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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 165x Score — 206x
Flauto traversiere — 216x , Violino I — 132x , Violino II — 132x , Basso — 131x
[1.] Allegro — 294x , [2.] Adagio — 215x , [3.] Presto — 179x

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 — 157x Score — 224x
Flauto traversiere — 133x , Violino I — 120x , Violino II — 114x , Basso — 113x , Basso ripieno — 119x
[1.] Allegro assai — 172x , [2.] Grave — 108x , [3.] Allegro — 202x

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 — 357x Score — 221x
Flauto traverso — 141x , Violino I — 114x , Violino II — 123x , Viola — 141x , Basso ripieno — 115x , Basso continuo — 119x
Allegro Spiritoso — 113x , Affettuoso — 209x , Vivace — 196x

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 — 280x Score — 174x
Flauto traverso I — 135x , Flauto traverso II — 138x , Oboe I — 123x , Oboe II — 118x , Violino concertato — 126x , Violino I — 119x , Violino II — 120x , Viola — 134x , Fagotto — 136x , Basso — 122x
[Allegro] — 230x , alla Siciliana — 163x , Allegro — 208x

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 — 463x Score — 231x
Flauto traversiere — 145x , Violino I — 131x , Violino II — 132x , Basso ripieno — 122x , Basso continuo — 129x
Allegro — 214x , Andante moderato — 131x , Allegro assai — 114x

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 — 334x Score — 165x
Flauto traversiere — 130x , Violino I — 112x , Violino II — 106x , Viola — 106x , Basso ripieno — 103x , Basso — 108x
Allegro — 197x , Amoroso — 112x , Allegro assai — 199x

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 — 459x Score — 148x
Flauto traversiere — 133x , Violino I — 110x , Violino II — 123x , Viola — 111x , Basso — 123x , Basso ripieno — 111x
Allegro — 144x , Arioso e mesto — 220x , Presto — 171x

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 — 401x Score — 172x
Flauto traverso — 144x , Violino I — 112x , Violino II — 118x , Viola — 117x , Basso continuo — 110x , Basso ripieno — 110x
Allegro — 94x , Lento con Sordini — 195x , Vivace — 203x

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 — 453x Score — 215x
Flauto traversiere — 158x , Violino I — 112x , Violino II — 113x , Viola — 123x , Basso — 111x , Basso ripieno — 113x
Allegro assai — 255x , Lento — 127x , Vivace — 244x

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 — 617x Score — 239x
Flauto traversiere — 148x , Violino I — 118x , Violino II — 117x , Viola — 123x , Basso — 119x , Basso ripieno — 114x

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 — 504x Score — 237x
Flauto traversiere — 167x , Violino I — 113x , Violino II — 116x , Viola — 115x , Basso — 114x , Basso ripieno — 110x , Fagotto — 114x
Allegro di molto — 103x , Arioso mà con affetto — 111x , Vivace assai — 161x

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 — 595x Score — 190x
Flauto — 169x , Violino I — 123x , Violino II — 129x , Viola — 122x , Basso — 119x
Allegretto — 109x , Amorevole — 103x , Presto — 171x

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 — 531x Score — 253x
Flauto traverso — 151x , Violino I — 128x , Violino II — 127x , Viola — 125x , Basso — 121x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 192x , Larghetto — 112x , Presto — 186x

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 — 603x Score — 193x
Flauto traverso — 142x , Viola — 112x , Violino — 128x , Basso — 122x
Allegro — 146x , Larghetto — 118x , Presto — 258x

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 — 501x Score — 169x
Flauto traversiere I — 134x , Flauto traversiere II — 127x , Violino I — 123x , Violino II — 112x , Viola — 110x , Basso ripieno — 118x , Basso continuo — 112x
Allegro — 202x , Amoroso con Sordini — 243x , Presto — 95x

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 — 608x Score — 227x
Flauto traversiere — 133x , Violino I — 134x , Violino II — 125x , Viola — 143x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 121x , Basso continuo — 106x
Allegro assai — 109x , Lento — 111x , Vivace — 183x

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

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Sample — 480x Score — 190x
Flauto traversiere I — 131x , Flauto traversiere II — 132x , Basso — 137x
Affettuoso — 116x , Presto — 90x , Larghetto — 90x , Vivace — 93x

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

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Sample — 777x Score — 205x
Flauto traversiere I — 125x , Flauto traversiere II — 114x , Oboe I — 113x , Oboe II — 117x , Violino I — 116x , Violino II — 122x , Violino di ripieno — 114x , Viola — 117x , Fagotto — 117x , Basso — 120x
Vivace — 148x , Siciliana Larghetto — 107x , Allegro assai — 113x

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

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Sample — 524x Score — 186x
Flauto traversiere I — 137x , Flauto traversiere II — 132x , Basso — 129x
Adagio — 128x , Allegro — 128x , Largo — 126x , Allegro — 123x

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 — 463x Score — 158x
Flauto dolce — 136x , Flauto traversiere — 188x , Basso — 121x
Affettuoso — 94x , Alla breve — 84x , Larghetto — 106x , Vivace — 89x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 499x Score — 157x
Flauto traversiere I — 156x , Flauto traversiere II — 122x , Basso — 159x
Grave — 130x , Allegro ma non troppo — 104x , Larghetto — 92x , Presto — 101x

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

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Sample — 604x Score — 178x
Flauto traverso — 159x , Basso — 130x
Andante moderato — 122x , Presto — 121x , Largo — 116x , Pastorale — 113x

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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