Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 389x ⇩ Score — 346x ⇩
Violino I — 170x ⇩, Violino II — 154x ⇩, Basso continuo — 156x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 290x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 398x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 425x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 358x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 411x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 337x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 411x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 448x ⇩

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 — 219x ⇩ Score — 237x ⇩
Violino I — 167x ⇩, Violino II — 152x ⇩, Basso continuo — 162x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 444x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 411x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 462x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 467x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 435x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 417x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 463x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 299x ⇩

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 — 388x ⇩ Score — 196x ⇩
Voci sole — 152x ⇩, Violino I — 144x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 132x ⇩, Viola — 130x ⇩, Violoncello I — 160x ⇩, Violoncello II — 139x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 131x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 252x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 237x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 286x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 217x ⇩

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 — 590x ⇩ Score — 213x ⇩
Violino I — 129x ⇩, Violino II — 116x ⇩, Viola — 144x ⇩, Basso — 134x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 148x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 123x ⇩, Corno I — 145x ⇩, Corno II — 129x ⇩
[Allegro] — 433x ⇩, Moderato — 356x ⇩, Allegro — 417x ⇩

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 — 599x ⇩ Score — 252x ⇩
Violino I — 154x ⇩, Violino II — 170x ⇩, Viola — 164x ⇩, Violoncello — 149x ⇩, Basso — 166x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 466x ⇩, Largo — 369x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 473x ⇩

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 — 389x ⇩ Score — 169x ⇩
Soprano — 141x ⇩, Violino I — 149x ⇩, Violino II — 137x ⇩, Viola — 136x ⇩, Basso — 135x ⇩
Allegro — 318x ⇩, Adagio — 168x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 321x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 315x ⇩, Allegretto — 258x ⇩

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 — 450x ⇩ Score — 178x ⇩
Alto solo — 141x ⇩, Violino I — 148x ⇩, Violino II — 142x ⇩, Viola — 142x ⇩, Basso — 135x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 150x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 136x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 129x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 138x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 451x ⇩

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 — 501x ⇩ Score — 233x ⇩
Soprano — 151x ⇩, Flauto — 175x ⇩, Basso — 468x ⇩
Amoroso — 374x ⇩, Recitativo — 158x ⇩, Andante — 409x ⇩

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 — 574x ⇩ Score — 217x ⇩
Soprano — 180x ⇩, Violino I — 136x ⇩, Violino II — 189x ⇩, Viola — 137x ⇩, Basso — 158x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 424x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 407x ⇩, Recitativo — 398x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 428x ⇩, Recitativo — 421x ⇩, Aria Andante — 366x ⇩

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 — 594x ⇩ Score — 307x ⇩
Violino I / Oboe I / Flauto I — 243x ⇩, Violino II / Oboe II / Flauto II — 199x ⇩, Basso — 151x ⇩
Adagio — 249x ⇩, Allegro — 246x ⇩, Aria I — 261x ⇩, Aria II — 347x ⇩

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 — 899x ⇩ Score — 298x ⇩
Soprano — 209x ⇩, Violino I — 183x ⇩, Violino II — 160x ⇩, Viola — 158x ⇩, Basso — 175x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 179x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 150x ⇩, Allegro — 143x ⇩, Recitativo — 135x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 129x ⇩, Recitativo — 141x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 147x ⇩

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

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