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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 128x Score — 115x
Flauto traversiere — 127x , Violino I — 81x , Violino II — 84x , Basso — 82x
[1.] Allegro — 126x , [2.] Adagio — 88x , [3.] Presto — 91x

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 — 124x Score — 117x
Flauto traversiere — 91x , Violino I — 76x , Violino II — 70x , Basso — 73x , Basso ripieno — 72x
[1.] Allegro assai — 66x , [2.] Grave — 62x , [3.] Allegro — 77x

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 — 318x Score — 131x
Flauto traverso — 104x , Violino I — 76x , Violino II — 75x , Viola — 84x , Basso ripieno — 74x , Basso continuo — 77x
Allegro Spiritoso — 72x , Affettuoso — 82x , Vivace — 70x

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 — 247x Score — 103x
Flauto traverso I — 89x , Flauto traverso II — 79x , Oboe I — 77x , Oboe II — 70x , Violino concertato — 73x , Violino I — 76x , Violino II — 73x , Viola — 76x , Fagotto — 72x , Basso — 78x
[Allegro] — 70x , alla Siciliana — 74x , Allegro — 79x

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 — 428x Score — 139x
Flauto traversiere — 108x , Violino I — 89x , Violino II — 89x , Basso ripieno — 84x , Basso continuo — 86x
Allegro — 66x , Andante moderato — 65x , Allegro assai — 76x

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 — 298x Score — 112x
Flauto traversiere — 90x , Violino I — 73x , Violino II — 69x , Viola — 70x , Basso ripieno — 67x , Basso — 68x
Allegro — 63x , Amoroso — 68x , Allegro assai — 69x

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 — 403x Score — 106x
Flauto traversiere — 94x , Violino I — 70x , Violino II — 74x , Viola — 70x , Basso — 74x , Basso ripieno — 69x
Allegro — 56x , Arioso e mesto — 70x , Presto — 65x

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 — 363x Score — 133x
Flauto traverso — 102x , Violino I — 75x , Violino II — 73x , Viola — 78x , Basso continuo — 72x , Basso ripieno — 75x
Allegro — 50x , Lento con Sordini — 74x , Vivace — 71x

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 — 416x Score — 135x
Flauto traversiere — 106x , Violino I — 75x , Violino II — 76x , Viola — 73x , Basso — 73x , Basso ripieno — 77x
Allegro assai — 71x , Lento — 64x , Vivace — 60x

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 — 583x Score — 143x
Flauto traversiere — 104x , Violino I — 74x , Violino II — 77x , Viola — 84x , Basso — 76x , Basso ripieno — 74x

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 — 473x Score — 145x
Flauto traversiere — 124x , Violino I — 72x , Violino II — 77x , Viola — 69x , Basso — 73x , Basso ripieno — 77x , Fagotto — 73x
Allegro di molto — 69x , Arioso mà con affetto — 75x , Vivace assai — 71x

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 — 562x Score — 142x
Flauto — 128x , Violino I — 81x , Violino II — 86x , Viola — 81x , Basso — 81x
Allegretto — 65x , Amorevole — 62x , Presto — 58x

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 — 498x Score — 152x
Flauto traverso — 104x , Violino I — 76x , Violino II — 76x , Viola — 76x , Basso — 77x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 79x , Larghetto — 77x , Presto — 71x

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 — 564x Score — 147x
Flauto traverso — 102x , Viola — 76x , Violino — 88x , Basso — 77x
Allegro — 98x , Larghetto — 85x , Presto — 79x

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 — 473x Score — 120x
Flauto traversiere I — 94x , Flauto traversiere II — 85x , Violino I — 82x , Violino II — 74x , Viola — 74x , Basso ripieno — 79x , Basso continuo — 78x
Allegro — 81x , Amoroso con Sordini — 77x , Presto — 62x

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 — 559x Score — 132x
Flauto traversiere — 89x , Violino I — 75x , Violino II — 73x , Viola — 79x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 75x , Basso continuo — 69x
Allegro assai — 73x , Lento — 68x , Vivace — 73x

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

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Sample — 440x Score — 140x
Flauto traversiere I — 96x , Flauto traversiere II — 92x , Basso — 90x
Affettuoso — 73x , Presto — 56x , Larghetto — 55x , Vivace — 56x

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

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Sample — 742x Score — 102x
Flauto traversiere I — 80x , Flauto traversiere II — 72x , Oboe I — 68x , Oboe II — 69x , Violino I — 73x , Violino II — 71x , Violino di ripieno — 69x , Viola — 68x , Fagotto — 73x , Basso — 75x
Vivace — 67x , Siciliana Larghetto — 64x , Allegro assai — 71x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 478x Score — 139x
Flauto traversiere I — 97x , Flauto traversiere II — 83x , Basso — 87x
Adagio — 86x , Allegro — 88x , Largo — 84x , Allegro — 85x

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 — 431x Score — 116x
Flauto dolce — 91x , Flauto traversiere — 115x , Basso — 78x
Affettuoso — 63x , Alla breve — 52x , Larghetto — 68x , Vivace — 54x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 462x Score — 114x
Flauto traversiere I — 111x , Flauto traversiere II — 79x , Basso — 103x
Grave — 93x , Allegro ma non troppo — 62x , Larghetto — 58x , Presto — 59x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 564x Score — 127x
Flauto traverso — 101x , Basso — 84x
Andante moderato — 79x , Presto — 77x , Largo — 74x , Pastorale — 69x

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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