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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 149x Score — 145x
Flauto traversiere — 155x , Violino I — 101x , Violino II — 105x , Basso — 109x
[1.] Allegro — 146x , [2.] Adagio — 96x , [3.] Presto — 98x

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 — 140x Score — 148x
Flauto traversiere — 110x , Violino I — 97x , Violino II — 91x , Basso — 94x , Basso ripieno — 92x
[1.] Allegro assai — 72x , [2.] Grave — 69x , [3.] Allegro — 84x

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 — 337x Score — 159x
Flauto traverso — 123x , Violino I — 95x , Violino II — 97x , Viola — 115x , Basso ripieno — 93x , Basso continuo — 94x
Allegro Spiritoso — 81x , Affettuoso — 96x , Vivace — 80x

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 — 261x Score — 132x
Flauto traverso I — 109x , Flauto traverso II — 107x , Oboe I — 96x , Oboe II — 90x , Violino concertato — 94x , Violino I — 94x , Violino II — 91x , Viola — 102x , Fagotto — 100x , Basso — 97x
[Allegro] — 79x , alla Siciliana — 83x , Allegro — 94x

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 — 442x Score — 167x
Flauto traversiere — 128x , Violino I — 111x , Violino II — 109x , Basso ripieno — 104x , Basso continuo — 106x
Allegro — 73x , Andante moderato — 76x , Allegro assai — 84x

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 — 314x Score — 139x
Flauto traversiere — 111x , Violino I — 93x , Violino II — 87x , Viola — 87x , Basso ripieno — 85x , Basso — 88x
Allegro — 73x , Amoroso — 80x , Allegro assai — 78x

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 — 421x Score — 124x
Flauto traversiere — 116x , Violino I — 89x , Violino II — 97x , Viola — 92x , Basso — 98x , Basso ripieno — 89x
Allegro — 65x , Arioso e mesto — 78x , Presto — 72x

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 — 381x Score — 150x
Flauto traverso — 121x , Violino I — 92x , Violino II — 91x , Viola — 95x , Basso continuo — 91x , Basso ripieno — 92x
Allegro — 56x , Lento con Sordini — 83x , Vivace — 78x

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 — 431x Score — 162x
Flauto traversiere — 124x , Violino I — 94x , Violino II — 94x , Viola — 90x , Basso — 91x , Basso ripieno — 95x
Allegro assai — 79x , Lento — 73x , Vivace — 67x

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 — 596x Score — 173x
Flauto traversiere — 124x , Violino I — 95x , Violino II — 95x , Viola — 103x , Basso — 95x , Basso ripieno — 97x

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 — 487x Score — 174x
Flauto traversiere — 145x , Violino I — 93x , Violino II — 97x , Viola — 92x , Basso — 93x , Basso ripieno — 95x , Fagotto — 94x
Allegro di molto — 77x , Arioso mà con affetto — 87x , Vivace assai — 79x

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 — 578x Score — 165x
Flauto — 149x , Violino I — 103x , Violino II — 106x , Viola — 103x , Basso — 101x
Allegretto — 75x , Amorevole — 71x , Presto — 66x

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 — 512x Score — 188x
Flauto traverso — 126x , Violino I — 101x , Violino II — 99x , Viola — 97x , Basso — 99x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 88x , Larghetto — 85x , Presto — 78x

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 — 581x Score — 168x
Flauto traverso — 120x , Viola — 94x , Violino — 109x , Basso — 96x
Allegro — 107x , Larghetto — 92x , Presto — 89x

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 — 487x Score — 138x
Flauto traversiere I — 113x , Flauto traversiere II — 104x , Violino I — 101x , Violino II — 93x , Viola — 93x , Basso ripieno — 99x , Basso continuo — 95x
Allegro — 89x , Amoroso con Sordini — 88x , Presto — 68x

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 — 579x Score — 160x
Flauto traversiere — 108x , Violino I — 102x , Violino II — 98x , Viola — 106x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 100x , Basso continuo — 87x
Allegro assai — 81x , Lento — 79x , Vivace — 81x

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

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Sample — 457x Score — 160x
Flauto traversiere I — 115x , Flauto traversiere II — 111x , Basso — 108x
Affettuoso — 87x , Presto — 65x , Larghetto — 62x , Vivace — 68x

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 — 757x Score — 137x
Flauto traversiere I — 101x , Flauto traversiere II — 94x , Oboe I — 90x , Oboe II — 93x , Violino I — 97x , Violino II — 92x , Violino di ripieno — 91x , Viola — 89x , Fagotto — 95x , Basso — 96x
Vivace — 88x , Siciliana Larghetto — 77x , Allegro assai — 82x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 495x Score — 162x
Flauto traversiere I — 117x , Flauto traversiere II — 103x , Basso — 105x
Adagio — 95x , Allegro — 98x , Largo — 95x , Allegro — 95x

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 — 447x Score — 140x
Flauto dolce — 113x , Flauto traversiere — 141x , Basso — 100x
Affettuoso — 72x , Alla breve — 62x , Larghetto — 80x , Vivace — 64x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 478x Score — 138x
Flauto traversiere I — 132x , Flauto traversiere II — 101x , Basso — 128x
Grave — 102x , Allegro ma non troppo — 74x , Larghetto — 65x , Presto — 69x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 581x Score — 147x
Flauto traverso — 124x , Basso — 106x
Andante moderato — 90x , Presto — 89x , Largo — 84x , Pastorale — 83x

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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