sarabande — 253x , Passepied — 233x

The source is the manuscript of the score of “Ascanio” (1718), Dresden, (D-Dl), Mus.2159-F-5, RISM ID no.: 212006104. The title is missing.

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Sample page — 252x Score — 129x
Violino I / Oboe I — 124x , Violino II / Oboe II — 112x , Viola — 137x , Basso — 114x
Allegro — 190x , [Largo] — 224x , Presto — 172x

The source is the manuscript the score of “Alessandro Severo” (1717), Dresden, (Dresden, (D-Dl)), Mus.2159- F-2, RISM ID no.: 21200610. Title page: “ALESSANDRO SEVERO | DRAMA | Rappresentato nel Teatro di S. Gio: Grisostomo | Il Carnovale [sic!] dell'Anno MDCCXVII | POESIA | Dell'Illmo Sig.r Apostolo Zen [sic!] | MUSICA | Del Sig.r Antonio Lotti”.

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Sample page — 871x Score — 383x , Score with the oboe part transposed to A major — 250x
Flauto traversiere — 279x , Oboe d'amore — 249x , Oboe d'amore (transposed in A major) — 253x , Basso / Cembalo — 303x
Vivace — 757x , Largo — 858x , Allegro — 839x

The source is the manuscript of separate parts. Caption title: “TRIO | à | Flute Traversieur | Hautbois d'Amour | et | Basse Chiffrée | del | Seigneur Lotti”, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B), Mus.ms. 13216, RISM ID no.: 452021898.

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Sample — 510x Score — 156x
Violino I — 123x , Violino II — 117x , Fagotto obbligato — 127x , Basso — 126x
Adagio — 219x , Allegro — 158x , Adagio — 184x , Allegro — 185x

The Sonata in B-flat major is available as a ms. of separate parts at the Stockholm Royal Library, Utile Dulci database.

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Sample — 837x Score — 142x
Tromba I — 120x , Tromba II — 109x , Oboe I — 119x , Oboe II — 107x , Flauto I / Flauto II — 115x , Violino I — 120x , Violino II — 127x , Viola — 106x , Basso — 119x
Sinfonia — 229x , Adagio - Andante — 213x , Allegro — 195x

The main source is the ms. of the score of the Sinfonia from the opera “Polidoro”, opera in five acts by Antonio Lotti, online available at Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella, Napoli. A second source is a ms. of parts of an arrangement with horns in place of trumpets and the addition of flutes traversieres, SLUB, Dresden.

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Score first page — 568x Full score — 152x
Oboe I — 126x , Oboe II — 141x , Violoncello — 127x , Basso — 123x
Echo — 193x , Adagio — 158x , Presto — 116x

“Quartetto Echo” in F major is available as a ms. of separate parts at the Stockholm Royal Library, Utile Dulci database.

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Sample — 832x Score — 188x
Flauto traversiere I — 118x , Flauto traversiere II — 116x , Violino I — 158x , Violino II — 110x , Viola — 115x , Fagotto — 117x , Basso — 119x
Allegro — 104x , Adagio — 93x , Allegro — 100x

The main source is the ms. of parts of the Sinfonia from the opera “Giove in Argo”, given in Dresden on 1717. Ms. is available on SLUB, Dresden as Mus.2159-F-4b, RISM-A/II-212001733. It is a variant of the ms. Mus. 2159-F-4a, RISM-A/II-212001259, with flutes replacing oboes, and with the addition of bassoon.

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