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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 71x Score — 35x
Flauto traversiere — 41x , Violino I — 25x , Violino II — 25x , Basso — 26x
[1.] Allegro — 40x , [2.] Adagio — 37x , [3.] Presto — 38x

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 — 80x Score — 43x
Flauto traversiere — 40x , Violino I — 27x , Violino II — 26x , Basso — 25x , Basso ripieno — 24x
[1.] Allegro assai — 25x , [2.] Grave — 21x , [3.] Allegro — 24x

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 — 238x Score — 60x
Flauto traverso — 44x , Violino I — 26x , Violino II — 29x , Viola — 28x , Basso ripieno — 25x , Basso continuo — 29x
Allegro Spiritoso — 26x , Affettuoso — 28x , Vivace — 28x

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 — 189x Score — 41x
Flauto traverso I — 33x , Flauto traverso II — 29x , Oboe I — 22x , Oboe II — 22x , Violino concertato — 21x , Violino I — 21x , Violino II — 19x , Viola — 23x , Fagotto — 21x , Basso — 25x
[Allegro] — 25x , alla Siciliana — 23x , Allegro — 27x

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 — 375x Score — 80x
Flauto traversiere — 62x , Violino I — 40x , Violino II — 40x , Basso ripieno — 42x , Basso continuo — 43x
Allegro — 29x , Andante moderato — 25x , Allegro assai — 25x

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 — 244x Score — 69x
Flauto traversiere — 41x , Violino I — 27x , Violino II — 25x , Viola — 24x , Basso ripieno — 25x , Basso — 24x
Allegro — 21x , Amoroso — 21x , Allegro assai — 24x

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 — 347x Score — 62x
Flauto traversiere — 47x , Violino I — 27x , Violino II — 34x , Viola — 28x , Basso — 28x , Basso ripieno — 29x
Allegro — 20x , Arioso e mesto — 23x , Presto — 18x

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 — 315x Score — 85x
Flauto traverso — 50x , Violino I — 31x , Violino II — 30x , Viola — 31x , Basso continuo — 27x , Basso ripieno — 28x
Allegro — 24x , Lento con Sordini — 25x , Vivace — 22x

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 — 367x Score — 68x
Flauto traversiere — 61x , Violino I — 28x , Violino II — 30x , Viola — 27x , Basso — 32x , Basso ripieno — 28x
Allegro assai — 27x , Lento — 22x , Vivace — 30x

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 — 532x Score — 86x
Flauto traversiere — 62x , Violino I — 31x , Violino II — 35x , Viola — 33x , Basso — 34x , Basso ripieno — 33x

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 — 428x Score — 76x
Flauto traversiere — 78x , Violino I — 28x , Violino II — 29x , Viola — 26x , Basso — 30x , Basso ripieno — 31x , Fagotto — 30x
Allegro di molto — 33x , Arioso mà con affetto — 30x , Vivace assai — 31x

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 — 505x Score — 87x
Flauto — 76x , Violino I — 33x , Violino II — 33x , Viola — 31x , Basso — 37x
Allegretto — 33x , Amorevole — 29x , Presto — 27x

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 — 453x Score — 90x
Flauto traverso — 58x , Violino I — 30x , Violino II — 30x , Viola — 30x , Basso — 31x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 31x , Larghetto — 27x , Presto — 26x

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 — 516x Score — 91x
Flauto traverso — 60x , Viola — 34x , Violino — 42x , Basso — 34x
Allegro — 31x , Larghetto — 26x , Presto — 23x

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 — 415x Score — 72x
Flauto traversiere I — 47x , Flauto traversiere II — 39x , Violino I — 35x , Violino II — 30x , Viola — 32x , Basso ripieno — 32x , Basso continuo — 33x
Allegro — 36x , Amoroso con Sordini — 32x , Presto — 34x

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 — 495x Score — 62x
Flauto traversiere — 44x , Violino I — 27x , Violino II — 26x , Viola — 27x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 29x , Basso continuo — 25x
Allegro assai — 29x , Lento — 27x , Vivace — 24x

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

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Sample — 392x Score — 87x
Flauto traversiere I — 55x , Flauto traversiere II — 47x , Basso — 46x
Affettuoso — 28x , Presto — 26x , Larghetto — 23x , Vivace — 21x

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

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Sample — 690x Score — 45x
Flauto traversiere I — 33x , Flauto traversiere II — 27x , Oboe I — 23x , Oboe II — 23x , Violino I — 26x , Violino II — 23x , Violino di ripieno — 25x , Viola — 24x , Fagotto — 28x , Basso — 28x
Vivace — 24x , Siciliana Larghetto — 25x , Allegro assai — 25x

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

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Sample — 421x Score — 71x
Flauto traversiere I — 50x , Flauto traversiere II — 39x , Basso — 38x
Adagio — 18x , Allegro — 26x , Largo — 23x , Allegro — 23x

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 — 376x Score — 65x
Flauto dolce — 47x , Flauto traversiere — 43x , Basso — 35x
Affettuoso — 26x , Alla breve — 21x , Larghetto — 23x , Vivace — 23x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 408x Score — 67x
Flauto traversiere I — 43x , Flauto traversiere II — 37x , Basso — 41x
Grave — 46x , Allegro ma non troppo — 23x , Larghetto — 26x , Presto — 23x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 505x Score — 74x
Flauto traverso — 54x , Basso — 34x
Andante moderato — 27x , Presto — 29x , Largo — 27x , Pastorale — 25x

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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