Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 385x ⇩ Score — 333x ⇩
Violino I — 167x ⇩, Violino II — 152x ⇩, Basso continuo — 153x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 284x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 392x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 421x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 351x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 403x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 327x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 404x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 436x ⇩

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 — 206x ⇩ Score — 224x ⇩
Violino I — 165x ⇩, Violino II — 149x ⇩, Basso continuo — 159x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 434x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 400x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 453x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 444x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 426x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 408x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 438x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 283x ⇩

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 — 386x ⇩ Score — 189x ⇩
Voci sole — 148x ⇩, Violino I — 142x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 129x ⇩, Viola — 127x ⇩, Violoncello I — 155x ⇩, Violoncello II — 137x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 129x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 244x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 230x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 278x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 208x ⇩

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 — 575x ⇩ Score — 208x ⇩
Violino I — 125x ⇩, Violino II — 113x ⇩, Viola — 142x ⇩, Basso — 131x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 142x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 121x ⇩, Corno I — 143x ⇩, Corno II — 127x ⇩
[Allegro] — 428x ⇩, Moderato — 349x ⇩, Allegro — 408x ⇩

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 — 596x ⇩ Score — 249x ⇩
Violino I — 149x ⇩, Violino II — 162x ⇩, Viola — 160x ⇩, Violoncello — 146x ⇩, Basso — 164x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 461x ⇩, Largo — 364x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 466x ⇩

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 — 384x ⇩ Score — 162x ⇩
Soprano — 136x ⇩, Violino I — 142x ⇩, Violino II — 134x ⇩, Viola — 132x ⇩, Basso — 131x ⇩
Allegro — 311x ⇩, Adagio — 161x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 314x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 307x ⇩, Allegretto — 252x ⇩

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 — 445x ⇩ Score — 172x ⇩
Alto solo — 139x ⇩, Violino I — 141x ⇩, Violino II — 139x ⇩, Viola — 135x ⇩, Basso — 131x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 144x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 128x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 125x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 131x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 442x ⇩

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 — 495x ⇩ Score — 227x ⇩
Soprano — 143x ⇩, Flauto — 171x ⇩, Basso — 465x ⇩
Amoroso — 363x ⇩, Recitativo — 150x ⇩, Andante — 402x ⇩

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 — 569x ⇩ Score — 212x ⇩
Soprano — 173x ⇩, Violino I — 132x ⇩, Violino II — 180x ⇩, Viola — 133x ⇩, Basso — 154x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 416x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 397x ⇩, Recitativo — 390x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 418x ⇩, Recitativo — 403x ⇩, Aria Andante — 355x ⇩

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 — 591x ⇩ Score — 296x ⇩
Violino I / Oboe I / Flauto I — 241x ⇩, Violino II / Oboe II / Flauto II — 198x ⇩, Basso — 149x ⇩
Adagio — 241x ⇩, Allegro — 243x ⇩, Aria I — 261x ⇩, Aria II — 343x ⇩

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 — 898x ⇩ Score — 291x ⇩
Soprano — 202x ⇩, Violino I — 182x ⇩, Violino II — 158x ⇩, Viola — 155x ⇩, Basso — 172x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 177x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 146x ⇩, Allegro — 139x ⇩, Recitativo — 132x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 122x ⇩, Recitativo — 137x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 144x ⇩

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

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