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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 177x Score — 232x
Flauto traversiere — 244x , Violino I — 138x , Violino II — 141x , Basso — 138x
[1.] Allegro — 363x , [2.] Adagio — 288x , [3.] Presto — 265x

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 — 174x Score — 249x
Flauto traversiere — 140x , Violino I — 126x , Violino II — 121x , Basso — 119x , Basso ripieno — 126x
[1.] Allegro assai — 244x , [2.] Grave — 177x , [3.] Allegro — 287x

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 — 378x Score — 257x
Flauto traverso — 148x , Violino I — 122x , Violino II — 130x , Viola — 151x , Basso ripieno — 122x , Basso continuo — 144x
Allegro Spiritoso — 162x , Affettuoso — 272x , Vivace — 275x

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 — 288x Score — 183x
Flauto traverso I — 143x , Flauto traverso II — 143x , Oboe I — 127x , Oboe II — 126x , Violino concertato — 132x , Violino I — 128x , Violino II — 128x , Viola — 142x , Fagotto — 145x , Basso — 131x
[Allegro] — 295x , alla Siciliana — 248x , Allegro — 289x

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 — 476x Score — 261x
Flauto traversiere — 159x , Violino I — 140x , Violino II — 144x , Basso ripieno — 130x , Basso continuo — 140x
Allegro — 280x , Andante moderato — 210x , Allegro assai — 150x

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 — 350x Score — 172x
Flauto traversiere — 140x , Violino I — 122x , Violino II — 114x , Viola — 114x , Basso ripieno — 110x , Basso — 115x
Allegro — 263x , Amoroso — 189x , Allegro assai — 278x

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 — 489x Score — 159x
Flauto traversiere — 142x , Violino I — 121x , Violino II — 154x , Viola — 117x , Basso — 131x , Basso ripieno — 121x
Allegro — 208x , Arioso e mesto — 303x , Presto — 255x

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 — 423x Score — 184x
Flauto traverso — 155x , Violino I — 120x , Violino II — 124x , Viola — 125x , Basso continuo — 116x , Basso ripieno — 121x
Allegro — 190x , Lento con Sordini — 253x , Vivace — 267x

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 — 470x Score — 256x
Flauto traversiere — 190x , Violino I — 122x , Violino II — 135x , Viola — 151x , Basso — 134x , Basso ripieno — 122x
Allegro assai — 342x , Lento — 239x , Vivace — 324x

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 — 636x Score — 268x
Flauto traversiere — 156x , Violino I — 127x , Violino II — 126x , Viola — 131x , Basso — 125x , Basso ripieno — 122x

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 — 513x Score — 263x
Flauto traversiere — 178x , Violino I — 124x , Violino II — 123x , Viola — 124x , Basso — 122x , Basso ripieno — 118x , Fagotto — 120x
Allegro di molto — 140x , Arioso mà con affetto — 124x , Vivace assai — 240x

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 — 607x Score — 202x
Flauto — 180x , Violino I — 131x , Violino II — 138x , Viola — 129x , Basso — 127x
Allegretto — 128x , Amorevole — 116x , Presto — 250x

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 — 538x Score — 286x
Flauto traverso — 165x , Violino I — 134x , Violino II — 135x , Viola — 133x , Basso — 130x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 253x , Larghetto — 144x , Presto — 269x

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 — 618x Score — 211x
Flauto traverso — 152x , Viola — 121x , Violino — 136x , Basso — 133x
Allegro — 232x , Larghetto — 129x , Presto — 339x

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 — 510x Score — 181x
Flauto traversiere I — 148x , Flauto traversiere II — 138x , Violino I — 132x , Violino II — 123x , Viola — 119x , Basso ripieno — 125x , Basso continuo — 121x
Allegro — 264x , Amoroso con Sordini — 329x , Presto — 110x

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 — 618x Score — 263x
Flauto traversiere — 167x , Violino I — 141x , Violino II — 133x , Viola — 176x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 144x , Basso continuo — 113x
Allegro assai — 131x , Lento — 162x , Vivace — 272x

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

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Sample — 497x Score — 206x
Flauto traversiere I — 141x , Flauto traversiere II — 144x , Basso — 146x
Affettuoso — 126x , Presto — 100x , Larghetto — 98x , Vivace — 103x

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 — 786x Score — 242x
Flauto traversiere I — 132x , Flauto traversiere II — 128x , Oboe I — 126x , Oboe II — 126x , Violino I — 127x , Violino II — 134x , Violino di ripieno — 121x , Viola — 126x , Fagotto — 132x , Basso — 132x
Vivace — 221x , Siciliana Larghetto — 114x , Allegro assai — 122x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 539x Score — 201x
Flauto traversiere I — 153x , Flauto traversiere II — 148x , Basso — 142x
Adagio — 136x , Allegro — 135x , Largo — 137x , Allegro — 130x

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 — 472x Score — 171x
Flauto dolce — 159x , Flauto traversiere — 220x , Basso — 130x
Affettuoso — 104x , Alla breve — 92x , Larghetto — 116x , Vivace — 100x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 513x Score — 178x
Flauto traversiere I — 182x , Flauto traversiere II — 147x , Basso — 184x
Grave — 138x , Allegro ma non troppo — 116x , Larghetto — 100x , Presto — 113x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 622x Score — 194x
Flauto traverso — 191x , Basso — 153x
Andante moderato — 137x , Presto — 131x , Largo — 126x , Pastorale — 124x

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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