Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 402x ⇩ Score — 489x ⇩
Violino I — 306x ⇩, Violino II — 285x ⇩, Basso continuo — 168x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 540x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 667x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 549x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 605x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 612x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 391x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 558x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 535x ⇩

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 — 353x ⇩ Score — 379x ⇩
Violino I — 298x ⇩, Violino II — 281x ⇩, Basso continuo — 170x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 706x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 609x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 641x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 607x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 683x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 578x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 528x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 373x ⇩

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 — 515x ⇩ Score — 326x ⇩
Voci sole — 278x ⇩, Violino I — 268x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 257x ⇩, Viola — 252x ⇩, Violoncello I — 281x ⇩, Violoncello II — 265x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 140x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 314x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 410x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 462x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 242x ⇩

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 — 738x ⇩ Score — 347x ⇩
Violino I — 252x ⇩, Violino II — 240x ⇩, Viola — 273x ⇩, Basso — 143x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 272x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 250x ⇩, Corno I — 273x ⇩, Corno II — 257x ⇩
[Allegro] — 669x ⇩, Moderato — 647x ⇩, Allegro — 595x ⇩

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 — 728x ⇩ Score — 396x ⇩
Violino I — 279x ⇩, Violino II — 308x ⇩, Viola — 292x ⇩, Violoncello — 274x ⇩, Basso — 176x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 618x ⇩, Largo — 454x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 534x ⇩

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 — 391x ⇩ Score — 174x ⇩
Soprano — 144x ⇩, Violino I — 156x ⇩, Violino II — 141x ⇩, Viola — 140x ⇩, Basso — 141x ⇩
Allegro — 329x ⇩, Adagio — 179x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 330x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 325x ⇩, Allegretto — 266x ⇩

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 — 578x ⇩ Score — 306x ⇩
Alto solo — 270x ⇩, Violino I — 272x ⇩, Violino II — 266x ⇩, Viola — 267x ⇩, Basso — 143x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 276x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 263x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 253x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 261x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 546x ⇩

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 — 506x ⇩ Score — 359x ⇩
Soprano — 274x ⇩, Flauto — 300x ⇩, Basso — 474x ⇩
Amoroso — 434x ⇩, Recitativo — 290x ⇩, Andante — 478x ⇩

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 — 697x ⇩ Score — 353x ⇩
Soprano — 308x ⇩, Violino I — 264x ⇩, Violino II — 314x ⇩, Viola — 264x ⇩, Basso — 166x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 519x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 499x ⇩, Recitativo — 461x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 704x ⇩, Recitativo — 679x ⇩, Aria Andante — 489x ⇩

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 — 603x ⇩ Score — 312x ⇩
Violino I / Oboe I / Flauto I — 245x ⇩, Violino II / Oboe II / Flauto II — 201x ⇩, Basso — 158x ⇩
Adagio — 259x ⇩, Allegro — 251x ⇩, Aria I — 267x ⇩, Aria II — 362x ⇩

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 — 903x ⇩ Score — 302x ⇩
Soprano — 215x ⇩, Violino I — 186x ⇩, Violino II — 166x ⇩, Viola — 163x ⇩, Basso — 186x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 185x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 167x ⇩, Allegro — 152x ⇩, Recitativo — 150x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 141x ⇩, Recitativo — 153x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 159x ⇩

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

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