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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 150x Score — 149x
Flauto traversiere — 158x , Violino I — 102x , Violino II — 106x , Basso — 110x
[1.] Allegro — 162x , [2.] Adagio — 97x , [3.] Presto — 99x

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 — 141x Score — 160x
Flauto traversiere — 113x , Violino I — 99x , Violino II — 93x , Basso — 96x , Basso ripieno — 96x
[1.] Allegro assai — 76x , [2.] Grave — 71x , [3.] Allegro — 87x

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 — 339x Score — 162x
Flauto traverso — 124x , Violino I — 97x , Violino II — 98x , Viola — 117x , Basso ripieno — 95x , Basso continuo — 95x
Allegro Spiritoso — 82x , Affettuoso — 98x , Vivace — 82x

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 — 263x Score — 135x
Flauto traverso I — 110x , Flauto traverso II — 110x , Oboe I — 98x , Oboe II — 91x , Violino concertato — 97x , Violino I — 96x , Violino II — 92x , Viola — 105x , Fagotto — 104x , Basso — 99x
[Allegro] — 85x , alla Siciliana — 86x , Allegro — 97x

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 — 445x Score — 171x
Flauto traversiere — 131x , Violino I — 112x , Violino II — 112x , Basso ripieno — 105x , Basso continuo — 108x
Allegro — 83x , Andante moderato — 77x , Allegro assai — 85x

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 — 315x Score — 140x
Flauto traversiere — 112x , Violino I — 95x , Violino II — 88x , Viola — 88x , Basso ripieno — 86x , Basso — 89x
Allegro — 74x , Amoroso — 81x , Allegro assai — 79x

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 — 423x Score — 125x
Flauto traversiere — 117x , Violino I — 91x , Violino II — 100x , Viola — 93x , Basso — 100x , Basso ripieno — 90x
Allegro — 67x , Arioso e mesto — 79x , Presto — 74x

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 — 384x Score — 152x
Flauto traverso — 123x , Violino I — 93x , Violino II — 92x , Viola — 96x , Basso continuo — 92x , Basso ripieno — 93x
Allegro — 57x , Lento con Sordini — 85x , Vivace — 79x

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 — 433x Score — 165x
Flauto traversiere — 126x , Violino I — 95x , Violino II — 95x , Viola — 91x , Basso — 92x , Basso ripieno — 96x
Allegro assai — 91x , Lento — 75x , Vivace — 74x

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 — 598x Score — 177x
Flauto traversiere — 125x , Violino I — 96x , Violino II — 96x , Viola — 104x , Basso — 96x , Basso ripieno — 98x

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 — 488x Score — 177x
Flauto traversiere — 147x , Violino I — 96x , Violino II — 98x , Viola — 93x , Basso — 94x , Basso ripieno — 97x , Fagotto — 95x
Allegro di molto — 78x , Arioso mà con affetto — 89x , Vivace assai — 81x

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 — 579x Score — 167x
Flauto — 151x , Violino I — 105x , Violino II — 108x , Viola — 104x , Basso — 102x
Allegretto — 77x , Amorevole — 72x , Presto — 67x

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 — 513x Score — 192x
Flauto traverso — 127x , Violino I — 102x , Violino II — 101x , Viola — 98x , Basso — 101x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 91x , Larghetto — 86x , Presto — 81x

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 — 582x Score — 169x
Flauto traverso — 121x , Viola — 95x , Violino — 110x , Basso — 98x
Allegro — 109x , Larghetto — 93x , Presto — 102x

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 — 488x Score — 140x
Flauto traversiere I — 114x , Flauto traversiere II — 106x , Violino I — 103x , Violino II — 96x , Viola — 95x , Basso ripieno — 100x , Basso continuo — 96x
Allegro — 90x , Amoroso con Sordini — 89x , Presto — 70x

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 — 583x Score — 164x
Flauto traversiere — 109x , Violino I — 106x , Violino II — 101x , Viola — 109x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 102x , Basso continuo — 88x
Allegro assai — 83x , Lento — 80x , Vivace — 83x

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

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Sample — 458x Score — 161x
Flauto traversiere I — 116x , Flauto traversiere II — 112x , Basso — 109x
Affettuoso — 88x , Presto — 66x , Larghetto — 66x , Vivace — 69x

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

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Sample — 759x Score — 140x
Flauto traversiere I — 104x , Flauto traversiere II — 95x , Oboe I — 91x , Oboe II — 94x , Violino I — 98x , Violino II — 96x , Violino di ripieno — 92x , Viola — 91x , Fagotto — 96x , Basso — 98x
Vivace — 89x , Siciliana Larghetto — 80x , Allegro assai — 83x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 498x Score — 163x
Flauto traversiere I — 118x , Flauto traversiere II — 104x , Basso — 107x
Adagio — 98x , Allegro — 102x , Largo — 97x , Allegro — 96x

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 — 448x Score — 142x
Flauto dolce — 114x , Flauto traversiere — 143x , Basso — 101x
Affettuoso — 73x , Alla breve — 63x , Larghetto — 82x , Vivace — 65x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 479x Score — 140x
Flauto traversiere I — 134x , Flauto traversiere II — 103x , Basso — 130x
Grave — 104x , Allegro ma non troppo — 75x , Larghetto — 67x , Presto — 72x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 582x Score — 153x
Flauto traverso — 126x , Basso — 107x
Andante moderato — 91x , Presto — 92x , Largo — 88x , Pastorale — 86x

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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