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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 205x Score — 320x
Flauto traversiere — 318x , Violino I — 163x , Violino II — 162x , Basso — 168x
[1.] Allegro — 425x , [2.] Adagio — 339x , [3.] Presto — 324x

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 — 210x Score — 336x
Flauto traversiere — 176x , Violino I — 158x , Violino II — 143x , Basso — 150x , Basso ripieno — 150x
[1.] Allegro assai — 332x , [2.] Grave — 264x , [3.] Allegro — 375x

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 — 405x Score — 345x
Flauto traverso — 170x , Violino I — 144x , Violino II — 151x , Viola — 176x , Basso ripieno — 144x , Basso continuo — 175x
Allegro Spiritoso — 251x , Affettuoso — 326x , Vivace — 330x

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 — 316x Score — 215x
Flauto traverso I — 168x , Flauto traverso II — 164x , Oboe I — 155x , Oboe II — 155x , Violino concertato — 156x , Violino I — 150x , Violino II — 153x , Viola — 161x , Fagotto — 172x , Basso — 154x
[Allegro] — 346x , alla Siciliana — 289x , Allegro — 333x

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 — 503x Score — 348x
Flauto traversiere — 187x , Violino I — 161x , Violino II — 163x , Basso ripieno — 152x , Basso continuo — 163x
Allegro — 343x , Andante moderato — 262x , Allegro assai — 218x

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 — 374x Score — 204x
Flauto traversiere — 160x , Violino I — 138x , Violino II — 137x , Viola — 133x , Basso ripieno — 132x , Basso — 136x
Allegro — 327x , Amoroso — 241x , Allegro assai — 339x

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 — 523x Score — 184x
Flauto traversiere — 159x , Violino I — 153x , Violino II — 175x , Viola — 135x , Basso — 149x , Basso ripieno — 146x
Allegro — 257x , Arioso e mesto — 363x , Presto — 306x

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 — 447x Score — 208x
Flauto traverso — 176x , Violino I — 141x , Violino II — 146x , Viola — 142x , Basso continuo — 141x , Basso ripieno — 140x
Allegro — 271x , Lento con Sordini — 273x , Vivace — 313x

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 — 493x Score — 325x
Flauto traversiere — 219x , Violino I — 141x , Violino II — 171x , Viola — 190x , Basso — 163x , Basso ripieno — 152x
Allegro assai — 421x , Lento — 280x , Vivace — 385x

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 — 663x Score — 347x
Flauto traversiere — 179x , Violino I — 149x , Violino II — 146x , Viola — 152x , Basso — 156x , Basso ripieno — 141x

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 — 537x Score — 349x
Flauto traversiere — 208x , Violino I — 146x , Violino II — 145x , Viola — 143x , Basso — 145x , Basso ripieno — 138x , Fagotto — 139x
Allegro di molto — 190x , Arioso mà con affetto — 156x , Vivace assai — 296x

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 — 624x Score — 245x
Flauto — 207x , Violino I — 154x , Violino II — 159x , Viola — 151x , Basso — 146x
Allegretto — 179x , Amorevole — 157x , Presto — 311x

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 — 557x Score — 369x
Flauto traverso — 188x , Violino I — 163x , Violino II — 155x , Viola — 165x , Basso — 160x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 299x , Larghetto — 186x , Presto — 334x

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 — 647x Score — 241x
Flauto traverso — 175x , Viola — 144x , Violino — 167x , Basso — 151x
Allegro — 312x , Larghetto — 137x , Presto — 416x

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 — 535x Score — 206x
Flauto traversiere I — 169x , Flauto traversiere II — 156x , Violino I — 152x , Violino II — 145x , Viola — 142x , Basso ripieno — 149x , Basso continuo — 143x
Allegro — 324x , Amoroso con Sordini — 387x , Presto — 162x

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 — 645x Score — 348x
Flauto traversiere — 199x , Violino I — 187x , Violino II — 163x , Viola — 211x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 173x , Basso continuo — 135x
Allegro assai — 163x , Lento — 211x , Vivace — 339x

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

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Sample — 521x Score — 231x
Flauto traversiere I — 167x , Flauto traversiere II — 172x , Basso — 172x
Affettuoso — 141x , Presto — 122x , Larghetto — 117x , Vivace — 117x

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

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Sample — 813x Score — 320x
Flauto traversiere I — 150x , Flauto traversiere II — 151x , Oboe I — 151x , Oboe II — 150x , Violino I — 155x , Violino II — 152x , Violino di ripieno — 137x , Viola — 144x , Fagotto — 156x , Basso — 154x
Vivace — 252x , Siciliana Larghetto — 139x , Allegro assai — 137x

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

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Sample — 571x Score — 226x
Flauto traversiere I — 170x , Flauto traversiere II — 167x , Basso — 160x
Adagio — 155x , Allegro — 155x , Largo — 156x , Allegro — 144x

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 — 508x Score — 237x
Flauto dolce — 229x , Flauto traversiere — 286x , Basso — 203x
Affettuoso — 129x , Alla breve — 119x , Larghetto — 143x , Vivace — 120x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 547x Score — 238x
Flauto traversiere I — 262x , Flauto traversiere II — 217x , Basso — 253x
Grave — 165x , Allegro ma non troppo — 135x , Larghetto — 123x , Presto — 127x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 646x Score — 255x
Flauto traverso — 258x , Basso — 228x
Andante moderato — 170x , Presto — 159x , Largo — 155x , Pastorale — 157x

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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