Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 172x ⇩ Score — 91x ⇩
Violino I — 71x ⇩, Violino II — 56x ⇩, Basso continuo — 50x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 45x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 56x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 48x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 42x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 54x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 54x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 54x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 54x ⇩

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 — 122x ⇩ Score — 70x ⇩
Violino I — 65x ⇩, Violino II — 62x ⇩, Basso continuo — 61x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 56x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 43x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 57x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 58x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 44x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 40x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 49x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 41x ⇩

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 — 298x ⇩ Score — 90x ⇩
Voci sole — 53x ⇩, Violino I — 50x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 50x ⇩, Viola — 51x ⇩, Violoncello I — 53x ⇩, Violoncello II — 59x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 50x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 58x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 55x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 40x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 53x ⇩

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 — 317x ⇩ Score — 80x ⇩
Violino I — 53x ⇩, Violino II — 50x ⇩, Viola — 53x ⇩, Basso — 50x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 64x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 51x ⇩, Corno I — 49x ⇩, Corno II — 49x ⇩
[Allegro] — 59x ⇩, Moderato — 46x ⇩, Allegro — 57x ⇩

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 — 505x ⇩ Score — 97x ⇩
Violino I — 62x ⇩, Violino II — 61x ⇩, Viola — 60x ⇩, Violoncello — 60x ⇩, Basso — 58x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 64x ⇩, Largo — 62x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 65x ⇩

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 — 302x ⇩ Score — 75x ⇩
Soprano — 57x ⇩, Violino I — 62x ⇩, Violino II — 59x ⇩, Viola — 57x ⇩, Basso — 56x ⇩
Allegro — 47x ⇩, Adagio — 45x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 61x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 54x ⇩, Allegretto — 53x ⇩

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 — 367x ⇩ Score — 74x ⇩
Alto solo — 59x ⇩, Violino I — 57x ⇩, Violino II — 58x ⇩, Viola — 55x ⇩, Basso — 55x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 62x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 53x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 54x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 58x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 74x ⇩

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 — 413x ⇩ Score — 112x ⇩
Soprano — 64x ⇩, Flauto — 88x ⇩, Basso — 68x ⇩
Amoroso — 60x ⇩, Recitativo — 49x ⇩, Andante — 62x ⇩

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 — 494x ⇩ Score — 92x ⇩
Soprano — 69x ⇩, Violino I — 59x ⇩, Violino II — 60x ⇩, Viola — 57x ⇩, Basso — 64x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 64x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 50x ⇩, Recitativo — 55x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 62x ⇩, Recitativo — 56x ⇩, Aria Andante — 59x ⇩

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 — 513x ⇩ Score — 143x ⇩
Adagio — 47x ⇩, Allegro — 59x ⇩, Aria I — 57x ⇩, Aria II — 62x ⇩

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 — 814x ⇩ Score — 169x ⇩
Soprano — 90x ⇩, Violino I — 79x ⇩, Violino II — 68x ⇩, Viola — 72x ⇩, Basso — 79x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 94x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 68x ⇩, Allegro — 56x ⇩, Recitativo — 55x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 55x ⇩, Recitativo — 57x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 57x ⇩

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

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