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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 196x Score — 279x
Flauto traversiere — 286x , Violino I — 149x , Violino II — 154x , Basso — 153x
[1.] Allegro — 410x , [2.] Adagio — 330x , [3.] Presto — 313x

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 — 196x Score — 302x
Flauto traversiere — 167x , Violino I — 149x , Violino II — 137x , Basso — 143x , Basso ripieno — 139x
[1.] Allegro assai — 308x , [2.] Grave — 240x , [3.] Allegro — 353x

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 — 396x Score — 312x
Flauto traverso — 163x , Violino I — 136x , Violino II — 144x , Viola — 165x , Basso ripieno — 134x , Basso continuo — 164x
Allegro Spiritoso — 216x , Affettuoso — 312x , Vivace — 315x

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 — 306x Score — 199x
Flauto traverso I — 159x , Flauto traverso II — 157x , Oboe I — 142x , Oboe II — 145x , Violino concertato — 147x , Violino I — 142x , Violino II — 143x , Viola — 155x , Fagotto — 165x , Basso — 147x
[Allegro] — 336x , alla Siciliana — 284x , Allegro — 323x

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 — 496x Score — 312x
Flauto traversiere — 173x , Violino I — 152x , Violino II — 152x , Basso ripieno — 143x , Basso continuo — 154x
Allegro — 327x , Andante moderato — 250x , Allegro assai — 205x

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 — 364x Score — 188x
Flauto traversiere — 152x , Violino I — 130x , Violino II — 125x , Viola — 122x , Basso ripieno — 122x , Basso — 125x
Allegro — 316x , Amoroso — 231x , Allegro assai — 330x

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 — 514x Score — 174x
Flauto traversiere — 152x , Violino I — 143x , Violino II — 165x , Viola — 127x , Basso — 141x , Basso ripieno — 135x
Allegro — 250x , Arioso e mesto — 353x , Presto — 294x

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 — 436x Score — 195x
Flauto traverso — 167x , Violino I — 133x , Violino II — 136x , Viola — 132x , Basso continuo — 133x , Basso ripieno — 129x
Allegro — 244x , Lento con Sordini — 260x , Vivace — 302x

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 — 484x Score — 293x
Flauto traversiere — 209x , Violino I — 131x , Violino II — 162x , Viola — 179x , Basso — 153x , Basso ripieno — 142x
Allegro assai — 409x , Lento — 274x , Vivace — 376x

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 — 653x Score — 312x
Flauto traversiere — 167x , Violino I — 139x , Violino II — 139x , Viola — 142x , Basso — 140x , Basso ripieno — 130x

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 — 526x Score — 307x
Flauto traversiere — 193x , Violino I — 136x , Violino II — 133x , Viola — 132x , Basso — 136x , Basso ripieno — 130x , Fagotto — 129x
Allegro di molto — 181x , Arioso mà con affetto — 138x , Vivace assai — 283x

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 — 616x Score — 227x
Flauto — 196x , Violino I — 142x , Violino II — 149x , Viola — 141x , Basso — 139x
Allegretto — 166x , Amorevole — 134x , Presto — 294x

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 — 549x Score — 324x
Flauto traverso — 177x , Violino I — 150x , Violino II — 144x , Viola — 147x , Basso — 147x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 286x , Larghetto — 179x , Presto — 323x

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 — 636x Score — 228x
Flauto traverso — 164x , Viola — 134x , Violino — 154x , Basso — 145x
Allegro — 277x , Larghetto — 132x , Presto — 407x

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 — 527x Score — 196x
Flauto traversiere I — 158x , Flauto traversiere II — 149x , Violino I — 142x , Violino II — 133x , Viola — 133x , Basso ripieno — 137x , Basso continuo — 130x
Allegro — 308x , Amoroso con Sordini — 379x , Presto — 155x

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 — 631x Score — 308x
Flauto traversiere — 185x , Violino I — 156x , Violino II — 145x , Viola — 201x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 160x , Basso continuo — 125x
Allegro assai — 148x , Lento — 202x , Vivace — 331x

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

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Sample — 511x Score — 222x
Flauto traversiere I — 157x , Flauto traversiere II — 159x , Basso — 159x
Affettuoso — 134x , Presto — 113x , Larghetto — 109x , Vivace — 111x

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 — 807x Score — 287x
Flauto traversiere I — 143x , Flauto traversiere II — 140x , Oboe I — 142x , Oboe II — 138x , Violino I — 139x , Violino II — 145x , Violino di ripieno — 129x , Viola — 135x , Fagotto — 146x , Basso — 144x
Vivace — 246x , Siciliana Larghetto — 130x , Allegro assai — 130x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 565x Score — 214x
Flauto traversiere I — 161x , Flauto traversiere II — 160x , Basso — 152x
Adagio — 147x , Allegro — 144x , Largo — 147x , Allegro — 138x

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 — 491x Score — 182x
Flauto dolce — 199x , Flauto traversiere — 260x , Basso — 171x
Affettuoso — 117x , Alla breve — 106x , Larghetto — 130x , Vivace — 112x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 535x Score — 225x
Flauto traversiere I — 238x , Flauto traversiere II — 187x , Basso — 228x
Grave — 151x , Allegro ma non troppo — 125x , Larghetto — 114x , Presto — 122x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 636x Score — 224x
Flauto traverso — 230x , Basso — 195x
Andante moderato — 157x , Presto — 147x , Largo — 142x , Pastorale — 142x

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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