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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 131x Score — 123x
Flauto traversiere — 133x , Violino I — 85x , Violino II — 88x , Basso — 87x
[1.] Allegro — 132x , [2.] Adagio — 91x , [3.] Presto — 93x

The source is a manuscript of the parts, Berlin, D-B, Mus.ms. 18019/7 RISM ID Nr.: 452000033. Title: “Allegro [Incipit] | Concerto à 4. | Flauto Traversiero | Violino Primo | Violino Secondo | e | Basso | di Quantz.”.

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Sample page — 126x Score — 124x
Flauto traversiere — 95x , Violino I — 81x , Violino II — 74x , Basso — 78x , Basso ripieno — 77x
[1.] Allegro assai — 67x , [2.] Grave — 63x , [3.] Allegro — 79x

The source is a manuscript of the parts, Berlin, D-B, Mus.ms. 18019/8, RISM ID Nr.: 452000034. Title: “Allegro | assai [Incipit] | Concerto à 4. | Flauto Traversiero | Violino Primo | Violino Secondo | e | Basso | di Quantz."

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Sample page — 321x Score — 138x
Flauto traverso — 108x , Violino I — 80x , Violino II — 79x , Viola — 91x , Basso ripieno — 78x , Basso continuo — 81x
Allegro Spiritoso — 73x , Affettuoso — 85x , Vivace — 71x

The sources are: a) manuscript of parts, Berlin, (Berlin, (D-Bsa)), SA 2876, RISM ID no.: 469287600. Caption title: “CONCERTO. | [incipit] | Per il | Flauto Trav: Concertato. | Violino Primo. | Violino Secondo. | Viola è Basso Rip: | Basso Con Continuo. | Del Sigr: Quantz”; b) manuscript of parts, Berlin (Berlin, (D-Bsa)), SA 2877, RISM ID no.: 469287701.

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Sample page — 249x Score — 110x
Flauto traverso I — 93x , Flauto traverso II — 86x , Oboe I — 82x , Oboe II — 74x , Violino concertato — 77x , Violino I — 80x , Violino II — 77x , Viola — 82x , Fagotto — 78x , Basso — 83x
[Allegro] — 72x , alla Siciliana — 76x , Allegro — 82x

The source is a manuscript of the score (copy by: Agricola, Johann Friedrich <1720-1774>), Berlin, Sing- Akademie zu Berlin, Notenarchiv (D- Bsa), SA 2799 (13), RISM ID no.: 469279913. Caption title (by Agricola): “Concerto grosso [later, with pencil: "fortasse Quanz.”]”.

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Sample page — 431x Score — 145x
Flauto traversiere — 112x , Violino I — 93x , Violino II — 93x , Basso ripieno — 89x , Basso continuo — 90x
Allegro — 67x , Andante moderato — 67x , Allegro assai — 78x

The sources are two manuscripts of parts, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B), KHM 3556 and KHM 3557, RISM ID no.: 1001068130 and RISM ID no.: 1001068135. Caption titles: “pour Potsdam. | Nro: 13. | [music incipit] | Concerto, à 4. | Flauto Traversiero, | Violino Primo, | Violino Secondo, | e | Basso. | di Quantz.” and: “pour Charlottenbourg. | Nro: 13. | [music incipit] | Concerto, à 4. | Flauto Traversiero, | Violino Primo, | Violino Secondo, | e | Basso. | di Quantz.”.

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Sample page — 300x Score — 116x
Flauto traversiere — 96x , Violino I — 77x , Violino II — 74x , Viola — 74x , Basso ripieno — 71x , Basso — 72x
Allegro — 66x , Amoroso — 72x , Allegro assai — 72x

The source is a manuscript of parts, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B), KHM 3839, RISM ID no.: 1001002031. Cover title: “pour Potsdam. | Nro: 137. | [music incipit] | Concerto, a 5. | Flauto Traversiero, | Violino Primo, | Violino Secondo, | Violetta, | e | Basso. | di Quantz.”.

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Sample page — 407x Score — 110x
Flauto traversiere — 98x , Violino I — 74x , Violino II — 78x , Viola — 74x , Basso — 78x , Basso ripieno — 73x
Allegro — 57x , Arioso e mesto — 72x , Presto — 66x

The sources are: a) a manuscript of parts, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B), KHM 3904, RISM ID no.: 1001051654. Cover title: “pour Charlottenbourg, | Nro: 161. | [music incipit] | Concerto, â 5, | Flauto Traversiero, | Violino Primo, | Violino Secondo, | Violetta, | e | Basso. | di Quantz.”; b) a manuscript of parts, Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (SLUB (D-Dl), Mus. 2470-O-1, RISM ID no.: 212002517. Cover title: “Schranck No: II. | 21. Fach 6. Lage. | [red ink:] No: 6.) Concerto. | [black ink:] Flaut: conc: VV.ni V.la e Basso. | 6. St.[immen] | Del Sig.r Quantz. | [incipit] {{brk}} [on second cover:] 6. | [incipit] | Concerto, à 5, | Flauto Traversiero, | Violino Primo, | Violino Secondo, | Violetta, | e | Basso, | di Quantz {{brk}} [parts, caption title:] Concerto”.

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Sample page — 365x Score — 137x
Flauto traverso — 107x , Violino I — 79x , Violino II — 77x , Viola — 82x , Basso continuo — 76x , Basso ripieno — 79x
Allegro — 52x , Lento con Sordini — 76x , Vivace — 72x

Source is a manuscript of separate parts, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B), KHM 4191, RISM ID no.: 1001051654. Cover title is: “pour Potsdam | No: 300 | [music incipit] | Concerto, à 5, | Flauto Traverso, | Due Violini, | Violetta | e | Basso. | di Quantz.”. RISM reports that, according to ThouretK 1895 (which refers to "Nicolai: Anekdoten III"), Quantz had only completed the first two movements when he died. The third movement is said to have been "designed" by Friedrich II and "executed" by Agricola. There is no evidence of this from the full source.

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Sample page — 418x Score — 142x
Flauto traversiere — 110x , Violino I — 81x , Violino II — 80x , Viola — 77x , Basso — 77x , Basso ripieno — 82x
Allegro assai — 72x , Lento — 65x , Vivace — 61x

The sources of Concerto per Flauto traversiere QV 5:173 GroF 648, are: a) the manuscript of the score, Berlin, Sing-Akademie zu Berlin, Notenarchiv (D-Bsa), SA 2941, RISM ID no.: 469294100, caption title: “Concerto. Flauto Trav. del Sigr. Quantz.”; b) a manuscript of separate parts, D-B, KHM 3718, RISM ID no.: 463371800, caption title: “pour Potsdam. | Nro: 84. | [music incipit] | Concerto, à 5. | Flauto Traversiero, | Violino Primo, | Violino Secondo, | Violetta, | e | Basso | di Quantz”.

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Sample page — 585x Score — 150x
Flauto traversiere — 109x , Violino I — 80x , Violino II — 81x , Viola — 88x , Basso — 80x , Basso ripieno — 78x

Sources of Concerto in A minor QV 5:236 are: a) manuscript of separate parts, KHM 3971, RISM ID no.: 463397100; b) manuscript of separate parts, KHM 3970, RISM ID no.: 463397000. Both sources are in Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B).

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Sample page — 475x Score — 153x
Flauto traversiere — 128x , Violino I — 76x , Violino II — 81x , Viola — 73x , Basso — 78x , Basso ripieno — 81x , Fagotto — 77x
Allegro di molto — 70x , Arioso mà con affetto — 77x , Vivace assai — 73x

Source is a ms. of separate parts, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B), KHM 3957, RISM ID no.: 100101187. Cover title: “pour sans Souci | No: 186. | [music incipit] | Concerto, a 5. | Flauto Traversiero | Violino Primo | Violino Secondo | Violetta | e | Basso. | di Quantz.”

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Sample page — 564x Score — 146x
Flauto — 132x , Violino I — 86x , Violino II — 91x , Viola — 86x , Basso — 85x
Allegretto — 66x , Amorevole — 64x , Presto — 59x

The source of Concerto for Flauto in G minor (QV 5:206) is the manuscript of the score, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B) Mus.ms. 18019/ 30, RISM ID no.: 452000055. Caption title: “No: 6. | Partitur | Concerto per il Flauto G moll | Flauto | Violino 1 | Violino 2. | Viola e | Basso | dell | Quanz.”

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Sample page — 500x Score — 160x
Flauto traverso — 108x , Violino I — 81x , Violino II — 81x , Viola — 80x , Basso — 82x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 80x , Larghetto — 78x , Presto — 72x

Source is a ms. of separate parts KHM 4114, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabtei-lung (D-B), RISM Id no.: 463411400. Cover title: “pour Charlottenbourg | Nro: 262. | [music incipit] | Concerto, à 5, | Flauto Traverso, | Due Violini, | Violetta, | e | Basso. | di Quantz”.

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Sample page — 567x Score — 154x
Flauto traverso — 106x , Viola — 80x , Violino — 94x , Basso — 81x
Allegro — 100x , Larghetto — 86x , Presto — 80x

Source is a ms. of separate parts SA 2933, Sing-Akademie zu Berlin, Notenarchiv (D-Bsa), Berlin, RISM Id no.: 469293300.

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Sample page — 475x Score — 124x
Flauto traversiere I — 98x , Flauto traversiere II — 89x , Violino I — 86x , Violino II — 79x , Viola — 79x , Basso ripieno — 84x , Basso continuo — 82x
Allegro — 84x , Amoroso con Sordini — 80x , Presto — 63x

Source is a ms. of separate parts Mus. 2470-O-11, SLUB Dresden, Digitale Biblio­thek, RISM Id no.: 212002524. There are two sets of parts in this SLUB file, the transcribed one without oboes and bassoon, the second one with them, added by Pisendel. In QV the first one is 6,8a, the second one 6,8b.

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Sample — 562x Score — 139x
Flauto traversiere — 93x , Violino I — 80x , Violino II — 79x , Viola — 85x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 80x , Basso continuo — 73x
Allegro assai — 74x , Lento — 70x , Vivace — 75x

Source is a ms. of separate parts KHM 3718, online available at Staats­bibliothek zu Berlin.

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Sample — 444x Score — 144x
Flauto traversiere I — 99x , Flauto traversiere II — 95x , Basso — 93x
Affettuoso — 76x , Presto — 57x , Larghetto — 56x , Vivace — 57x

The source is a ms. of separate parts Mus. 2470-Q-25, SLUB Dresden: Digitale Biblio­thek.

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 744x Score — 110x
Flauto traversiere I — 84x , Flauto traversiere II — 76x , Oboe I — 72x , Oboe II — 73x , Violino I — 78x , Violino II — 77x , Violino di ripieno — 73x , Viola — 72x , Fagotto — 77x , Basso — 79x
Vivace — 71x , Siciliana Larghetto — 67x , Allegro assai — 72x

Source is a ms. of separate parts Mus. 2470-O-10, SLUB Dresden, Digitale Bibliothek.

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 480x Score — 142x
Flauto traversiere I — 102x , Flauto traversiere II — 87x , Basso — 90x
Adagio — 88x , Allegro — 89x , Largo — 86x , Allegro — 87x

Source is the ms Mus. 2474-Q-7 of SLUB Dresden, Digitale Bibliothek. The original label has a reference to „Sig. Graun“, but SLUB assigns the sonata to J. J. Quantz.

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Sample — 434x Score — 120x
Flauto dolce — 95x , Flauto traversiere — 121x , Basso — 83x
Affettuoso — 64x , Alla breve — 53x , Larghetto — 71x , Vivace — 55x

Source is ms Mus.2470-Q-2, SLUB Dresden: Digitale Bibliothek.

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 464x Score — 118x
Flauto traversiere I — 114x , Flauto traversiere II — 84x , Basso — 109x
Grave — 94x , Allegro ma non troppo — 63x , Larghetto — 59x , Presto — 61x

Source is the ms Mus. 2470-Q-17, SLUB Dresden, Digitale Bibliothek.

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 567x Score — 132x
Flauto traverso — 108x , Basso — 90x
Andante moderato — 81x , Presto — 79x , Largo — 75x , Pastorale — 71x

The Bb major sonata is included in  a manuscript collection of twenty sonatas for flute and bass, Mus.ms 18020, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Caption title: „Sonate / à / Flauto Traverso Solo / è / Cembalo / Da Gio: Giacchino Quantz“.

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