Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 162x ⇩ Score — 83x ⇩
Violino I — 62x ⇩, Violino II — 49x ⇩, Basso continuo — 44x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 42x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 53x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 44x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 39x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 50x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 51x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 51x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 51x ⇩

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 — 118x ⇩ Score — 62x ⇩
Violino I — 58x ⇩, Violino II — 56x ⇩, Basso continuo — 54x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 53x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 40x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 52x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 54x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 41x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 37x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 46x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 38x ⇩

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 — 293x ⇩ Score — 84x ⇩
Voci sole — 47x ⇩, Violino I — 43x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 44x ⇩, Viola — 45x ⇩, Violoncello I — 47x ⇩, Violoncello II — 53x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 44x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 54x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 52x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 37x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 50x ⇩

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 — 309x ⇩ Score — 74x ⇩
Violino I — 46x ⇩, Violino II — 44x ⇩, Viola — 47x ⇩, Basso — 44x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 58x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 44x ⇩, Corno I — 43x ⇩, Corno II — 43x ⇩
[Allegro] — 55x ⇩, Moderato — 42x ⇩, Allegro — 52x ⇩

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 — 500x ⇩ Score — 89x ⇩
Violino I — 54x ⇩, Violino II — 53x ⇩, Viola — 52x ⇩, Violoncello — 53x ⇩, Basso — 50x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 59x ⇩, Largo — 55x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 61x ⇩

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 — 296x ⇩ Score — 69x ⇩
Soprano — 51x ⇩, Violino I — 56x ⇩, Violino II — 53x ⇩, Viola — 51x ⇩, Basso — 50x ⇩
Allegro — 43x ⇩, Adagio — 42x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 58x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 50x ⇩, Allegretto — 49x ⇩

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 — 363x ⇩ Score — 67x ⇩
Alto solo — 53x ⇩, Violino I — 52x ⇩, Violino II — 52x ⇩, Viola — 49x ⇩, Basso — 49x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 57x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 47x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 48x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 52x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 70x ⇩

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 — 407x ⇩ Score — 106x ⇩
Soprano — 58x ⇩, Flauto — 82x ⇩, Basso — 62x ⇩
Amoroso — 56x ⇩, Recitativo — 45x ⇩, Andante — 58x ⇩

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 — 490x ⇩ Score — 86x ⇩
Soprano — 63x ⇩, Violino I — 53x ⇩, Violino II — 54x ⇩, Viola — 51x ⇩, Basso — 58x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 60x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 47x ⇩, Recitativo — 52x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 58x ⇩, Recitativo — 52x ⇩, Aria Andante — 54x ⇩

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 — 508x ⇩ Score — 136x ⇩
Adagio — 44x ⇩, Allegro — 55x ⇩, Aria I — 54x ⇩, Aria II — 58x ⇩

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 — 808x ⇩ Score — 163x ⇩
Soprano — 84x ⇩, Violino I — 73x ⇩, Violino II — 59x ⇩, Viola — 65x ⇩, Basso — 73x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 87x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 63x ⇩, Allegro — 53x ⇩, Recitativo — 50x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 51x ⇩, Recitativo — 54x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 53x ⇩

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

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