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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 64x Score — 19x
Flauto traversiere — 29x , Violino I — 13x , Violino II — 13x , Basso — 12x
[1.] Allegro — 8x , [2.] Adagio — 6x , [3.] Presto — 6x

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 — 67x Score — 30x
Flauto traversiere — 29x , Violino I — 12x , Violino II — 13x , Basso — 12x , Basso ripieno — 16x
[1.] Allegro assai — 7x , [2.] Grave — 7x , [3.] Allegro — 8x

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 — 217x Score — 49x
Flauto traverso — 31x , Violino I — 15x , Violino II — 17x , Viola — 17x , Basso ripieno — 16x , Basso continuo — 17x
Allegro Spiritoso — 13x , Affettuoso — 10x , Vivace — 12x

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 — 180x Score — 27x
Flauto traverso I — 24x , Flauto traverso II — 18x , Oboe I — 13x , Oboe II — 12x , Violino concertato — 11x , Violino I — 13x , Violino II — 10x , Viola — 10x , Fagotto — 13x , Basso — 14x
[Allegro] — 13x , alla Siciliana — 10x , Allegro — 10x

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 — 355x Score — 70x
Flauto traversiere — 51x , Violino I — 29x , Violino II — 29x , Basso ripieno — 32x , Basso continuo — 32x
Allegro — 16x , Andante moderato — 13x , Allegro assai — 11x

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 — 228x Score — 58x
Flauto traversiere — 32x , Violino I — 15x , Violino II — 14x , Viola — 13x , Basso ripieno — 14x , Basso — 14x
Allegro — 8x , Amoroso — 9x , Allegro assai — 9x

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 — 328x Score — 50x
Flauto traversiere — 34x , Violino I — 16x , Violino II — 20x , Viola — 16x , Basso — 17x , Basso ripieno — 16x
Allegro — 7x , Arioso e mesto — 9x , Presto — 6x

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 — 302x Score — 74x
Flauto traverso — 39x , Violino I — 19x , Violino II — 18x , Viola — 21x , Basso continuo — 15x , Basso ripieno — 17x
Allegro — 10x , Lento con Sordini — 11x , Vivace — 10x

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 — 341x Score — 54x
Flauto traversiere — 48x , Violino I — 16x , Violino II — 16x , Viola — 15x , Basso — 19x , Basso ripieno — 16x
Allegro assai — 14x , Lento — 10x , Vivace — 16x

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 — 514x Score — 70x
Flauto traversiere — 49x , Violino I — 20x , Violino II — 21x , Viola — 18x , Basso — 21x , Basso ripieno — 20x

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 — 405x Score — 62x
Flauto traversiere — 66x , Violino I — 18x , Violino II — 16x , Viola — 15x , Basso — 18x , Basso ripieno — 16x , Fagotto — 19x
Allegro di molto — 19x , Arioso mà con affetto — 15x , Vivace assai — 17x

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 — 482x Score — 69x
Flauto — 64x , Violino I — 21x , Violino II — 20x , Viola — 18x , Basso — 24x
Allegretto — 17x , Amorevole — 15x , Presto — 13x

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 — 441x Score — 78x
Flauto traverso — 47x , Violino I — 18x , Violino II — 21x , Viola — 19x , Basso — 20x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 16x , Larghetto — 12x , Presto — 12x

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 — 497x Score — 78x
Flauto traverso — 47x , Viola — 25x , Violino — 32x , Basso — 21x
Allegro — 17x , Larghetto — 12x , Presto — 13x

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 — 404x Score — 59x
Flauto traversiere I — 35x , Flauto traversiere II — 27x , Violino I — 24x , Violino II — 20x , Viola — 21x , Basso ripieno — 22x , Basso continuo — 22x
Allegro — 19x , Amoroso con Sordini — 18x , Presto — 19x

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 — 485x Score — 52x
Flauto traversiere — 31x , Violino I — 13x , Violino II — 13x , Viola — 15x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 16x , Basso continuo — 13x
Allegro assai — 15x , Lento — 10x , Vivace — 12x

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

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Sample — 382x Score — 75x
Flauto traversiere I — 45x , Flauto traversiere II — 34x , Basso — 34x
Affettuoso — 10x , Presto — 15x , Larghetto — 10x , Vivace — 11x

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 — 660x Score — 34x
Flauto traversiere I — 21x , Flauto traversiere II — 16x , Oboe I — 13x , Oboe II — 13x , Violino I — 14x , Violino II — 12x , Violino di ripieno — 13x , Viola — 16x , Fagotto — 17x , Basso — 16x
Vivace — 10x , Siciliana Larghetto — 13x , Allegro assai — 12x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 397x Score — 58x
Flauto traversiere I — 37x , Flauto traversiere II — 28x , Basso — 25x
Adagio — 7x , Allegro — 11x , Largo — 9x , Allegro — 8x

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 — 365x Score — 54x
Flauto dolce — 37x , Flauto traversiere — 34x , Basso — 25x
Affettuoso — 12x , Alla breve — 9x , Larghetto — 9x , Vivace — 9x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 387x Score — 59x
Flauto traversiere I — 31x , Flauto traversiere II — 27x , Basso — 28x
Grave — 30x , Allegro ma non troppo — 9x , Larghetto — 12x , Presto — 12x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 492x Score — 64x
Flauto traverso — 44x , Basso — 23x
Andante moderato — 10x , Presto — 13x , Largo — 10x , Pastorale — 8x

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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