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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 157x Score — 179x
Flauto traversiere — 185x , Violino I — 115x , Violino II — 118x , Basso — 117x
[1.] Allegro — 236x , [2.] Adagio — 163x , [3.] Presto — 110x

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 — 151x Score — 193x
Flauto traversiere — 120x , Violino I — 108x , Violino II — 102x , Basso — 104x , Basso ripieno — 106x
[1.] Allegro assai — 121x , [2.] Grave — 90x , [3.] Allegro — 138x

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 — 348x Score — 191x
Flauto traverso — 128x , Violino I — 102x , Violino II — 106x , Viola — 126x , Basso ripieno — 100x , Basso continuo — 98x
Allegro Spiritoso — 92x , Affettuoso — 148x , Vivace — 136x

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 — 271x Score — 163x
Flauto traverso I — 121x , Flauto traverso II — 126x , Oboe I — 109x , Oboe II — 102x , Violino concertato — 107x , Violino I — 106x , Violino II — 104x , Viola — 120x , Fagotto — 119x , Basso — 109x
[Allegro] — 176x , alla Siciliana — 102x , Allegro — 157x

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 — 454x Score — 205x
Flauto traversiere — 137x , Violino I — 119x , Violino II — 119x , Basso ripieno — 112x , Basso continuo — 115x
Allegro — 156x , Andante moderato — 89x , Allegro assai — 101x

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 — 324x Score — 149x
Flauto traversiere — 118x , Violino I — 101x , Violino II — 93x , Viola — 92x , Basso ripieno — 90x , Basso — 96x
Allegro — 139x , Amoroso — 94x , Allegro assai — 142x

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 — 432x Score — 137x
Flauto traversiere — 125x , Violino I — 98x , Violino II — 109x , Viola — 99x , Basso — 110x , Basso ripieno — 99x
Allegro — 85x , Arioso e mesto — 159x , Presto — 118x

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 — 395x Score — 163x
Flauto traverso — 133x , Violino I — 101x , Violino II — 105x , Viola — 102x , Basso continuo — 97x , Basso ripieno — 99x
Allegro — 76x , Lento con Sordini — 142x , Vivace — 154x

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 — 441x Score — 192x
Flauto traversiere — 135x , Violino I — 99x , Violino II — 99x , Viola — 97x , Basso — 96x , Basso ripieno — 100x
Allegro assai — 188x , Lento — 85x , Vivace — 172x

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 — 607x Score — 205x
Flauto traversiere — 133x , Violino I — 105x , Violino II — 101x , Viola — 113x , Basso — 106x , Basso ripieno — 104x

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 — 495x Score — 205x
Flauto traversiere — 155x , Violino I — 101x , Violino II — 103x , Viola — 99x , Basso — 99x , Basso ripieno — 102x , Fagotto — 102x
Allegro di molto — 90x , Arioso mà con affetto — 100x , Vivace assai — 108x

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 — 588x Score — 177x
Flauto — 157x , Violino I — 111x , Violino II — 113x , Viola — 109x , Basso — 108x
Allegretto — 94x , Amorevole — 84x , Presto — 122x

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 — 523x Score — 229x
Flauto traverso — 139x , Violino I — 110x , Violino II — 112x , Viola — 109x , Basso — 109x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 141x , Larghetto — 103x , Presto — 133x

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 — 594x Score — 177x
Flauto traverso — 129x , Viola — 101x , Violino — 116x , Basso — 107x
Allegro — 123x , Larghetto — 103x , Presto — 196x

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 — 495x Score — 155x
Flauto traversiere I — 123x , Flauto traversiere II — 114x , Violino I — 109x , Violino II — 103x , Viola — 102x , Basso ripieno — 105x , Basso continuo — 103x
Allegro — 141x , Amoroso con Sordini — 172x , Presto — 84x

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 — 598x Score — 189x
Flauto traversiere — 116x , Violino I — 116x , Violino II — 112x , Viola — 117x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 111x , Basso continuo — 94x
Allegro assai — 96x , Lento — 93x , Vivace — 103x

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

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Sample — 468x Score — 173x
Flauto traversiere I — 119x , Flauto traversiere II — 118x , Basso — 117x
Affettuoso — 100x , Presto — 77x , Larghetto — 79x , Vivace — 81x

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 — 766x Score — 176x
Flauto traversiere I — 112x , Flauto traversiere II — 101x , Oboe I — 100x , Oboe II — 103x , Violino I — 104x , Violino II — 109x , Violino di ripieno — 101x , Viola — 101x , Fagotto — 104x , Basso — 105x
Vivace — 102x , Siciliana Larghetto — 95x , Allegro assai — 105x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 508x Score — 172x
Flauto traversiere I — 125x , Flauto traversiere II — 113x , Basso — 112x
Adagio — 111x , Allegro — 115x , Largo — 113x , Allegro — 110x

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 — 454x Score — 147x
Flauto dolce — 120x , Flauto traversiere — 157x , Basso — 108x
Affettuoso — 84x , Alla breve — 72x , Larghetto — 94x , Vivace — 75x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 487x Score — 146x
Flauto traversiere I — 140x , Flauto traversiere II — 108x , Basso — 134x
Grave — 120x , Allegro ma non troppo — 93x , Larghetto — 82x , Presto — 85x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 591x Score — 163x
Flauto traverso — 138x , Basso — 113x
Andante moderato — 106x , Presto — 106x , Largo — 102x , Pastorale — 101x

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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