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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 206x Score — 325x
Flauto traversiere — 324x , Violino I — 163x , Violino II — 162x , Basso — 168x
[1.] Allegro — 427x , [2.] Adagio — 344x , [3.] Presto — 326x

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 — 213x Score — 341x
Flauto traversiere — 180x , Violino I — 158x , Violino II — 143x , Basso — 150x , Basso ripieno — 154x
[1.] Allegro assai — 339x , [2.] Grave — 267x , [3.] Allegro — 380x

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 — 407x Score — 351x
Flauto traverso — 171x , Violino I — 145x , Violino II — 153x , Viola — 176x , Basso ripieno — 144x , Basso continuo — 176x
Allegro Spiritoso — 257x , Affettuoso — 330x , Vivace — 333x

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 — 318x Score — 217x
Flauto traverso I — 171x , Flauto traverso II — 166x , Oboe I — 155x , Oboe II — 156x , Violino concertato — 158x , Violino I — 152x , Violino II — 155x , Viola — 161x , Fagotto — 173x , Basso — 154x
[Allegro] — 347x , alla Siciliana — 290x , Allegro — 335x

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 — 508x Score — 354x
Flauto traversiere — 188x , Violino I — 162x , Violino II — 164x , Basso ripieno — 153x , Basso continuo — 164x
Allegro — 345x , Andante moderato — 263x , Allegro assai — 219x

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 — 380x Score — 205x
Flauto traversiere — 162x , Violino I — 139x , Violino II — 138x , Viola — 134x , Basso ripieno — 135x , Basso — 138x
Allegro — 329x , Amoroso — 243x , Allegro assai — 340x

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 — 527x Score — 186x
Flauto traversiere — 161x , Violino I — 155x , Violino II — 176x , Viola — 136x , Basso — 151x , Basso ripieno — 147x
Allegro — 257x , Arioso e mesto — 363x , Presto — 306x

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 — 450x Score — 209x
Flauto traverso — 179x , Violino I — 142x , Violino II — 148x , Viola — 144x , Basso continuo — 143x , Basso ripieno — 143x
Allegro — 277x , Lento con Sordini — 276x , Vivace — 315x

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 — 498x Score — 333x
Flauto traversiere — 223x , Violino I — 141x , Violino II — 174x , Viola — 192x , Basso — 166x , Basso ripieno — 154x
Allegro assai — 422x , Lento — 281x , Vivace — 387x

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 — 665x Score — 353x
Flauto traversiere — 184x , Violino I — 150x , Violino II — 148x , Viola — 156x , Basso — 158x , Basso ripieno — 143x

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 — 538x Score — 356x
Flauto traversiere — 210x , Violino I — 148x , Violino II — 148x , Viola — 146x , Basso — 147x , Basso ripieno — 139x , Fagotto — 143x
Allegro di molto — 190x , Arioso mà con affetto — 158x , Vivace assai — 297x

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 — 626x Score — 251x
Flauto — 209x , Violino I — 157x , Violino II — 163x , Viola — 152x , Basso — 148x
Allegretto — 181x , Amorevole — 160x , Presto — 314x

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 — 558x Score — 379x
Flauto traverso — 191x , Violino I — 164x , Violino II — 156x , Viola — 168x , Basso — 162x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 300x , Larghetto — 186x , Presto — 335x

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 — 649x Score — 246x
Flauto traverso — 177x , Viola — 146x , Violino — 168x , Basso — 151x
Allegro — 319x , Larghetto — 137x , Presto — 417x

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 — 538x Score — 209x
Flauto traversiere I — 172x , Flauto traversiere II — 158x , Violino I — 154x , Violino II — 146x , Viola — 143x , Basso ripieno — 151x , Basso continuo — 146x
Allegro — 325x , Amoroso con Sordini — 388x , Presto — 162x

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 — 650x Score — 356x
Flauto traversiere — 206x , Violino I — 195x , Violino II — 167x , Viola — 214x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 178x , Basso continuo — 139x
Allegro assai — 166x , Lento — 215x , Vivace — 341x

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

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Sample — 523x Score — 232x
Flauto traversiere I — 168x , Flauto traversiere II — 174x , Basso — 172x
Affettuoso — 143x , Presto — 124x , Larghetto — 117x , Vivace — 119x

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 — 816x Score — 328x
Flauto traversiere I — 152x , Flauto traversiere II — 155x , Oboe I — 152x , Oboe II — 151x , Violino I — 155x , Violino II — 153x , Violino di ripieno — 139x , Viola — 146x , Fagotto — 157x , Basso — 156x
Vivace — 253x , Siciliana Larghetto — 141x , Allegro assai — 138x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 574x Score — 228x
Flauto traversiere I — 172x , Flauto traversiere II — 170x , Basso — 161x
Adagio — 158x , Allegro — 157x , Largo — 158x , Allegro — 145x

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 — 511x Score — 242x
Flauto dolce — 235x , Flauto traversiere — 291x , Basso — 207x
Affettuoso — 132x , Alla breve — 123x , Larghetto — 148x , Vivace — 122x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 552x Score — 242x
Flauto traversiere I — 264x , Flauto traversiere II — 224x , Basso — 259x
Grave — 169x , Allegro ma non troppo — 136x , Larghetto — 124x , Presto — 128x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 651x Score — 259x
Flauto traverso — 263x , Basso — 232x
Andante moderato — 175x , Presto — 163x , Largo — 159x , Pastorale — 161x

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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