Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 310x ⇩ Score — 245x ⇩
Violino I — 141x ⇩, Violino II — 128x ⇩, Basso continuo — 125x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 252x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 337x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 344x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 281x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 308x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 305x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 312x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 338x ⇩

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 — 177x ⇩ Score — 153x ⇩
Violino I — 134x ⇩, Violino II — 131x ⇩, Basso continuo — 122x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 338x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 341x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 352x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 330x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 343x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 310x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 345x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 187x ⇩

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 — 361x ⇩ Score — 165x ⇩
Voci sole — 118x ⇩, Violino I — 118x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 111x ⇩, Viola — 109x ⇩, Violoncello I — 136x ⇩, Violoncello II — 117x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 110x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 220x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 199x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 252x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 181x ⇩

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 — 491x ⇩ Score — 152x ⇩
Violino I — 106x ⇩, Violino II — 104x ⇩, Viola — 115x ⇩, Basso — 112x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 124x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 106x ⇩, Corno I — 110x ⇩, Corno II — 112x ⇩
[Allegro] — 344x ⇩, Moderato — 321x ⇩, Allegro — 324x ⇩

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 — 572x ⇩ Score — 210x ⇩
Violino I — 131x ⇩, Violino II — 133x ⇩, Viola — 132x ⇩, Violoncello — 124x ⇩, Basso — 138x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 381x ⇩, Largo — 318x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 379x ⇩

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 — 362x ⇩ Score — 133x ⇩
Soprano — 109x ⇩, Violino I — 121x ⇩, Violino II — 113x ⇩, Viola — 115x ⇩, Basso — 114x ⇩
Allegro — 270x ⇩, Adagio — 116x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 267x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 271x ⇩, Allegretto — 217x ⇩

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 — 421x ⇩ Score — 148x ⇩
Alto solo — 123x ⇩, Violino I — 119x ⇩, Violino II — 121x ⇩, Viola — 116x ⇩, Basso — 112x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 129x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 110x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 110x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 117x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 381x ⇩

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 — 472x ⇩ Score — 193x ⇩
Soprano — 123x ⇩, Flauto — 152x ⇩, Basso — 395x ⇩
Amoroso — 317x ⇩, Recitativo — 119x ⇩, Andante — 342x ⇩

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 — 552x ⇩ Score — 156x ⇩
Soprano — 131x ⇩, Violino I — 119x ⇩, Violino II — 146x ⇩, Viola — 121x ⇩, Basso — 120x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 336x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 323x ⇩, Recitativo — 342x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 335x ⇩, Recitativo — 305x ⇩, Aria Andante — 282x ⇩

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 — 569x ⇩ Score — 226x ⇩
Violino I / Oboe I / Flauto I — 171x ⇩, Violino II / Oboe II / Flauto II — 163x ⇩, Basso — 134x ⇩
Adagio — 181x ⇩, Allegro — 182x ⇩, Aria I — 187x ⇩, Aria II — 280x ⇩

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 — 873x ⇩ Score — 258x ⇩
Soprano — 160x ⇩, Violino I — 156x ⇩, Violino II — 136x ⇩, Viola — 136x ⇩, Basso — 153x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 161x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 124x ⇩, Allegro — 116x ⇩, Recitativo — 111x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 107x ⇩, Recitativo — 111x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 124x ⇩

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

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