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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 167x Score — 215x
Flauto traversiere — 229x , Violino I — 134x , Violino II — 135x , Basso — 132x
[1.] Allegro — 324x , [2.] Adagio — 248x , [3.] Presto — 219x

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 — 161x Score — 235x
Flauto traversiere — 135x , Violino I — 123x , Violino II — 117x , Basso — 115x , Basso ripieno — 121x
[1.] Allegro assai — 196x , [2.] Grave — 131x , [3.] Allegro — 238x

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 — 367x Score — 239x
Flauto traverso — 144x , Violino I — 117x , Violino II — 124x , Viola — 143x , Basso ripieno — 117x , Basso continuo — 132x
Allegro Spiritoso — 121x , Affettuoso — 239x , Vivace — 234x

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 — 283x Score — 177x
Flauto traverso I — 138x , Flauto traverso II — 139x , Oboe I — 124x , Oboe II — 121x , Violino concertato — 127x , Violino I — 120x , Violino II — 121x , Viola — 136x , Fagotto — 141x , Basso — 125x
[Allegro] — 264x , alla Siciliana — 206x , Allegro — 249x

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 — 466x Score — 239x
Flauto traversiere — 150x , Violino I — 134x , Violino II — 136x , Basso ripieno — 123x , Basso continuo — 133x
Allegro — 241x , Andante moderato — 163x , Allegro assai — 117x

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 — 341x Score — 167x
Flauto traversiere — 133x , Violino I — 117x , Violino II — 108x , Viola — 110x , Basso ripieno — 105x , Basso — 109x
Allegro — 221x , Amoroso — 151x , Allegro assai — 234x

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 — 470x Score — 154x
Flauto traversiere — 135x , Violino I — 112x , Violino II — 139x , Viola — 113x , Basso — 126x , Basso ripieno — 115x
Allegro — 179x , Arioso e mesto — 260x , Presto — 207x

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 — 406x Score — 174x
Flauto traverso — 147x , Violino I — 113x , Violino II — 120x , Viola — 118x , Basso continuo — 111x , Basso ripieno — 115x
Allegro — 126x , Lento con Sordini — 228x , Vivace — 234x

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 — 455x Score — 233x
Flauto traversiere — 167x , Violino I — 116x , Violino II — 122x , Viola — 133x , Basso — 118x , Basso ripieno — 116x
Allegro assai — 293x , Lento — 178x , Vivace — 283x

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 — 625x Score — 252x
Flauto traversiere — 151x , Violino I — 121x , Violino II — 121x , Viola — 126x , Basso — 120x , Basso ripieno — 117x

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 — 507x Score — 248x
Flauto traversiere — 169x , Violino I — 118x , Violino II — 118x , Viola — 118x , Basso — 116x , Basso ripieno — 113x , Fagotto — 115x
Allegro di molto — 116x , Arioso mà con affetto — 122x , Vivace assai — 195x

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 — 598x Score — 194x
Flauto — 173x , Violino I — 125x , Violino II — 133x , Viola — 123x , Basso — 121x
Allegretto — 115x , Amorevole — 106x , Presto — 205x

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 — 533x Score — 269x
Flauto traverso — 159x , Violino I — 130x , Violino II — 130x , Viola — 126x , Basso — 125x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 220x , Larghetto — 121x , Presto — 226x

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 — 610x Score — 201x
Flauto traverso — 144x , Viola — 116x , Violino — 129x , Basso — 124x
Allegro — 180x , Larghetto — 123x , Presto — 294x

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 — 504x Score — 175x
Flauto traversiere I — 137x , Flauto traversiere II — 131x , Violino I — 124x , Violino II — 117x , Viola — 111x , Basso ripieno — 120x , Basso continuo — 114x
Allegro — 230x , Amoroso con Sordini — 282x , Presto — 101x

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 — 609x Score — 245x
Flauto traversiere — 152x , Violino I — 135x , Violino II — 128x , Viola — 161x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 128x , Basso continuo — 108x
Allegro assai — 123x , Lento — 127x , Vivace — 224x

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

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Sample — 482x Score — 196x
Flauto traversiere I — 135x , Flauto traversiere II — 136x , Basso — 139x
Affettuoso — 120x , Presto — 93x , Larghetto — 92x , Vivace — 96x

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

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Sample — 781x Score — 221x
Flauto traversiere I — 126x , Flauto traversiere II — 121x , Oboe I — 118x , Oboe II — 120x , Violino I — 118x , Violino II — 127x , Violino di ripieno — 116x , Viola — 118x , Fagotto — 120x , Basso — 124x
Vivace — 189x , Siciliana Larghetto — 110x , Allegro assai — 115x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 533x Score — 191x
Flauto traversiere I — 144x , Flauto traversiere II — 137x , Basso — 134x
Adagio — 132x , Allegro — 130x , Largo — 129x , Allegro — 126x

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 — 467x Score — 163x
Flauto dolce — 142x , Flauto traversiere — 202x , Basso — 124x
Affettuoso — 98x , Alla breve — 87x , Larghetto — 110x , Vivace — 94x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 500x Score — 161x
Flauto traversiere I — 168x , Flauto traversiere II — 135x , Basso — 170x
Grave — 133x , Allegro ma non troppo — 110x , Larghetto — 95x , Presto — 107x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 613x Score — 184x
Flauto traverso — 170x , Basso — 137x
Andante moderato — 130x , Presto — 126x , Largo — 121x , Pastorale — 117x

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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