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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 200x Score — 290x
Flauto traversiere — 298x , Violino I — 153x , Violino II — 156x , Basso — 158x
[1.] Allegro — 414x , [2.] Adagio — 332x , [3.] Presto — 316x

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 — 198x Score — 312x
Flauto traversiere — 171x , Violino I — 154x , Violino II — 138x , Basso — 145x , Basso ripieno — 142x
[1.] Allegro assai — 311x , [2.] Grave — 248x , [3.] Allegro — 361x

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 — 398x Score — 325x
Flauto traverso — 165x , Violino I — 138x , Violino II — 145x , Viola — 167x , Basso ripieno — 138x , Basso continuo — 168x
Allegro Spiritoso — 232x , Affettuoso — 316x , Vivace — 322x

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 — 308x Score — 201x
Flauto traverso I — 162x , Flauto traverso II — 158x , Oboe I — 144x , Oboe II — 148x , Violino concertato — 149x , Violino I — 144x , Violino II — 147x , Viola — 157x , Fagotto — 167x , Basso — 149x
[Allegro] — 337x , alla Siciliana — 285x , Allegro — 324x

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 — 498x Score — 326x
Flauto traversiere — 175x , Violino I — 154x , Violino II — 156x , Basso ripieno — 146x , Basso continuo — 156x
Allegro — 333x , Andante moderato — 254x , Allegro assai — 210x

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 — 367x Score — 189x
Flauto traversiere — 155x , Violino I — 132x , Violino II — 129x , Viola — 125x , Basso ripieno — 127x , Basso — 127x
Allegro — 320x , Amoroso — 234x , 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 — 516x Score — 177x
Flauto traversiere — 154x , Violino I — 145x , Violino II — 169x , Viola — 129x , Basso — 142x , Basso ripieno — 140x
Allegro — 252x , Arioso e mesto — 356x , 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 — 439x Score — 197x
Flauto traverso — 169x , Violino I — 135x , Violino II — 138x , Viola — 134x , Basso continuo — 134x , Basso ripieno — 131x
Allegro — 249x , Lento con Sordini — 264x , Vivace — 305x

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 — 486x Score — 305x
Flauto traversiere — 212x , Violino I — 134x , Violino II — 165x , Viola — 182x , Basso — 156x , Basso ripieno — 146x
Allegro assai — 413x , 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 — 656x Score — 326x
Flauto traversiere — 171x , Violino I — 141x , Violino II — 141x , Viola — 145x , Basso — 150x , Basso ripieno — 134x

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 — 320x
Flauto traversiere — 200x , Violino I — 139x , Violino II — 137x , Viola — 135x , Basso — 138x , Basso ripieno — 131x , Fagotto — 131x
Allegro di molto — 184x , Arioso mà con affetto — 142x , Vivace assai — 287x

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 — 619x Score — 231x
Flauto — 200x , Violino I — 147x , Violino II — 152x , Viola — 145x , Basso — 140x
Allegretto — 172x , Amorevole — 138x , Presto — 296x

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 — 340x
Flauto traverso — 179x , Violino I — 153x , Violino II — 146x , Viola — 151x , Basso — 150x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 288x , Larghetto — 180x , Presto — 325x

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 — 638x Score — 232x
Flauto traverso — 168x , Viola — 136x , Violino — 158x , Basso — 147x
Allegro — 287x , 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 — 530x Score — 198x
Flauto traversiere I — 161x , Flauto traversiere II — 150x , Violino I — 144x , Violino II — 137x , Viola — 136x , Basso ripieno — 139x , Basso continuo — 135x
Allegro — 315x , 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 — 635x Score — 326x
Flauto traversiere — 187x , Violino I — 167x , Violino II — 150x , Viola — 203x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 164x , Basso continuo — 127x
Allegro assai — 151x , Lento — 204x , Vivace — 335x

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

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Sample — 514x Score — 225x
Flauto traversiere I — 162x , Flauto traversiere II — 162x , Basso — 165x
Affettuoso — 134x , Presto — 116x , Larghetto — 111x , Vivace — 113x

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

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Sample — 809x Score — 297x
Flauto traversiere I — 143x , Flauto traversiere II — 144x , Oboe I — 146x , Oboe II — 141x , Violino I — 143x , Violino II — 148x , Violino di ripieno — 132x , Viola — 137x , Fagotto — 149x , Basso — 148x
Vivace — 249x , Siciliana Larghetto — 132x , Allegro assai — 132x

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

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Sample — 568x Score — 221x
Flauto traversiere I — 163x , Flauto traversiere II — 162x , Basso — 157x
Adagio — 151x , Allegro — 147x , Largo — 151x , Allegro — 140x

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 — 495x Score — 185x
Flauto dolce — 210x , Flauto traversiere — 270x , Basso — 185x
Affettuoso — 121x , Alla breve — 111x , Larghetto — 134x , Vivace — 116x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 540x Score — 230x
Flauto traversiere I — 250x , Flauto traversiere II — 202x , Basso — 241x
Grave — 156x , Allegro ma non troppo — 127x , Larghetto — 117x , Presto — 122x

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

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 638x Score — 238x
Flauto traverso — 241x , Basso — 210x
Andante moderato — 162x , Presto — 151x , Largo — 147x , Pastorale — 147x

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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