Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 142x ⇩ Score — 70x ⇩
Violino I — 52x ⇩, Violino II — 40x ⇩, Basso continuo — 34x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 35x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 43x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 36x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 33x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 43x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 41x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 39x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 41x ⇩

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 — 108x ⇩ Score — 50x ⇩
Violino I — 47x ⇩, Violino II — 49x ⇩, Basso continuo — 45x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 43x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 34x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 41x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 39x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 34x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 31x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 35x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 33x ⇩

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 — 282x ⇩ Score — 71x ⇩
Voci sole — 37x ⇩, Violino I — 35x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 35x ⇩, Viola — 37x ⇩, Violoncello I — 39x ⇩, Violoncello II — 46x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 36x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 41x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 41x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 31x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 40x ⇩

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 — 279x ⇩ Score — 63x ⇩
Violino I — 37x ⇩, Violino II — 35x ⇩, Viola — 37x ⇩, Basso — 35x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 47x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 35x ⇩, Corno I — 34x ⇩, Corno II — 33x ⇩
[Allegro] — 44x ⇩, Moderato — 35x ⇩, Allegro — 44x ⇩

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 — 477x ⇩ Score — 71x ⇩
Violino I — 45x ⇩, Violino II — 43x ⇩, Viola — 41x ⇩, Violoncello — 44x ⇩, Basso — 42x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 45x ⇩, Largo — 45x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 48x ⇩

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 — 284x ⇩ Score — 58x ⇩
Soprano — 40x ⇩, Violino I — 46x ⇩, Violino II — 40x ⇩, Viola — 40x ⇩, Basso — 41x ⇩
Allegro — 34x ⇩, Adagio — 35x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 46x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 41x ⇩, Allegretto — 40x ⇩

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 — 351x ⇩ Score — 58x ⇩
Alto solo — 43x ⇩, Violino I — 42x ⇩, Violino II — 44x ⇩, Viola — 40x ⇩, Basso — 42x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 48x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 37x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 38x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 44x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 57x ⇩

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 — 390x ⇩ Score — 96x ⇩
Soprano — 50x ⇩, Flauto — 71x ⇩, Basso — 53x ⇩
Amoroso — 43x ⇩, Recitativo — 32x ⇩, Andante — 44x ⇩

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 — 477x ⇩ Score — 75x ⇩
Soprano — 53x ⇩, Violino I — 44x ⇩, Violino II — 44x ⇩, Viola — 41x ⇩, Basso — 48x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 48x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 40x ⇩, Recitativo — 40x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 45x ⇩, Recitativo — 44x ⇩, Aria Andante — 42x ⇩

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 — 495x ⇩ Score — 121x ⇩
Adagio — 37x ⇩, Allegro — 46x ⇩, Aria I — 40x ⇩, Aria II — 46x ⇩

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 — 795x ⇩ Score — 151x ⇩
Soprano — 70x ⇩, Violino I — 62x ⇩, Violino II — 44x ⇩, Viola — 54x ⇩, Basso — 63x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 75x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 54x ⇩, Allegro — 45x ⇩, Recitativo — 41x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 45x ⇩, Recitativo — 43x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 41x ⇩

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

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