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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 67x Score — 27x
Flauto traversiere — 34x , Violino I — 19x , Violino II — 18x , Basso — 17x
[1.] Allegro — 23x , [2.] Adagio — 21x , [3.] Presto — 22x

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 — 70x Score — 36x
Flauto traversiere — 34x , Violino I — 18x , Violino II — 21x , Basso — 19x , Basso ripieno — 18x
[1.] Allegro assai — 13x , [2.] Grave — 12x , [3.] Allegro — 14x

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 — 227x Score — 54x
Flauto traverso — 36x , Violino I — 18x , Violino II — 20x , Viola — 21x , Basso ripieno — 18x , Basso continuo — 21x
Allegro Spiritoso — 17x , Affettuoso — 17x , Vivace — 18x

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 — 181x Score — 31x
Flauto traverso I — 28x , Flauto traverso II — 20x , Oboe I — 17x , Oboe II — 15x , Violino concertato — 15x , Violino I — 15x , Violino II — 14x , Viola — 16x , Fagotto — 15x , Basso — 18x
[Allegro] — 17x , alla Siciliana — 13x , Allegro — 18x

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 — 363x Score — 73x
Flauto traversiere — 56x , Violino I — 33x , Violino II — 34x , Basso ripieno — 36x , Basso continuo — 36x
Allegro — 21x , Andante moderato — 19x , Allegro assai — 15x

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 — 234x Score — 63x
Flauto traversiere — 36x , Violino I — 19x , Violino II — 17x , Viola — 17x , Basso ripieno — 17x , Basso — 17x
Allegro — 12x , Amoroso — 13x , Allegro assai — 13x

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 — 330x Score — 55x
Flauto traversiere — 38x , Violino I — 20x , Violino II — 25x , Viola — 21x , Basso — 21x , Basso ripieno — 22x
Allegro — 13x , Arioso e mesto — 15x , Presto — 10x

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 — 307x Score — 80x
Flauto traverso — 44x , Violino I — 24x , Violino II — 24x , Viola — 25x , Basso continuo — 20x , Basso ripieno — 22x
Allegro — 15x , Lento con Sordini — 15x , Vivace — 13x

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 — 349x Score — 61x
Flauto traversiere — 53x , Violino I — 21x , Violino II — 22x , Viola — 20x , Basso — 23x , Basso ripieno — 20x
Allegro assai — 19x , Lento — 15x , Vivace — 22x

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 — 517x Score — 75x
Flauto traversiere — 53x , Violino I — 24x , Violino II — 28x , Viola — 26x , Basso — 26x , Basso ripieno — 24x

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 — 413x Score — 66x
Flauto traversiere — 70x , Violino I — 21x , Violino II — 21x , Viola — 19x , Basso — 22x , Basso ripieno — 23x , Fagotto — 24x
Allegro di molto — 25x , Arioso mà con affetto — 21x , Vivace assai — 22x

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 — 490x Score — 75x
Flauto — 69x , Violino I — 25x , Violino II — 26x , Viola — 23x , Basso — 27x
Allegretto — 22x , Amorevole — 19x , Presto — 17x

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 — 445x Score — 84x
Flauto traverso — 51x , Violino I — 23x , Violino II — 24x , Viola — 24x , Basso — 24x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 22x , Larghetto — 20x , Presto — 16x

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 — 503x Score — 83x
Flauto traverso — 52x , Viola — 28x , Violino — 36x , Basso — 26x
Allegro — 21x , Larghetto — 16x , Presto — 18x

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 — 407x Score — 65x
Flauto traversiere I — 39x , Flauto traversiere II — 32x , Violino I — 28x , Violino II — 24x , Viola — 25x , Basso ripieno — 25x , Basso continuo — 27x
Allegro — 25x , Amoroso con Sordini — 25x , Presto — 23x

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 — 489x Score — 56x
Flauto traversiere — 36x , Violino I — 19x , Violino II — 20x , Viola — 19x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 20x , Basso continuo — 17x
Allegro assai — 19x , Lento — 17x , Vivace — 18x

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

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Sample — 386x Score — 80x
Flauto traversiere I — 49x , Flauto traversiere II — 40x , Basso — 37x
Affettuoso — 16x , Presto — 19x , Larghetto — 14x , Vivace — 15x

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 — 667x Score — 38x
Flauto traversiere I — 26x , Flauto traversiere II — 21x , Oboe I — 16x , Oboe II — 17x , Violino I — 19x , Violino II — 18x , Violino di ripieno — 19x , Viola — 18x , Fagotto — 21x , Basso — 21x
Vivace — 14x , Siciliana Larghetto — 17x , Allegro assai — 17x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 404x Score — 64x
Flauto traversiere I — 44x , Flauto traversiere II — 32x , Basso — 32x
Adagio — 10x , Allegro — 17x , Largo — 13x , Allegro — 13x

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 — 368x Score — 58x
Flauto dolce — 41x , Flauto traversiere — 37x , Basso — 28x
Affettuoso — 17x , Alla breve — 14x , Larghetto — 15x , Vivace — 13x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 395x Score — 63x
Flauto traversiere I — 36x , Flauto traversiere II — 30x , Basso — 35x
Grave — 37x , Allegro ma non troppo — 15x , Larghetto — 17x , Presto — 16x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 496x Score — 68x
Flauto traverso — 48x , Basso — 29x
Andante moderato — 19x , Presto — 23x , Largo — 18x , Pastorale — 16x

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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