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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 141x Score — 135x
Flauto traversiere — 145x , Violino I — 94x , Violino II — 97x , Basso — 96x
[1.] Allegro — 137x , [2.] Adagio — 94x , [3.] Presto — 96x

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 — 134x Score — 136x
Flauto traversiere — 104x , Violino I — 90x , Violino II — 84x , Basso — 87x , Basso ripieno — 86x
[1.] Allegro assai — 70x , [2.] Grave — 67x , [3.] Allegro — 82x

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 — 332x Score — 149x
Flauto traverso — 117x , Violino I — 89x , Violino II — 89x , Viola — 101x , Basso ripieno — 87x , Basso continuo — 90x
Allegro Spiritoso — 78x , Affettuoso — 88x , Vivace — 75x

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 — 257x Score — 121x
Flauto traverso I — 102x , Flauto traverso II — 96x , Oboe I — 91x , Oboe II — 83x , Violino concertato — 87x , Violino I — 89x , Violino II — 86x , Viola — 92x , Fagotto — 89x , Basso — 92x
[Allegro] — 74x , alla Siciliana — 78x , Allegro — 85x

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 — 439x Score — 156x
Flauto traversiere — 121x , Violino I — 102x , Violino II — 102x , Basso ripieno — 98x , Basso continuo — 100x
Allegro — 71x , Andante moderato — 71x , Allegro assai — 81x

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 — 308x Score — 131x
Flauto traversiere — 105x , Violino I — 86x , Violino II — 83x , Viola — 83x , Basso ripieno — 80x , Basso — 82x
Allegro — 69x , Amoroso — 75x , Allegro assai — 75x

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 — 415x Score — 120x
Flauto traversiere — 108x , Violino I — 84x , Violino II — 89x , Viola — 84x , Basso — 88x , Basso ripieno — 83x
Allegro — 62x , Arioso e mesto — 76x , Presto — 70x

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 — 374x Score — 145x
Flauto traverso — 115x , Violino I — 87x , Violino II — 85x , Viola — 90x , Basso continuo — 84x , Basso ripieno — 87x
Allegro — 54x , Lento con Sordini — 79x , Vivace — 75x

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 — 426x Score — 151x
Flauto traversiere — 118x , Violino I — 89x , Violino II — 88x , Viola — 85x , Basso — 86x , Basso ripieno — 90x
Allegro assai — 74x , Lento — 68x , Vivace — 63x

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 — 593x Score — 163x
Flauto traversiere — 118x , Violino I — 90x , Violino II — 90x , Viola — 97x , Basso — 89x , Basso ripieno — 87x

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 — 484x Score — 163x
Flauto traversiere — 137x , Violino I — 85x , Violino II — 91x , Viola — 82x , Basso — 87x , Basso ripieno — 90x , Fagotto — 86x
Allegro di molto — 74x , Arioso mà con affetto — 80x , Vivace assai — 77x

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 — 572x Score — 156x
Flauto — 142x , Violino I — 95x , Violino II — 100x , Viola — 95x , Basso — 94x
Allegretto — 71x , Amorevole — 68x , Presto — 63x

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 — 508x Score — 173x
Flauto traverso — 118x , Violino I — 92x , Violino II — 91x , Viola — 89x , Basso — 92x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 83x , Larghetto — 81x , Presto — 75x

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 — 575x Score — 162x
Flauto traverso — 114x , Viola — 89x , Violino — 102x , Basso — 89x
Allegro — 104x , Larghetto — 88x , Presto — 82x

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 — 483x Score — 132x
Flauto traversiere I — 106x , Flauto traversiere II — 98x , Violino I — 94x , Violino II — 87x , Viola — 88x , Basso ripieno — 93x , Basso continuo — 90x
Allegro — 86x , Amoroso con Sordini — 83x , Presto — 65x

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 — 572x Score — 149x
Flauto traversiere — 102x , Violino I — 91x , Violino II — 89x , Viola — 95x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 90x , Basso continuo — 82x
Allegro assai — 78x , Lento — 73x , Vivace — 78x

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

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Sample — 452x Score — 154x
Flauto traversiere I — 109x , Flauto traversiere II — 104x , Basso — 102x
Affettuoso — 81x , Presto — 63x , Larghetto — 59x , Vivace — 62x

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 — 753x Score — 125x
Flauto traversiere I — 96x , Flauto traversiere II — 88x , Oboe I — 84x , Oboe II — 85x , Violino I — 89x , Violino II — 87x , Violino di ripieno — 83x , Viola — 82x , Fagotto — 89x , Basso — 91x
Vivace — 78x , Siciliana Larghetto — 73x , Allegro assai — 78x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 488x Score — 153x
Flauto traversiere I — 111x , Flauto traversiere II — 96x , Basso — 99x
Adagio — 91x , Allegro — 92x , Largo — 90x , Allegro — 90x

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 — 443x Score — 132x
Flauto dolce — 106x , Flauto traversiere — 133x , Basso — 94x
Affettuoso — 68x , Alla breve — 58x , Larghetto — 76x , Vivace — 60x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 473x Score — 132x
Flauto traversiere I — 127x , Flauto traversiere II — 97x , Basso — 122x
Grave — 98x , Allegro ma non troppo — 71x , Larghetto — 63x , Presto — 65x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 576x Score — 142x
Flauto traverso — 118x , Basso — 100x
Andante moderato — 85x , Presto — 84x , Largo — 80x , Pastorale — 76x

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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