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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 64x Score — 18x
Flauto traversiere — 29x , Violino I — 10x , Violino II — 12x , Basso — 10x
[1.] Allegro — 8x , [2.] Adagio — 6x , [3.] Presto — 5x

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 — 67x Score — 29x
Flauto traversiere — 27x , Violino I — 11x , Violino II — 12x , Basso — 10x , Basso ripieno — 14x
[1.] Allegro assai — 7x , [2.] Grave — 6x , [3.] Allegro — 8x

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 — 214x Score — 47x
Flauto traverso — 29x , Violino I — 13x , Violino II — 16x , Viola — 13x , Basso ripieno — 15x , Basso continuo — 16x
Allegro Spiritoso — 13x , Affettuoso — 10x , Vivace — 12x

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 — 179x Score — 25x
Flauto traverso I — 23x , Flauto traverso II — 17x , Oboe I — 10x , Oboe II — 10x , Violino concertato — 10x , Violino I — 9x , Violino II — 8x , Viola — 9x , Fagotto — 11x , Basso — 14x
[Allegro] — 13x , alla Siciliana — 10x , Allegro — 10x

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 — 353x Score — 68x
Flauto traversiere — 49x , Violino I — 28x , Violino II — 28x , Basso ripieno — 31x , Basso continuo — 31x
Allegro — 16x , Andante moderato — 12x , Allegro assai — 10x

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 — 228x Score — 57x
Flauto traversiere — 28x , Violino I — 14x , Violino II — 13x , Viola — 12x , Basso ripieno — 13x , Basso — 13x
Allegro — 8x , Amoroso — 8x , Allegro assai — 8x

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 — 327x Score — 48x
Flauto traversiere — 33x , Violino I — 14x , Violino II — 19x , Viola — 15x , Basso — 15x , Basso ripieno — 14x
Allegro — 7x , Arioso e mesto — 9x , Presto — 6x

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 — 302x Score — 71x
Flauto traverso — 35x , Violino I — 15x , Violino II — 17x , Viola — 21x , Basso continuo — 14x , Basso ripieno — 16x
Allegro — 10x , Lento con Sordini — 11x , Vivace — 9x

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 — 338x Score — 53x
Flauto traversiere — 47x , Violino I — 15x , Violino II — 14x , Viola — 12x , Basso — 18x , Basso ripieno — 15x
Allegro assai — 13x , Lento — 10x , Vivace — 16x

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 — 511x Score — 69x
Flauto traversiere — 48x , Violino I — 18x , Violino II — 19x , Viola — 16x , Basso — 20x , Basso ripieno — 19x

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 — 403x Score — 60x
Flauto traversiere — 64x , Violino I — 16x , Violino II — 15x , Viola — 13x , Basso — 16x , Basso ripieno — 14x , Fagotto — 17x
Allegro di molto — 19x , Arioso mà con affetto — 15x , Vivace assai — 17x

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 — 481x Score — 67x
Flauto — 62x , Violino I — 19x , Violino II — 18x , Viola — 17x , Basso — 22x
Allegretto — 17x , Amorevole — 14x , Presto — 12x

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 — 441x Score — 76x
Flauto traverso — 45x , Violino I — 16x , Violino II — 19x , Viola — 18x , Basso — 18x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 16x , Larghetto — 12x , Presto — 12x

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 — 496x Score — 75x
Flauto traverso — 44x , Viola — 22x , Violino — 29x , Basso — 19x
Allegro — 16x , Larghetto — 12x , Presto — 12x

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 — 404x Score — 56x
Flauto traversiere I — 33x , Flauto traversiere II — 25x , Violino I — 23x , Violino II — 17x , Viola — 19x , Basso ripieno — 20x , Basso continuo — 19x
Allegro — 19x , Amoroso con Sordini — 18x , Presto — 19x

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 — 484x Score — 51x
Flauto traversiere — 29x , Violino I — 11x , Violino II — 11x , Viola — 12x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 15x , Basso continuo — 11x
Allegro assai — 15x , Lento — 10x , Vivace — 12x

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

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Sample — 381x Score — 74x
Flauto traversiere I — 45x , Flauto traversiere II — 33x , Basso — 33x
Affettuoso — 10x , Presto — 15x , Larghetto — 10x , Vivace — 11x

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 — 660x Score — 33x
Flauto traversiere I — 19x , Flauto traversiere II — 15x , Oboe I — 11x , Oboe II — 12x , Violino I — 12x , Violino II — 11x , Violino di ripieno — 12x , Viola — 14x , Fagotto — 16x , Basso — 14x
Vivace — 10x , Siciliana Larghetto — 11x , Allegro assai — 12x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 397x Score — 57x
Flauto traversiere I — 36x , Flauto traversiere II — 25x , Basso — 24x
Adagio — 7x , Allegro — 11x , Largo — 9x , Allegro — 8x

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 — 364x Score — 52x
Flauto dolce — 35x , Flauto traversiere — 32x , Basso — 24x
Affettuoso — 12x , Alla breve — 9x , Larghetto — 9x , Vivace — 9x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 386x Score — 57x
Flauto traversiere I — 29x , Flauto traversiere II — 26x , Basso — 26x
Grave — 30x , Allegro ma non troppo — 9x , Larghetto — 11x , Presto — 12x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 492x Score — 61x
Flauto traverso — 42x , Basso — 22x
Andante moderato — 10x , Presto — 13x , Largo — 10x , Pastorale — 8x

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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