Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 207x ⇩ Score — 127x ⇩
Violino I — 100x ⇩, Violino II — 87x ⇩, Basso continuo — 79x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 62x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 74x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 69x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 58x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 72x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 73x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 75x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 74x ⇩

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 — 146x ⇩ Score — 98x ⇩
Violino I — 91x ⇩, Violino II — 88x ⇩, Basso continuo — 87x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 77x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 60x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 78x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 78x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 62x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 59x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 68x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 60x ⇩

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 — 325x ⇩ Score — 119x ⇩
Voci sole — 82x ⇩, Violino I — 80x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 79x ⇩, Viola — 82x ⇩, Violoncello I — 82x ⇩, Violoncello II — 87x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 78x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 80x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 75x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 56x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 69x ⇩

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 — 355x ⇩ Score — 109x ⇩
Violino I — 79x ⇩, Violino II — 77x ⇩, Viola — 80x ⇩, Basso — 78x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 90x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 77x ⇩, Corno I — 76x ⇩, Corno II — 78x ⇩
[Allegro] — 78x ⇩, Moderato — 61x ⇩, Allegro — 77x ⇩

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 — 530x ⇩ Score — 128x ⇩
Violino I — 89x ⇩, Violino II — 88x ⇩, Viola — 88x ⇩, Violoncello — 87x ⇩, Basso — 88x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 86x ⇩, Largo — 82x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 87x ⇩

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 — 327x ⇩ Score — 102x ⇩
Soprano — 83x ⇩, Violino I — 87x ⇩, Violino II — 85x ⇩, Viola — 83x ⇩, Basso — 82x ⇩
Allegro — 69x ⇩, Adagio — 60x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 80x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 72x ⇩, Allegretto — 74x ⇩

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 — 393x ⇩ Score — 102x ⇩
Alto solo — 85x ⇩, Violino I — 84x ⇩, Violino II — 84x ⇩, Viola — 83x ⇩, Basso — 81x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 89x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 80x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 80x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 84x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 94x ⇩

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 — 438x ⇩ Score — 145x ⇩
Soprano — 95x ⇩, Flauto — 116x ⇩, Basso — 93x ⇩
Amoroso — 80x ⇩, Recitativo — 66x ⇩, Andante — 83x ⇩

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 — 521x ⇩ Score — 118x ⇩
Soprano — 93x ⇩, Violino I — 85x ⇩, Violino II — 86x ⇩, Viola — 82x ⇩, Basso — 89x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 85x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 66x ⇩, Recitativo — 74x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 81x ⇩, Recitativo — 76x ⇩, Aria Andante — 75x ⇩

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 — 538x ⇩ Score — 173x ⇩
Adagio — 63x ⇩, Allegro — 77x ⇩, Aria I — 76x ⇩, Aria II — 79x ⇩

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 — 840x ⇩ Score — 201x ⇩
Soprano — 119x ⇩, Violino I — 108x ⇩, Violino II — 98x ⇩, Viola — 100x ⇩, Basso — 106x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 124x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 85x ⇩, Allegro — 73x ⇩, Recitativo — 70x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 72x ⇩, Recitativo — 76x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 78x ⇩

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

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