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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 203x Score — 300x
Flauto traversiere — 303x , Violino I — 158x , Violino II — 158x , Basso — 163x
[1.] Allegro — 420x , [2.] Adagio — 333x , [3.] Presto — 317x

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 — 201x Score — 319x
Flauto traversiere — 173x , Violino I — 154x , Violino II — 139x , Basso — 146x , Basso ripieno — 144x
[1.] Allegro assai — 318x , [2.] Grave — 252x , [3.] Allegro — 364x

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 — 402x Score — 331x
Flauto traverso — 166x , Violino I — 141x , Violino II — 148x , Viola — 170x , Basso ripieno — 140x , Basso continuo — 171x
Allegro Spiritoso — 239x , Affettuoso — 319x , Vivace — 325x

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 — 310x Score — 203x
Flauto traverso I — 163x , Flauto traverso II — 160x , Oboe I — 148x , Oboe II — 149x , Violino concertato — 151x , Violino I — 144x , Violino II — 148x , Viola — 158x , Fagotto — 168x , Basso — 150x
[Allegro] — 341x , alla Siciliana — 285x , Allegro — 325x

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 — 500x Score — 331x
Flauto traversiere — 179x , Violino I — 156x , Violino II — 158x , Basso ripieno — 147x , Basso continuo — 157x
Allegro — 336x , Andante moderato — 257x , Allegro assai — 212x

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 — 369x Score — 195x
Flauto traversiere — 155x , Violino I — 132x , Violino II — 131x , Viola — 126x , Basso ripieno — 129x , Basso — 130x
Allegro — 321x , Amoroso — 237x , Allegro assai — 333x

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 — 520x Score — 178x
Flauto traversiere — 155x , Violino I — 147x , Violino II — 171x , Viola — 131x , Basso — 145x , Basso ripieno — 142x
Allegro — 253x , Arioso e mesto — 358x , Presto — 301x

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 — 442x Score — 200x
Flauto traverso — 171x , Violino I — 136x , Violino II — 141x , Viola — 135x , Basso continuo — 136x , Basso ripieno — 133x
Allegro — 256x , Lento con Sordini — 266x , Vivace — 308x

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 — 488x Score — 310x
Flauto traversiere — 213x , Violino I — 135x , Violino II — 165x , Viola — 183x , Basso — 158x , Basso ripieno — 147x
Allegro assai — 416x , Lento — 276x , Vivace — 380x

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 — 658x Score — 331x
Flauto traversiere — 173x , Violino I — 144x , Violino II — 142x , Viola — 147x , Basso — 151x , Basso ripieno — 136x

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 — 531x Score — 327x
Flauto traversiere — 201x , Violino I — 141x , Violino II — 141x , Viola — 138x , Basso — 140x , Basso ripieno — 132x , Fagotto — 134x
Allegro di molto — 186x , Arioso mà con affetto — 147x , Vivace assai — 291x

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 — 622x Score — 236x
Flauto — 203x , Violino I — 148x , Violino II — 153x , Viola — 147x , Basso — 142x
Allegretto — 175x , Amorevole — 143x , Presto — 300x

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 — 552x Score — 349x
Flauto traverso — 181x , Violino I — 155x , Violino II — 149x , Viola — 154x , Basso — 153x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 293x , Larghetto — 181x , Presto — 326x

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 — 640x Score — 236x
Flauto traverso — 170x , Viola — 139x , Violino — 160x , Basso — 148x
Allegro — 298x , Larghetto — 132x , Presto — 409x

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 — 533x Score — 200x
Flauto traversiere I — 163x , Flauto traversiere II — 152x , Violino I — 147x , Violino II — 139x , Viola — 137x , Basso ripieno — 141x , Basso continuo — 137x
Allegro — 318x , Amoroso con Sordini — 383x , Presto — 158x

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 — 639x Score — 333x
Flauto traversiere — 189x , Violino I — 174x , Violino II — 152x , Viola — 205x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 166x , Basso continuo — 128x
Allegro assai — 156x , Lento — 205x , Vivace — 335x

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

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Sample — 518x Score — 228x
Flauto traversiere I — 163x , Flauto traversiere II — 163x , Basso — 169x
Affettuoso — 136x , Presto — 116x , Larghetto — 114x , Vivace — 113x

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 — 810x Score — 304x
Flauto traversiere I — 146x , Flauto traversiere II — 147x , Oboe I — 147x , Oboe II — 145x , Violino I — 149x , Violino II — 149x , Violino di ripieno — 133x , Viola — 138x , Fagotto — 151x , Basso — 150x
Vivace — 249x , Siciliana Larghetto — 134x , Allegro assai — 134x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 568x Score — 223x
Flauto traversiere I — 164x , Flauto traversiere II — 163x , Basso — 157x
Adagio — 151x , Allegro — 150x , Largo — 151x , Allegro — 141x

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 — 501x Score — 217x
Flauto dolce — 215x , Flauto traversiere — 276x , Basso — 191x
Affettuoso — 122x , Alla breve — 112x , Larghetto — 137x , Vivace — 118x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 542x Score — 232x
Flauto traversiere I — 258x , Flauto traversiere II — 206x , Basso — 246x
Grave — 159x , Allegro ma non troppo — 130x , Larghetto — 118x , Presto — 123x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 641x Score — 243x
Flauto traverso — 248x , Basso — 215x
Andante moderato — 165x , Presto — 153x , Largo — 148x , Pastorale — 151x

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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