Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 258x ⇩ Score — 166x ⇩
Violino I — 114x ⇩, Violino II — 102x ⇩, Basso continuo — 93x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 155x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 170x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 190x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 139x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 147x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 173x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 158x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 159x ⇩

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 — 161x ⇩ Score — 117x ⇩
Violino I — 110x ⇩, Violino II — 106x ⇩, Basso continuo — 103x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 168x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 162x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 184x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 169x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 158x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 151x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 161x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 79x ⇩

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 — 341x ⇩ Score — 136x ⇩
Voci sole — 94x ⇩, Violino I — 95x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 89x ⇩, Viola — 91x ⇩, Violoncello I — 111x ⇩, Violoncello II — 96x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 94x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 183x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 169x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 125x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 121x ⇩

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 — 417x ⇩ Score — 129x ⇩
Violino I — 92x ⇩, Violino II — 84x ⇩, Viola — 95x ⇩, Basso — 92x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 104x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 90x ⇩, Corno I — 88x ⇩, Corno II — 89x ⇩
[Allegro] — 191x ⇩, Moderato — 176x ⇩, Allegro — 156x ⇩

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 — 547x ⇩ Score — 149x ⇩
Violino I — 108x ⇩, Violino II — 105x ⇩, Viola — 102x ⇩, Violoncello — 104x ⇩, Basso — 104x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 210x ⇩, Largo — 135x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 190x ⇩

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 — 342x ⇩ Score — 110x ⇩
Soprano — 93x ⇩, Violino I — 98x ⇩, Violino II — 92x ⇩, Viola — 92x ⇩, Basso — 92x ⇩
Allegro — 137x ⇩, Adagio — 79x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 104x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 149x ⇩, Allegretto — 98x ⇩

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 — 406x ⇩ Score — 118x ⇩
Alto solo — 100x ⇩, Violino I — 102x ⇩, Violino II — 100x ⇩, Viola — 94x ⇩, Basso — 92x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 105x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 90x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 94x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 95x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 190x ⇩

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 — 450x ⇩ Score — 156x ⇩
Soprano — 105x ⇩, Flauto — 132x ⇩, Basso — 246x ⇩
Amoroso — 165x ⇩, Recitativo — 92x ⇩, Andante — 168x ⇩

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 — 532x ⇩ Score — 137x ⇩
Soprano — 108x ⇩, Violino I — 96x ⇩, Violino II — 99x ⇩, Viola — 93x ⇩, Basso — 101x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 175x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 146x ⇩, Recitativo — 170x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 150x ⇩, Recitativo — 153x ⇩, Aria Andante — 142x ⇩

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 — 549x ⇩ Score — 188x ⇩
Violino I / Oboe I / Flauto I — 123x ⇩, Violino II / Oboe II / Flauto II — 125x ⇩, Basso — 111x ⇩
Adagio — 105x ⇩, Allegro — 101x ⇩, Aria I — 105x ⇩, Aria II — 141x ⇩

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 — 859x ⇩ Score — 221x ⇩
Soprano — 136x ⇩, Violino I — 127x ⇩, Violino II — 112x ⇩, Viola — 112x ⇩, Basso — 124x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 139x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 104x ⇩, Allegro — 89x ⇩, Recitativo — 91x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 89x ⇩, Recitativo — 92x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 103x ⇩

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

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