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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 91x Score — 58x
Flauto traversiere — 67x , Violino I — 43x , Violino II — 45x , Basso — 46x
[1.] Allegro — 71x , [2.] Adagio — 64x , [3.] Presto — 64x

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 — 94x Score — 68x
Flauto traversiere — 61x , Violino I — 47x , Violino II — 43x , Basso — 45x , Basso ripieno — 43x
[1.] Allegro assai — 48x , [2.] Grave — 44x , [3.] Allegro — 52x

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 — 265x Score — 81x
Flauto traverso — 65x , Violino I — 43x , Violino II — 45x , Viola — 46x , Basso ripieno — 42x , Basso continuo — 46x
Allegro Spiritoso — 49x , Affettuoso — 49x , Vivace — 50x

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 — 206x Score — 60x
Flauto traverso I — 49x , Flauto traverso II — 43x , Oboe I — 37x , Oboe II — 36x , Violino concertato — 36x , Violino I — 37x , Violino II — 33x , Viola — 37x , Fagotto — 37x , Basso — 40x
[Allegro] — 40x , alla Siciliana — 42x , Allegro — 48x

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 — 393x Score — 98x
Flauto traversiere — 78x , Violino I — 60x , Violino II — 58x , Basso ripieno — 57x , Basso continuo — 57x
Allegro — 47x , Andante moderato — 42x , Allegro assai — 48x

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 — 260x Score — 84x
Flauto traversiere — 58x , Violino I — 44x , Violino II — 40x , Viola — 39x , Basso ripieno — 40x , Basso — 39x
Allegro — 40x , Amoroso — 41x , Allegro assai — 42x

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 — 365x Score — 79x
Flauto traversiere — 63x , Violino I — 44x , Violino II — 50x , Viola — 43x , Basso — 48x , Basso ripieno — 44x
Allegro — 36x , Arioso e mesto — 42x , Presto — 39x

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 — 329x Score — 99x
Flauto traverso — 66x , Violino I — 46x , Violino II — 46x , Viola — 47x , Basso continuo — 42x , Basso ripieno — 43x
Allegro — 33x , Lento con Sordini — 45x , Vivace — 37x

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 — 384x Score — 86x
Flauto traversiere — 77x , Violino I — 44x , Violino II — 46x , Viola — 43x , Basso — 47x , Basso ripieno — 44x
Allegro assai — 46x , Lento — 41x , Vivace — 42x

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 — 548x Score — 102x
Flauto traversiere — 76x , Violino I — 45x , Violino II — 52x , Viola — 50x , Basso — 50x , Basso ripieno — 48x

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 — 443x Score — 95x
Flauto traversiere — 93x , Violino I — 43x , Violino II — 45x , Viola — 41x , Basso — 45x , Basso ripieno — 46x , Fagotto — 45x
Allegro di molto — 53x , Arioso mà con affetto — 49x , Vivace assai — 48x

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 — 523x Score — 103x
Flauto — 92x , Violino I — 50x , Violino II — 49x , Viola — 46x , Basso — 52x
Allegretto — 45x , Amorevole — 41x , Presto — 40x

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 — 467x Score — 110x
Flauto traverso — 72x , Violino I — 48x , Violino II — 46x , Viola — 48x , Basso — 45x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 52x , Larghetto — 49x , Presto — 45x

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 — 535x Score — 110x
Flauto traverso — 74x , Viola — 47x , Violino — 58x , Basso — 48x
Allegro — 71x , Larghetto — 63x , Presto — 58x

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 — 433x Score — 90x
Flauto traversiere I — 65x , Flauto traversiere II — 58x , Violino I — 53x , Violino II — 45x , Viola — 45x , Basso ripieno — 49x , Basso continuo — 49x
Allegro — 55x , Amoroso con Sordini — 49x , Presto — 44x

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 — 518x Score — 83x
Flauto traversiere — 62x , Violino I — 44x , Violino II — 44x , Viola — 46x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 46x , Basso continuo — 41x
Allegro assai — 48x , Lento — 43x , Vivace — 49x

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

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Sample — 409x Score — 110x
Flauto traversiere I — 68x , Flauto traversiere II — 63x , Basso — 61x
Affettuoso — 47x , Presto — 38x , Larghetto — 36x , Vivace — 34x

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 — 706x Score — 59x
Flauto traversiere I — 46x , Flauto traversiere II — 41x , Oboe I — 37x , Oboe II — 37x , Violino I — 39x , Violino II — 36x , Violino di ripieno — 39x , Viola — 36x , Fagotto — 42x , Basso — 41x
Vivace — 39x , Siciliana Larghetto — 39x , Allegro assai — 43x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 439x Score — 107x
Flauto traversiere I — 70x , Flauto traversiere II — 53x , Basso — 56x
Adagio — 61x , Allegro — 65x , Largo — 62x , Allegro — 61x

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 — 392x Score — 85x
Flauto dolce — 63x , Flauto traversiere — 65x , Basso — 52x
Affettuoso — 46x , Alla breve — 35x , Larghetto — 43x , Vivace — 35x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 432x Score — 83x
Flauto traversiere I — 66x , Flauto traversiere II — 50x , Basso — 55x
Grave — 64x , Allegro ma non troppo — 39x , Larghetto — 38x , Presto — 37x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 522x Score — 92x
Flauto traverso — 67x , Basso — 49x
Andante moderato — 52x , Presto — 49x , Largo — 47x , Pastorale — 45x

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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