Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 393x ⇩ Score — 452x ⇩
Violino I — 275x ⇩, Violino II — 259x ⇩, Basso continuo — 158x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 295x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 402x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 430x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 363x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 414x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 341x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 414x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 457x ⇩

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 — 328x ⇩ Score — 344x ⇩
Violino I — 270x ⇩, Violino II — 263x ⇩, Basso continuo — 162x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 446x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 414x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 465x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 478x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 438x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 420x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 466x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 300x ⇩

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 — 490x ⇩ Score — 300x ⇩
Voci sole — 258x ⇩, Violino I — 249x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 236x ⇩, Viola — 229x ⇩, Violoncello I — 261x ⇩, Violoncello II — 243x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 133x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 255x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 240x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 289x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 219x ⇩

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 — 697x ⇩ Score — 319x ⇩
Violino I — 227x ⇩, Violino II — 215x ⇩, Viola — 247x ⇩, Basso — 137x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 250x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 226x ⇩, Corno I — 253x ⇩, Corno II — 229x ⇩
[Allegro] — 434x ⇩, Moderato — 361x ⇩, Allegro — 420x ⇩

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 — 704x ⇩ Score — 359x ⇩
Violino I — 250x ⇩, Violino II — 279x ⇩, Viola — 262x ⇩, Violoncello — 247x ⇩, Basso — 166x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 469x ⇩, Largo — 372x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 476x ⇩

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 — 171x ⇩
Soprano — 142x ⇩, Violino I — 152x ⇩, Violino II — 139x ⇩, Viola — 138x ⇩, Basso — 137x ⇩
Allegro — 322x ⇩, Adagio — 172x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 324x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 318x ⇩, Allegretto — 262x ⇩

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 — 550x ⇩ Score — 277x ⇩
Alto solo — 248x ⇩, Violino I — 246x ⇩, Violino II — 242x ⇩, Viola — 242x ⇩, Basso — 137x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 249x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 242x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 236x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 245x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 455x ⇩

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 — 502x ⇩ Score — 335x ⇩
Soprano — 252x ⇩, Flauto — 274x ⇩, Basso — 470x ⇩
Amoroso — 377x ⇩, Recitativo — 161x ⇩, Andante — 412x ⇩

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 — 672x ⇩ Score — 314x ⇩
Soprano — 283x ⇩, Violino I — 245x ⇩, Violino II — 293x ⇩, Viola — 239x ⇩, Basso — 161x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 427x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 411x ⇩, Recitativo — 401x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 432x ⇩, Recitativo — 437x ⇩, Aria Andante — 368x ⇩

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 — 596x ⇩ Score — 310x ⇩
Violino I / Oboe I / Flauto I — 243x ⇩, Violino II / Oboe II / Flauto II — 199x ⇩, Basso — 152x ⇩
Adagio — 253x ⇩, Allegro — 247x ⇩, Aria I — 263x ⇩, Aria II — 351x ⇩

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 — 901x ⇩ Score — 300x ⇩
Soprano — 211x ⇩, Violino I — 184x ⇩, Violino II — 162x ⇩, Viola — 160x ⇩, Basso — 180x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 181x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 154x ⇩, Allegro — 144x ⇩, Recitativo — 140x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 133x ⇩, Recitativo — 144x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 151x ⇩

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

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