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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 180x Score — 244x
Flauto traversiere — 256x , Violino I — 141x , Violino II — 146x , Basso — 142x
[1.] Allegro — 403x , [2.] Adagio — 313x , [3.] Presto — 295x

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 — 180x Score — 269x
Flauto traversiere — 145x , Violino I — 130x , Violino II — 127x , Basso — 126x , Basso ripieno — 129x
[1.] Allegro assai — 284x , [2.] Grave — 218x , [3.] Allegro — 322x

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 — 382x Score — 276x
Flauto traverso — 154x , Violino I — 128x , Violino II — 132x , Viola — 155x , Basso ripieno — 126x , Basso continuo — 155x
Allegro Spiritoso — 190x , Affettuoso — 307x , Vivace — 304x

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 — 292x Score — 188x
Flauto traverso I — 149x , Flauto traverso II — 147x , Oboe I — 134x , Oboe II — 131x , Violino concertato — 140x , Violino I — 131x , Violino II — 133x , Viola — 146x , Fagotto — 153x , Basso — 135x
[Allegro] — 316x , alla Siciliana — 274x , Allegro — 314x

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 — 481x Score — 279x
Flauto traversiere — 162x , Violino I — 142x , Violino II — 146x , Basso ripieno — 135x , Basso continuo — 146x
Allegro — 308x , Andante moderato — 230x , Allegro assai — 182x

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 — 353x Score — 178x
Flauto traversiere — 144x , Violino I — 126x , Violino II — 120x , Viola — 117x , Basso ripieno — 118x , Basso — 117x
Allegro — 293x , Amoroso — 219x , Allegro assai — 309x

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 — 499x Score — 162x
Flauto traversiere — 145x , Violino I — 136x , Violino II — 159x , Viola — 122x , Basso — 134x , Basso ripieno — 127x
Allegro — 232x , Arioso e mesto — 333x , Presto — 284x

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 — 426x Score — 186x
Flauto traverso — 156x , Violino I — 124x , Violino II — 129x , Viola — 127x , Basso continuo — 120x , Basso ripieno — 123x
Allegro — 224x , Lento con Sordini — 257x , Vivace — 291x

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 — 473x Score — 266x
Flauto traversiere — 200x , Violino I — 125x , Violino II — 152x , Viola — 165x , Basso — 143x , Basso ripieno — 126x
Allegro assai — 387x , Lento — 262x , Vivace — 355x

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 — 639x Score — 282x
Flauto traversiere — 160x , Violino I — 133x , Violino II — 131x , Viola — 134x , Basso — 130x , Basso ripieno — 126x

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 — 516x Score — 280x
Flauto traversiere — 186x , Violino I — 128x , Violino II — 127x , Viola — 129x , Basso — 130x , Basso ripieno — 121x , Fagotto — 124x
Allegro di molto — 165x , Arioso mà con affetto — 132x , Vivace assai — 257x

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 — 609x Score — 210x
Flauto — 192x , Violino I — 136x , Violino II — 144x , Viola — 137x , Basso — 134x
Allegretto — 149x , Amorevole — 125x , Presto — 275x

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 — 540x Score — 295x
Flauto traverso — 169x , Violino I — 137x , Violino II — 137x , Viola — 136x , Basso — 138x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 275x , Larghetto — 176x , Presto — 315x

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 — 621x Score — 215x
Flauto traverso — 156x , Viola — 129x , Violino — 142x , Basso — 137x
Allegro — 252x , Larghetto — 129x , Presto — 376x

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 — 513x Score — 185x
Flauto traversiere I — 151x , Flauto traversiere II — 141x , Violino I — 135x , Violino II — 127x , Viola — 122x , Basso ripieno — 131x , Basso continuo — 123x
Allegro — 301x , Amoroso con Sordini — 364x , Presto — 137x

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 — 619x Score — 278x
Flauto traversiere — 171x , Violino I — 144x , Violino II — 136x , Viola — 188x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 147x , Basso continuo — 116x
Allegro assai — 141x , Lento — 191x , Vivace — 308x

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

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Sample — 502x Score — 215x
Flauto traversiere I — 146x , Flauto traversiere II — 148x , Basso — 151x
Affettuoso — 129x , Presto — 103x , Larghetto — 105x , Vivace — 106x

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

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Sample — 788x Score — 257x
Flauto traversiere I — 136x , Flauto traversiere II — 134x , Oboe I — 131x , Oboe II — 129x , Violino I — 132x , Violino II — 137x , Violino di ripieno — 124x , Viola — 129x , Fagotto — 135x , Basso — 135x
Vivace — 240x , Siciliana Larghetto — 120x , Allegro assai — 127x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 540x Score — 202x
Flauto traversiere I — 155x , Flauto traversiere II — 155x , Basso — 147x
Adagio — 140x , Allegro — 137x , Largo — 140x , Allegro — 134x

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 — 475x Score — 174x
Flauto dolce — 175x , Flauto traversiere — 236x , Basso — 147x
Affettuoso — 109x , Alla breve — 96x , Larghetto — 121x , Vivace — 104x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 515x Score — 193x
Flauto traversiere I — 206x , Flauto traversiere II — 157x , Basso — 202x
Grave — 144x , Allegro ma non troppo — 120x , Larghetto — 106x , Presto — 118x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 624x Score — 199x
Flauto traverso — 201x , Basso — 164x
Andante moderato — 145x , Presto — 136x , Largo — 134x , Pastorale — 130x

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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