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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 162x Score — 191x
Flauto traversiere — 199x , Violino I — 123x , Violino II — 127x , Basso — 125x
[1.] Allegro — 273x , [2.] Adagio — 187x , [3.] Presto — 141x

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 — 155x Score — 210x
Flauto traversiere — 125x , Violino I — 114x , Violino II — 107x , Basso — 110x , Basso ripieno — 111x
[1.] Allegro assai — 145x , [2.] Grave — 100x , [3.] Allegro — 168x

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 — 355x Score — 209x
Flauto traverso — 135x , Violino I — 110x , Violino II — 114x , Viola — 135x , Basso ripieno — 108x , Basso continuo — 108x
Allegro Spiritoso — 104x , Affettuoso — 179x , Vivace — 171x

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 — 276x Score — 171x
Flauto traverso I — 130x , Flauto traverso II — 133x , Oboe I — 117x , Oboe II — 110x , Violino concertato — 118x , Violino I — 113x , Violino II — 113x , Viola — 127x , Fagotto — 126x , Basso — 115x
[Allegro] — 204x , alla Siciliana — 128x , Allegro — 188x

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 — 459x Score — 217x
Flauto traversiere — 143x , Violino I — 127x , Violino II — 125x , Basso ripieno — 118x , Basso continuo — 122x
Allegro — 190x , Andante moderato — 102x , Allegro assai — 106x

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 — 328x Score — 155x
Flauto traversiere — 124x , Violino I — 107x , Violino II — 98x , Viola — 98x , Basso ripieno — 97x , Basso — 102x
Allegro — 167x , Amoroso — 103x , Allegro assai — 174x

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 — 443x Score — 142x
Flauto traversiere — 130x , Violino I — 103x , Violino II — 116x , Viola — 105x , Basso — 116x , Basso ripieno — 104x
Allegro — 116x , Arioso e mesto — 191x , Presto — 150x

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 — 399x Score — 170x
Flauto traverso — 140x , Violino I — 109x , Violino II — 113x , Viola — 109x , Basso continuo — 105x , Basso ripieno — 105x
Allegro — 84x , Lento con Sordini — 172x , Vivace — 175x

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 — 446x Score — 207x
Flauto traversiere — 144x , Violino I — 105x , Violino II — 107x , Viola — 109x , Basso — 102x , Basso ripieno — 106x
Allegro assai — 219x , Lento — 103x , Vivace — 208x

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 — 614x Score — 221x
Flauto traversiere — 139x , Violino I — 112x , Violino II — 109x , Viola — 119x , Basso — 114x , Basso ripieno — 111x

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 — 500x Score — 223x
Flauto traversiere — 160x , Violino I — 107x , Violino II — 108x , Viola — 105x , Basso — 104x , Basso ripieno — 107x , Fagotto — 109x
Allegro di molto — 100x , Arioso mà con affetto — 107x , Vivace assai — 137x

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 — 593x Score — 184x
Flauto — 164x , Violino I — 118x , Violino II — 119x , Viola — 115x , Basso — 113x
Allegretto — 103x , Amorevole — 96x , Presto — 144x

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 — 528x Score — 241x
Flauto traverso — 145x , Violino I — 121x , Violino II — 118x , Viola — 119x , Basso — 117x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 164x , Larghetto — 110x , Presto — 162x

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 — 600x Score — 183x
Flauto traverso — 137x , Viola — 107x , Violino — 123x , Basso — 114x
Allegro — 135x , Larghetto — 112x , Presto — 227x

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 — 500x Score — 161x
Flauto traversiere I — 130x , Flauto traversiere II — 120x , Violino I — 116x , Violino II — 108x , Viola — 107x , Basso ripieno — 112x , Basso continuo — 108x
Allegro — 178x , Amoroso con Sordini — 207x , Presto — 92x

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 — 605x Score — 208x
Flauto traversiere — 123x , Violino I — 123x , Violino II — 118x , Viola — 127x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 117x , Basso continuo — 101x
Allegro assai — 106x , Lento — 104x , Vivace — 140x

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

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Sample — 477x Score — 182x
Flauto traversiere I — 126x , Flauto traversiere II — 126x , Basso — 124x
Affettuoso — 112x , Presto — 84x , Larghetto — 86x , Vivace — 90x

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

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Sample — 772x Score — 188x
Flauto traversiere I — 118x , Flauto traversiere II — 108x , Oboe I — 108x , Oboe II — 110x , Violino I — 112x , Violino II — 117x , Violino di ripieno — 109x , Viola — 110x , Fagotto — 111x , Basso — 113x
Vivace — 129x , Siciliana Larghetto — 104x , Allegro assai — 111x

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

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Sample — 515x Score — 181x
Flauto traversiere I — 133x , Flauto traversiere II — 121x , Basso — 119x
Adagio — 122x , Allegro — 125x , Largo — 123x , Allegro — 119x

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 — 459x Score — 155x
Flauto dolce — 128x , Flauto traversiere — 173x , Basso — 117x
Affettuoso — 91x , Alla breve — 81x , Larghetto — 102x , Vivace — 84x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 496x Score — 152x
Flauto traversiere I — 147x , Flauto traversiere II — 114x , Basso — 147x
Grave — 125x , Allegro ma non troppo — 99x , Larghetto — 89x , Presto — 93x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 599x Score — 172x
Flauto traverso — 145x , Basso — 121x
Andante moderato — 117x , Presto — 118x , Largo — 112x , Pastorale — 110x

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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