Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 403x ⇩ Score — 491x ⇩
Violino I — 307x ⇩, Violino II — 288x ⇩, Basso continuo — 169x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 543x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 682x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 553x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 616x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 623x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 392x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 559x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 536x ⇩

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 — 354x ⇩ Score — 380x ⇩
Violino I — 299x ⇩, Violino II — 282x ⇩, Basso continuo — 171x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 711x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 615x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 645x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 608x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 698x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 579x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 530x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 374x ⇩

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 — 516x ⇩ Score — 327x ⇩
Voci sole — 279x ⇩, Violino I — 269x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 259x ⇩, Viola — 253x ⇩, Violoncello I — 282x ⇩, Violoncello II — 267x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 141x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 315x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 412x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 467x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 243x ⇩

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 — 739x ⇩ Score — 349x ⇩
Violino I — 253x ⇩, Violino II — 241x ⇩, Viola — 274x ⇩, Basso — 144x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 273x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 251x ⇩, Corno I — 274x ⇩, Corno II — 258x ⇩
[Allegro] — 682x ⇩, Moderato — 657x ⇩, Allegro — 604x ⇩

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 — 729x ⇩ Score — 397x ⇩
Violino I — 280x ⇩, Violino II — 309x ⇩, Viola — 293x ⇩, Violoncello — 275x ⇩, Basso — 177x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 624x ⇩, Largo — 456x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 536x ⇩

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 — 141x ⇩, Basso — 142x ⇩
Allegro — 330x ⇩, Adagio — 180x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 331x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 327x ⇩, Allegretto — 267x ⇩

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 — 579x ⇩ Score — 307x ⇩
Alto solo — 271x ⇩, Violino I — 273x ⇩, Violino II — 267x ⇩, Viola — 268x ⇩, Basso — 144x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 277x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 264x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 254x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 262x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 548x ⇩

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 — 507x ⇩ Score — 360x ⇩
Soprano — 275x ⇩, Flauto — 301x ⇩, Basso — 475x ⇩
Amoroso — 441x ⇩, Recitativo — 297x ⇩, Andante — 480x ⇩

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 — 698x ⇩ Score — 354x ⇩
Soprano — 310x ⇩, Violino I — 265x ⇩, Violino II — 316x ⇩, Viola — 265x ⇩, Basso — 167x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 524x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 505x ⇩, Recitativo — 463x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 710x ⇩, Recitativo — 688x ⇩, Aria Andante — 490x ⇩

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 — 604x ⇩ Score — 313x ⇩
Violino I / Oboe I / Flauto I — 246x ⇩, Violino II / Oboe II / Flauto II — 202x ⇩, Basso — 159x ⇩
Adagio — 260x ⇩, Allegro — 252x ⇩, Aria I — 268x ⇩, Aria II — 363x ⇩

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 — 904x ⇩ Score — 304x ⇩
Soprano — 215x ⇩, Violino I — 187x ⇩, Violino II — 166x ⇩, Viola — 164x ⇩, Basso — 187x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 185x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 168x ⇩, Allegro — 153x ⇩, Recitativo — 151x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 142x ⇩, Recitativo — 154x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 160x ⇩

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

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