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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 100x Score — 72x
Flauto traversiere — 84x , Violino I — 49x , Violino II — 51x , Basso — 52x
[1.] Allegro — 93x , [2.] Adagio — 69x , [3.] Presto — 69x

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 — 100x Score — 78x
Flauto traversiere — 65x , Violino I — 49x , Violino II — 44x , Basso — 47x , Basso ripieno — 46x
[1.] Allegro assai — 50x , [2.] Grave — 45x , [3.] Allegro — 55x

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 — 279x Score — 89x
Flauto traverso — 70x , Violino I — 45x , Violino II — 47x , Viola — 50x , Basso ripieno — 45x , Basso continuo — 50x
Allegro Spiritoso — 52x , Affettuoso — 56x , Vivace — 52x

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 — 217x Score — 67x
Flauto traverso I — 56x , Flauto traverso II — 46x , Oboe I — 41x , Oboe II — 39x , Violino concertato — 39x , Violino I — 40x , Violino II — 36x , Viola — 41x , Fagotto — 41x , Basso — 44x
[Allegro] — 44x , alla Siciliana — 46x , Allegro — 54x

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 — 401x Score — 104x
Flauto traversiere — 82x , Violino I — 63x , Violino II — 63x , Basso ripieno — 59x , Basso continuo — 59x
Allegro — 48x , Andante moderato — 44x , Allegro assai — 57x

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 — 272x Score — 88x
Flauto traversiere — 62x , Violino I — 46x , Violino II — 41x , Viola — 42x , Basso ripieno — 42x , Basso — 42x
Allegro — 42x , Amoroso — 47x , Allegro assai — 47x

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 — 375x Score — 82x
Flauto traversiere — 66x , Violino I — 45x , Violino II — 51x , Viola — 45x , Basso — 50x , Basso ripieno — 46x
Allegro — 38x , Arioso e mesto — 47x , Presto — 44x

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 — 335x Score — 103x
Flauto traverso — 70x , Violino I — 48x , Violino II — 48x , Viola — 50x , Basso continuo — 46x , Basso ripieno — 46x
Allegro — 34x , Lento con Sordini — 54x , Vivace — 46x

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 — 390x Score — 98x
Flauto traversiere — 80x , Violino I — 48x , Violino II — 50x , Viola — 45x , Basso — 48x , Basso ripieno — 48x
Allegro assai — 51x , Lento — 44x , Vivace — 44x

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 — 555x Score — 109x
Flauto traversiere — 78x , Violino I — 47x , Violino II — 53x , Viola — 57x , Basso — 51x , Basso ripieno — 50x

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 — 448x Score — 109x
Flauto traversiere — 97x , Violino I — 46x , Violino II — 47x , Viola — 43x , Basso — 47x , Basso ripieno — 52x , Fagotto — 47x
Allegro di molto — 53x , Arioso mà con affetto — 54x , Vivace assai — 51x

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 — 535x Score — 105x
Flauto — 98x , Violino I — 52x , Violino II — 50x , Viola — 49x , Basso — 54x
Allegretto — 46x , Amorevole — 41x , Presto — 40x

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 — 471x Score — 119x
Flauto traverso — 76x , Violino I — 50x , Violino II — 49x , Viola — 50x , Basso — 48x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 57x , Larghetto — 53x , Presto — 50x

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 — 538x Score — 112x
Flauto traverso — 78x , Viola — 52x , Violino — 60x , Basso — 50x
Allegro — 78x , Larghetto — 66x , Presto — 61x

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 — 445x Score — 93x
Flauto traversiere I — 67x , Flauto traversiere II — 59x , Violino I — 54x , Violino II — 47x , Viola — 47x , Basso ripieno — 52x , Basso continuo — 50x
Allegro — 59x , Amoroso con Sordini — 53x , Presto — 44x

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 — 527x Score — 95x
Flauto traversiere — 64x , Violino I — 46x , Violino II — 46x , Viola — 48x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 47x , Basso continuo — 43x
Allegro assai — 53x , Lento — 47x , Vivace — 52x

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

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Sample — 415x Score — 113x
Flauto traversiere I — 71x , Flauto traversiere II — 66x , Basso — 62x
Affettuoso — 53x , Presto — 39x , Larghetto — 38x , Vivace — 35x

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 — 712x Score — 64x
Flauto traversiere I — 50x , Flauto traversiere II — 43x , Oboe I — 41x , Oboe II — 40x , Violino I — 42x , Violino II — 41x , Violino di ripieno — 42x , Viola — 40x , Fagotto — 44x , Basso — 45x
Vivace — 41x , Siciliana Larghetto — 42x , Allegro assai — 49x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 448x Score — 114x
Flauto traversiere I — 72x , Flauto traversiere II — 55x , Basso — 60x
Adagio — 65x , Allegro — 69x , Largo — 67x , Allegro — 66x

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 — 404x Score — 89x
Flauto dolce — 66x , Flauto traversiere — 80x , Basso — 55x
Affettuoso — 46x , Alla breve — 36x , Larghetto — 48x , Vivace — 37x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 438x Score — 90x
Flauto traversiere I — 81x , Flauto traversiere II — 53x , Basso — 71x
Grave — 70x , Allegro ma non troppo — 41x , Larghetto — 40x , Presto — 39x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 532x Score — 97x
Flauto traverso — 72x , Basso — 54x
Andante moderato — 58x , Presto — 55x , Largo — 52x , Pastorale — 49x

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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