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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 188x Score — 263x
Flauto traversiere — 271x , Violino I — 144x , Violino II — 150x , Basso — 147x
[1.] Allegro — 404x , [2.] Adagio — 320x , [3.] Presto — 306x

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 — 191x Score — 285x
Flauto traversiere — 156x , Violino I — 142x , Violino II — 130x , Basso — 136x , Basso ripieno — 134x
[1.] Allegro assai — 296x , [2.] Grave — 229x , [3.] Allegro — 337x

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 — 388x Score — 294x
Flauto traverso — 159x , Violino I — 133x , Violino II — 140x , Viola — 161x , Basso ripieno — 131x , Basso continuo — 160x
Allegro Spiritoso — 201x , Affettuoso — 310x , Vivace — 310x

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 — 300x Score — 193x
Flauto traverso I — 155x , Flauto traverso II — 150x , Oboe I — 137x , Oboe II — 137x , Violino concertato — 144x , Violino I — 136x , Violino II — 139x , Viola — 150x , Fagotto — 160x , Basso — 141x
[Allegro] — 325x , alla Siciliana — 281x , Allegro — 321x

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 — 491x Score — 291x
Flauto traversiere — 170x , Violino I — 150x , Violino II — 149x , Basso ripieno — 140x , Basso continuo — 151x
Allegro — 315x , Andante moderato — 237x , Allegro assai — 191x

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 — 360x Score — 183x
Flauto traversiere — 149x , Violino I — 130x , Violino II — 123x , Viola — 119x , Basso ripieno — 121x , Basso — 124x
Allegro — 306x , Amoroso — 220x , Allegro assai — 318x

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 — 509x Score — 168x
Flauto traversiere — 148x , Violino I — 140x , Violino II — 162x , Viola — 125x , Basso — 139x , Basso ripieno — 130x
Allegro — 241x , Arioso e mesto — 343x , Presto — 290x

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 — 433x Score — 190x
Flauto traverso — 160x , Violino I — 128x , Violino II — 134x , Viola — 130x , Basso continuo — 129x , Basso ripieno — 127x
Allegro — 235x , Lento con Sordini — 259x , Vivace — 296x

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 — 479x Score — 280x
Flauto traversiere — 206x , Violino I — 129x , Violino II — 156x , Viola — 175x , Basso — 149x , Basso ripieno — 133x
Allegro assai — 399x , Lento — 270x , Vivace — 363x

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 — 647x Score — 295x
Flauto traversiere — 163x , Violino I — 137x , Violino II — 135x , Viola — 139x , Basso — 134x , Basso ripieno — 128x

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 — 524x Score — 294x
Flauto traversiere — 191x , Violino I — 131x , Violino II — 130x , Viola — 131x , Basso — 134x , Basso ripieno — 125x , Fagotto — 126x
Allegro di molto — 170x , Arioso mà con affetto — 135x , Vivace assai — 270x

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 — 614x Score — 216x
Flauto — 195x , Violino I — 139x , Violino II — 146x , Viola — 140x , Basso — 137x
Allegretto — 156x , Amorevole — 127x , Presto — 284x

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 — 546x Score — 313x
Flauto traverso — 172x , Violino I — 147x , Violino II — 142x , Viola — 142x , Basso — 144x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 281x , Larghetto — 177x , Presto — 320x

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 — 632x Score — 226x
Flauto traverso — 161x , Viola — 133x , Violino — 152x , Basso — 144x
Allegro — 264x , Larghetto — 131x , Presto — 395x

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 — 521x Score — 192x
Flauto traversiere I — 155x , Flauto traversiere II — 146x , Violino I — 140x , Violino II — 130x , Viola — 127x , Basso ripieno — 134x , Basso continuo — 127x
Allegro — 304x , Amoroso con Sordini — 368x , Presto — 145x

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 — 626x Score — 295x
Flauto traversiere — 178x , Violino I — 153x , Violino II — 140x , Viola — 196x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 157x , Basso continuo — 122x
Allegro assai — 147x , Lento — 194x , Vivace — 319x

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

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Sample — 510x Score — 218x
Flauto traversiere I — 152x , Flauto traversiere II — 156x , Basso — 154x
Affettuoso — 132x , Presto — 107x , Larghetto — 106x , Vivace — 109x

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 — 799x Score — 273x
Flauto traversiere I — 140x , Flauto traversiere II — 137x , Oboe I — 140x , Oboe II — 134x , Violino I — 137x , Violino II — 142x , Violino di ripieno — 127x , Viola — 133x , Fagotto — 142x , Basso — 141x
Vivace — 241x , Siciliana Larghetto — 125x , Allegro assai — 128x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 557x Score — 208x
Flauto traversiere I — 160x , Flauto traversiere II — 157x , Basso — 150x
Adagio — 143x , Allegro — 139x , Largo — 144x , Allegro — 136x

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 — 486x Score — 179x
Flauto dolce — 185x , Flauto traversiere — 249x , Basso — 159x
Affettuoso — 112x , Alla breve — 99x , Larghetto — 123x , Vivace — 108x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 525x Score — 213x
Flauto traversiere I — 221x , Flauto traversiere II — 172x , Basso — 216x
Grave — 147x , Allegro ma non troppo — 122x , Larghetto — 109x , Presto — 121x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 631x Score — 212x
Flauto traverso — 217x , Basso — 179x
Andante moderato — 150x , Presto — 142x , Largo — 136x , Pastorale — 135x

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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