Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 179x ⇩ Score — 96x ⇩
Violino I — 75x ⇩, Violino II — 59x ⇩, Basso continuo — 54x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 46x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 58x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 51x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 43x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 56x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 56x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 58x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 57x ⇩

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 — 126x ⇩ Score — 74x ⇩
Violino I — 68x ⇩, Violino II — 65x ⇩, Basso continuo — 64x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 59x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 44x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 61x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 60x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 45x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 42x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 51x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 43x ⇩

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 — 303x ⇩ Score — 94x ⇩
Voci sole — 58x ⇩, Violino I — 56x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 55x ⇩, Viola — 55x ⇩, Violoncello I — 57x ⇩, Violoncello II — 63x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 54x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 62x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 58x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 42x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 56x ⇩

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 — 325x ⇩ Score — 84x ⇩
Violino I — 56x ⇩, Violino II — 53x ⇩, Viola — 56x ⇩, Basso — 53x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 67x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 54x ⇩, Corno I — 52x ⇩, Corno II — 52x ⇩
[Allegro] — 61x ⇩, Moderato — 47x ⇩, Allegro — 60x ⇩

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 — 511x ⇩ Score — 103x ⇩
Violino I — 66x ⇩, Violino II — 65x ⇩, Viola — 64x ⇩, Violoncello — 64x ⇩, Basso — 63x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 69x ⇩, Largo — 65x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 69x ⇩

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 — 306x ⇩ Score — 79x ⇩
Soprano — 61x ⇩, Violino I — 65x ⇩, Violino II — 62x ⇩, Viola — 61x ⇩, Basso — 59x ⇩
Allegro — 50x ⇩, Adagio — 46x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 63x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 55x ⇩, Allegretto — 56x ⇩

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 — 372x ⇩ Score — 77x ⇩
Alto solo — 62x ⇩, Violino I — 61x ⇩, Violino II — 61x ⇩, Viola — 59x ⇩, Basso — 58x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 66x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 57x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 57x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 61x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 77x ⇩

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 — 417x ⇩ Score — 115x ⇩
Soprano — 67x ⇩, Flauto — 91x ⇩, Basso — 71x ⇩
Amoroso — 63x ⇩, Recitativo — 51x ⇩, Andante — 65x ⇩

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 — 500x ⇩ Score — 96x ⇩
Soprano — 72x ⇩, Violino I — 62x ⇩, Violino II — 63x ⇩, Viola — 60x ⇩, Basso — 67x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 68x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 51x ⇩, Recitativo — 58x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 66x ⇩, Recitativo — 58x ⇩, Aria Andante — 61x ⇩

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 — 517x ⇩ Score — 147x ⇩
Adagio — 49x ⇩, Allegro — 61x ⇩, Aria I — 60x ⇩, Aria II — 64x ⇩

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 — 818x ⇩ Score — 172x ⇩
Soprano — 94x ⇩, Violino I — 82x ⇩, Violino II — 73x ⇩, Viola — 76x ⇩, Basso — 82x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 98x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 71x ⇩, Allegro — 58x ⇩, Recitativo — 56x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 57x ⇩, Recitativo — 61x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 60x ⇩

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

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