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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 130x Score — 116x
Flauto traversiere — 128x , Violino I — 82x , Violino II — 85x , Basso — 83x
[1.] Allegro — 127x , [2.] Adagio — 89x , [3.] Presto — 93x

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 — 125x Score — 119x
Flauto traversiere — 92x , Violino I — 77x , Violino II — 71x , Basso — 74x , Basso ripieno — 74x
[1.] Allegro assai — 67x , [2.] Grave — 63x , [3.] Allegro — 78x

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 — 319x Score — 132x
Flauto traverso — 105x , Violino I — 77x , Violino II — 76x , Viola — 85x , Basso ripieno — 75x , Basso continuo — 78x
Allegro Spiritoso — 72x , Affettuoso — 82x , Vivace — 70x

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 — 248x Score — 104x
Flauto traverso I — 90x , Flauto traverso II — 80x , Oboe I — 78x , Oboe II — 71x , Violino concertato — 74x , Violino I — 77x , Violino II — 74x , Viola — 77x , Fagotto — 73x , Basso — 79x
[Allegro] — 70x , alla Siciliana — 74x , Allegro — 79x

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 — 429x Score — 140x
Flauto traversiere — 109x , Violino I — 90x , Violino II — 90x , Basso ripieno — 85x , Basso continuo — 87x
Allegro — 66x , Andante moderato — 65x , Allegro assai — 76x

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 — 299x Score — 113x
Flauto traversiere — 91x , Violino I — 74x , Violino II — 70x , Viola — 71x , Basso ripieno — 68x , Basso — 69x
Allegro — 63x , Amoroso — 68x , Allegro assai — 70x

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 — 404x Score — 107x
Flauto traversiere — 95x , Violino I — 71x , Violino II — 75x , Viola — 71x , Basso — 75x , Basso ripieno — 70x
Allegro — 56x , Arioso e mesto — 71x , Presto — 65x

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 — 364x Score — 134x
Flauto traverso — 104x , Violino I — 76x , Violino II — 74x , Viola — 79x , Basso continuo — 73x , Basso ripieno — 76x
Allegro — 50x , Lento con Sordini — 74x , Vivace — 71x

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 — 417x Score — 136x
Flauto traversiere — 107x , Violino I — 76x , Violino II — 77x , Viola — 74x , Basso — 74x , Basso ripieno — 78x
Allegro assai — 71x , Lento — 64x , Vivace — 60x

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 — 584x Score — 145x
Flauto traversiere — 105x , Violino I — 75x , Violino II — 78x , Viola — 85x , Basso — 77x , Basso ripieno — 75x

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 — 474x Score — 147x
Flauto traversiere — 125x , Violino I — 73x , Violino II — 78x , Viola — 70x , Basso — 74x , Basso ripieno — 78x , Fagotto — 74x
Allegro di molto — 69x , Arioso mà con affetto — 75x , Vivace assai — 71x

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 — 563x Score — 143x
Flauto — 129x , Violino I — 82x , Violino II — 87x , Viola — 82x , Basso — 82x
Allegretto — 65x , Amorevole — 62x , Presto — 58x

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 — 499x Score — 154x
Flauto traverso — 105x , Violino I — 77x , Violino II — 77x , Viola — 77x , Basso — 78x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 79x , Larghetto — 77x , Presto — 71x

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 — 565x Score — 149x
Flauto traverso — 103x , Viola — 77x , Violino — 89x , Basso — 78x
Allegro — 98x , Larghetto — 85x , Presto — 79x

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 — 474x Score — 121x
Flauto traversiere I — 95x , Flauto traversiere II — 86x , Violino I — 83x , Violino II — 75x , Viola — 75x , Basso ripieno — 80x , Basso continuo — 79x
Allegro — 81x , Amoroso con Sordini — 77x , Presto — 62x

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 — 560x Score — 133x
Flauto traversiere — 90x , Violino I — 76x , Violino II — 74x , Viola — 80x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 76x , Basso continuo — 70x
Allegro assai — 73x , Lento — 69x , Vivace — 73x

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

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Sample — 441x Score — 141x
Flauto traversiere I — 97x , Flauto traversiere II — 93x , Basso — 91x
Affettuoso — 73x , Presto — 56x , Larghetto — 55x , Vivace — 56x

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 — 743x Score — 104x
Flauto traversiere I — 81x , Flauto traversiere II — 73x , Oboe I — 69x , Oboe II — 70x , Violino I — 74x , Violino II — 72x , Violino di ripieno — 70x , Viola — 69x , Fagotto — 74x , Basso — 76x
Vivace — 67x , Siciliana Larghetto — 65x , Allegro assai — 71x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 479x Score — 140x
Flauto traversiere I — 98x , Flauto traversiere II — 84x , Basso — 88x
Adagio — 86x , Allegro — 88x , Largo — 84x , Allegro — 85x

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 — 432x Score — 117x
Flauto dolce — 92x , Flauto traversiere — 117x , Basso — 79x
Affettuoso — 63x , Alla breve — 52x , Larghetto — 69x , Vivace — 54x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 463x Score — 115x
Flauto traversiere I — 112x , Flauto traversiere II — 80x , Basso — 104x
Grave — 93x , Allegro ma non troppo — 62x , Larghetto — 58x , Presto — 59x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 565x Score — 128x
Flauto traverso — 103x , Basso — 86x
Andante moderato — 79x , Presto — 77x , Largo — 74x , Pastorale — 69x

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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