Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 396x ⇩ Score — 477x ⇩
Violino I — 298x ⇩, Violino II — 278x ⇩, Basso continuo — 160x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 298x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 405x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 433x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 366x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 417x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 345x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 417x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 460x ⇩

The source of “Concerti quarto e quinto Opera II” is the printed edition: “Six simphonies en trio d'un goust nouveau pour les violons, flutes et haubois composées par Mr N. Porpora. Opera seconda”, [Paris, ca1737], Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Musique, AC E3-206.

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Sample page — 347x ⇩ Score — 361x ⇩
Violino I — 294x ⇩, Violino II — 275x ⇩, Basso continuo — 166x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 449x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 417x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 469x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 482x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 441x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 423x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 469x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 302x ⇩

The source of “Concerti terzo e sesto Opera II” is the printed edition: “Six simphonies en trio d'un goust nouveau pour les violons, flutes et haubois composées par Mr N. Porpora. Opera seconda”, [Paris, ca 1737], Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Musique, AC E3-206.

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Sample page — 510x ⇩ Score — 317x ⇩
Voci sole — 272x ⇩, Violino I — 263x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 253x ⇩, Viola — 246x ⇩, Violoncello I — 278x ⇩, Violoncello II — 263x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 134x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 258x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 242x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 293x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 224x ⇩

Sources of “Arie con Violoncello“” are: 1) score of L‘Angelica (1720). Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna (A-Wn): Mus.Hs.17050; 2) score of L’Agrippina (1708), Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella - Napoli - IT-NA0059; Identifier: Rari 7.2.15.

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Sample page — 716x ⇩ Score — 342x ⇩
Violino I — 249x ⇩, Violino II — 236x ⇩, Viola — 269x ⇩, Basso — 140x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 269x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 247x ⇩, Corno I — 270x ⇩, Corno II — 249x ⇩
[Allegro] — 438x ⇩, Moderato — 365x ⇩, Allegro — 422x ⇩

The source of Sinfonia is a manuscript of the score, Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (SLUB) (D-Dl), Mus. 2417-N-2, RISM ID no.: 212001574. Caption title: “Sinfonia del Sig|nor|e Nicola Porpora”. Copyist and arranger was Pisendel, Johann Georg <1687-1755>.

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Sample page — 722x ⇩ Score — 388x ⇩
Violino I — 271x ⇩, Violino II — 300x ⇩, Viola — 286x ⇩, Violoncello — 269x ⇩, Basso — 171x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 472x ⇩, Largo — 376x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 480x ⇩

The source is the manuscript of the score, Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli, IT-NA0059, identifier: IT\ICCU \MSM\0161825. Caption title: “Agrippina / Opera / Del Sig.r Nicolò Porpora / 1708”.

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Sample page — 389x ⇩ Score — 171x ⇩
Soprano — 142x ⇩, Violino I — 152x ⇩, Violino II — 139x ⇩, Viola — 138x ⇩, Basso — 139x ⇩
Allegro — 325x ⇩, Adagio — 175x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 326x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 322x ⇩, Allegretto — 264x ⇩

The source is the autograph of the score, Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli, IT- NA0059, identifier: IT\ICCU\MSM\0081463. Caption title: “Porpora / Cantata a Voce Sola / con Violini / 8bre 1746”.

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Sample page — 574x ⇩ Score — 299x ⇩
Alto solo — 266x ⇩, Violino I — 269x ⇩, Violino II — 263x ⇩, Viola — 263x ⇩, Basso — 138x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 270x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 260x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 251x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 259x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 458x ⇩

The sources of aria “Il Pastor se torna Aprile” from the opera “Semiramide riconosciuta”, poetry by P. Metastasio, 1739, are: 1) manuscript of the score, 34.6.25@31, Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella; 2) manuscript of the score, caption title: “Semiramide Riconosciuta | Musica | Del Sig: Nicolò Porpora | Rappresentata | Nel Nuovo Teatro di S. Carlo | In Napoli”, Mus.2417-F-2, Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek -Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (SLUB) (D-Dl), RISM ID no.: 212007605.

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Sample page — 503x ⇩ Score — 356x ⇩
Soprano — 271x ⇩, Flauto — 294x ⇩, Basso — 471x ⇩
Amoroso — 380x ⇩, Recitativo — 163x ⇩, Andante — 414x ⇩

The source of “Cantata con Flauto” in F major is the manuscript of the score. IT\ICCU\MSM\0079630, I-Nc - Napoli - Biblioteca del Conservatorio Statale di Musica "San Pietro a Majella". Caption title: “Cantata con Flauto / Del Sig.r Porpora”.

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Sample page — 694x ⇩ Score — 342x ⇩
Soprano — 304x ⇩, Violino I — 262x ⇩, Violino II — 308x ⇩, Viola — 260x ⇩, Basso — 162x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 429x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 413x ⇩, Recitativo — 404x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 434x ⇩, Recitativo — 442x ⇩, Aria Andante — 371x ⇩

The source is a manuscript of the score, Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli, IT-NA0059, identifier: IT\ICCU\MSM \0081434, Internet culturale. Title page: “Il Ritiro / Cantata à Voce Sola / con Istromenti / Di Niccolò Porpora”.

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Sample — 598x ⇩ Score — 310x ⇩
Violino I / Oboe I / Flauto I — 243x ⇩, Violino II / Oboe II / Flauto II — 199x ⇩, Basso — 154x ⇩
Adagio — 256x ⇩, Allegro — 250x ⇩, Aria I — 266x ⇩, Aria II — 356x ⇩

Sources of Concerto Primo Opera II are: ms Gieddes Samling III,31 mu 6212.0337, The Royal Library, Copenhagen and a printed edition “Six simphonies en trio d'un goust nouveau pour les violons, flutes et haubois composées par Mr N. Porpora. Opera seconda”, [Paris, ca 1737], Gallica, BNF, Paris. In case of difference between the two sources the present edition follows the printed version.

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Sample — 901x ⇩ Score — 300x ⇩
Soprano — 211x ⇩, Violino I — 184x ⇩, Violino II — 162x ⇩, Viola — 160x ⇩, Basso — 183x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 181x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 159x ⇩, Allegro — 149x ⇩, Recitativo — 144x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 138x ⇩, Recitativo — 148x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 156x ⇩

The source is a ms. of the score DM90132500340, Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella, Napoli.

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