Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 289x ⇩ Score — 205x ⇩
Violino I — 130x ⇩, Violino II — 118x ⇩, Basso continuo — 110x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 238x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 272x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 272x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 233x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 228x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 264x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 259x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 257x ⇩

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 — 170x ⇩ Score — 137x ⇩
Violino I — 128x ⇩, Violino II — 123x ⇩, Basso continuo — 116x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 262x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 265x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 290x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 262x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 276x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 231x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 273x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 126x ⇩

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 — 350x ⇩ Score — 152x ⇩
Voci sole — 105x ⇩, Violino I — 110x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 102x ⇩, Viola — 101x ⇩, Violoncello I — 123x ⇩, Violoncello II — 110x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 103x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 213x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 190x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 206x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 164x ⇩

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 — 469x ⇩ Score — 148x ⇩
Violino I — 99x ⇩, Violino II — 98x ⇩, Viola — 110x ⇩, Basso — 105x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 119x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 99x ⇩, Corno I — 101x ⇩, Corno II — 103x ⇩
[Allegro] — 273x ⇩, Moderato — 276x ⇩, Allegro — 258x ⇩

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 — 562x ⇩ Score — 183x ⇩
Violino I — 122x ⇩, Violino II — 121x ⇩, Viola — 121x ⇩, Violoncello — 116x ⇩, Basso — 129x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 299x ⇩, Largo — 238x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 295x ⇩

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 — 351x ⇩ Score — 127x ⇩
Soprano — 103x ⇩, Violino I — 113x ⇩, Violino II — 107x ⇩, Viola — 107x ⇩, Basso — 103x ⇩
Allegro — 216x ⇩, Adagio — 96x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 188x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 216x ⇩, Allegretto — 157x ⇩

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 — 414x ⇩ Score — 140x ⇩
Alto solo — 113x ⇩, Violino I — 112x ⇩, Violino II — 112x ⇩, Viola — 108x ⇩, Basso — 106x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 122x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 101x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 103x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 110x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 316x ⇩

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 — 459x ⇩ Score — 170x ⇩
Soprano — 116x ⇩, Flauto — 146x ⇩, Basso — 369x ⇩
Amoroso — 262x ⇩, Recitativo — 111x ⇩, Andante — 257x ⇩

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 — 542x ⇩ Score — 149x ⇩
Soprano — 122x ⇩, Violino I — 107x ⇩, Violino II — 131x ⇩, Viola — 111x ⇩, Basso — 114x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 265x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 257x ⇩, Recitativo — 280x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 253x ⇩, Recitativo — 254x ⇩, Aria Andante — 222x ⇩

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 — 558x ⇩ Score — 213x ⇩
Violino I / Oboe I / Flauto I — 146x ⇩, Violino II / Oboe II / Flauto II — 142x ⇩, Basso — 124x ⇩
Adagio — 172x ⇩, Allegro — 122x ⇩, Aria I — 126x ⇩, Aria II — 213x ⇩

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 — 868x ⇩ Score — 245x ⇩
Soprano — 151x ⇩, Violino I — 144x ⇩, Violino II — 128x ⇩, Viola — 126x ⇩, Basso — 144x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 155x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 116x ⇩, Allegro — 108x ⇩, Recitativo — 102x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 101x ⇩, Recitativo — 101x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 117x ⇩

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

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