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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 69x Score — 31x
Flauto traversiere — 38x , Violino I — 23x , Violino II — 23x , Basso — 23x
[1.] Allegro — 29x , [2.] Adagio — 27x , [3.] Presto — 28x

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 — 75x Score — 40x
Flauto traversiere — 38x , Violino I — 23x , Violino II — 24x , Basso — 23x , Basso ripieno — 22x
[1.] Allegro assai — 20x , [2.] Grave — 19x , [3.] Allegro — 19x

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 — 232x Score — 58x
Flauto traverso — 42x , Violino I — 23x , Violino II — 26x , Viola — 26x , Basso ripieno — 23x , Basso continuo — 25x
Allegro Spiritoso — 23x , Affettuoso — 22x , Vivace — 22x

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 — 186x Score — 39x
Flauto traverso I — 31x , Flauto traverso II — 26x , Oboe I — 20x , Oboe II — 20x , Violino concertato — 19x , Violino I — 18x , Violino II — 17x , Viola — 20x , Fagotto — 19x , Basso — 23x
[Allegro] — 22x , alla Siciliana — 18x , Allegro — 23x

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 — 369x Score — 77x
Flauto traversiere — 60x , Violino I — 38x , Violino II — 38x , Basso ripieno — 40x , Basso continuo — 41x
Allegro — 26x , Andante moderato — 23x , Allegro assai — 21x

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 — 241x Score — 67x
Flauto traversiere — 39x , Violino I — 24x , Violino II — 22x , Viola — 22x , Basso ripieno — 22x , Basso — 22x
Allegro — 18x , Amoroso — 18x , Allegro assai — 20x

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 — 342x Score — 59x
Flauto traversiere — 43x , Violino I — 23x , Violino II — 31x , Viola — 25x , Basso — 25x , Basso ripieno — 26x
Allegro — 16x , Arioso e mesto — 18x , Presto — 13x

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 — 310x Score — 83x
Flauto traverso — 48x , Violino I — 28x , Violino II — 27x , Viola — 28x , Basso continuo — 25x , Basso ripieno — 25x
Allegro — 18x , Lento con Sordini — 20x , Vivace — 17x

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 — 359x Score — 65x
Flauto traversiere — 58x , Violino I — 24x , Violino II — 27x , Viola — 24x , Basso — 29x , Basso ripieno — 25x
Allegro assai — 24x , Lento — 20x , Vivace — 27x

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 — 528x Score — 83x
Flauto traversiere — 58x , Violino I — 28x , Violino II — 32x , Viola — 30x , Basso — 31x , Basso ripieno — 30x

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 — 419x Score — 73x
Flauto traversiere — 75x , Violino I — 25x , Violino II — 26x , Viola — 23x , Basso — 27x , Basso ripieno — 27x , Fagotto — 27x
Allegro di molto — 28x , Arioso mà con affetto — 25x , Vivace assai — 27x

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 — 499x Score — 84x
Flauto — 73x , Violino I — 30x , Violino II — 30x , Viola — 28x , Basso — 33x
Allegretto — 29x , Amorevole — 25x , Presto — 23x

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 — 447x Score — 87x
Flauto traverso — 55x , Violino I — 27x , Violino II — 27x , Viola — 27x , Basso — 28x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 26x , Larghetto — 23x , Presto — 21x

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 — 511x Score — 89x
Flauto traverso — 57x , Viola — 32x , Violino — 40x , Basso — 32x
Allegro — 28x , Larghetto — 22x , Presto — 20x

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 — 411x Score — 70x
Flauto traversiere I — 45x , Flauto traversiere II — 37x , Violino I — 33x , Violino II — 28x , Viola — 30x , Basso ripieno — 30x , Basso continuo — 31x
Allegro — 31x , Amoroso con Sordini — 28x , Presto — 29x

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 — 492x Score — 59x
Flauto traversiere — 41x , Violino I — 24x , Violino II — 23x , Viola — 23x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 26x , Basso continuo — 21x
Allegro assai — 25x , Lento — 22x , Vivace — 20x

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

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Sample — 389x Score — 84x
Flauto traversiere I — 52x , Flauto traversiere II — 44x , Basso — 43x
Affettuoso — 23x , Presto — 23x , Larghetto — 21x , Vivace — 16x

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

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Sample — 685x Score — 43x
Flauto traversiere I — 31x , Flauto traversiere II — 25x , Oboe I — 21x , Oboe II — 21x , Violino I — 24x , Violino II — 21x , Violino di ripieno — 22x , Viola — 21x , Fagotto — 25x , Basso — 26x
Vivace — 19x , Siciliana Larghetto — 21x , Allegro assai — 21x

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

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Sample — 415x Score — 69x
Flauto traversiere I — 48x , Flauto traversiere II — 37x , Basso — 35x
Adagio — 15x , Allegro — 23x , Largo — 19x , Allegro — 21x

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 — 373x Score — 63x
Flauto dolce — 44x , Flauto traversiere — 41x , Basso — 33x
Affettuoso — 22x , Alla breve — 18x , Larghetto — 20x , Vivace — 19x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 404x Score — 65x
Flauto traversiere I — 41x , Flauto traversiere II — 35x , Basso — 39x
Grave — 42x , Allegro ma non troppo — 20x , Larghetto — 22x , Presto — 20x

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

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Sample — 502x Score — 72x
Flauto traverso — 52x , Basso — 32x
Andante moderato — 24x , Presto — 25x , Largo — 24x , Pastorale — 21x

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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