Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 102x ⇩ Score — 38x ⇩
Violino I — 16x ⇩, Violino II — 8x ⇩, Basso continuo — 5x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 8x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 6x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 4x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 4x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 6x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 6x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 6x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 6x ⇩

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 — 81x ⇩ Score — 22x ⇩
Violino I — 16x ⇩, Violino II — 14x ⇩, Basso continuo — 13x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 5x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 4x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 4x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 5x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 5x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 4x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 5x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 3x ⇩

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 — 243x ⇩ Score — 40x ⇩
Voci sole — 10x ⇩, Violino I — 7x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 7x ⇩, Viola — 11x ⇩, Violoncello I — 13x ⇩, Violoncello II — 15x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 9x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 6x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 6x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 3x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 4x ⇩

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 — 242x ⇩ Score — 32x ⇩
Violino I — 14x ⇩, Violino II — 10x ⇩, Viola — 10x ⇩, Basso — 12x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 22x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 11x ⇩, Corno I — 7x ⇩, Corno II — 8x ⇩
[Allegro] — 14x ⇩, Moderato — 11x ⇩, Allegro — 13x ⇩

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 — 440x ⇩ Score — 39x ⇩
Violino I — 19x ⇩, Violino II — 15x ⇩, Viola — 14x ⇩, Violoncello — 15x ⇩, Basso — 15x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 11x ⇩, Largo — 10x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 11x ⇩

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 — 234x ⇩ Score — 28x ⇩
Soprano — 15x ⇩, Violino I — 18x ⇩, Violino II — 13x ⇩, Viola — 11x ⇩, Basso — 11x ⇩
Allegro — 7x ⇩, Adagio — 10x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 11x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 9x ⇩, Allegretto — 8x ⇩

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 — 302x ⇩ Score — 29x ⇩
Alto solo — 18x ⇩, Violino I — 12x ⇩, Violino II — 14x ⇩, Viola — 10x ⇩, Basso — 11x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 20x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 10x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 10x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 17x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 11x ⇩

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 — 348x ⇩ Score — 63x ⇩
Soprano — 18x ⇩, Flauto — 39x ⇩, Basso — 22x ⇩
Amoroso — 8x ⇩, Recitativo — 6x ⇩, Andante — 7x ⇩

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 — 436x ⇩ Score — 43x ⇩
Soprano — 21x ⇩, Violino I — 20x ⇩, Violino II — 19x ⇩, Viola — 19x ⇩, Basso — 18x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 11x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 10x ⇩, Recitativo — 11x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 12x ⇩, Recitativo — 11x ⇩, Aria Andante — 10x ⇩

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 — 453x ⇩ Score — 90x ⇩
Adagio — 11x ⇩, Allegro — 10x ⇩, Aria I — 10x ⇩, Aria II — 10x ⇩

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 — 745x ⇩ Score — 121x ⇩
Soprano — 36x ⇩, Violino I — 35x ⇩, Violino II — 17x ⇩, Viola — 26x ⇩, Basso — 30x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 46x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 18x ⇩, Allegro — 9x ⇩, Recitativo — 8x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 11x ⇩, Recitativo — 9x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 9x ⇩

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

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