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Lotti, Antonio (1667 - 1740)

Sample page — 32x Score — 8x
Soprano — 3x , Violino I — 3x , Violino II — 2x , Viola — 2x , Basso continuo — 3x , Oboe I — 4x , Oboe II — 2x

The source of “Chari Zephyri fontes” in A major is the manuscript of the score. Title: “Chari Zephÿri fontes p. | à | Soprano Solo | 2 Hautbois | 2 Violini | 1 Violetta | con il Basso Continuo.“, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung, Berlin (D-B), Mus.ms. 30095, RISM-ID: 455026787.

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Sample page — 46x Score — 13x
Oboe — 9x , Violino I — 5x , Violino II — 6x , Viola — 5x , Basso — 6x

The Concerto is an arrangement, perhaps by Lotti himself (M. Talbot) of three opera arias taken from his works Giove in Argo and Ascanio. The sources are: 1) the anonymous manuscript of the parts: “Concerto a 5 | g b | Hoboe Principalo | Violino Primo | Violino Secundo | Viola | et Basso Continuo.”, Saml.Wenster L:10, Universitetsbiblioteket, Lund (S-L), RISM: 190001696; 2) the manuscript of the score: “Die meisten Arien aus der Pastoral | Giove in Argo | und der Opera Ascanio”, (18 arias and 1 duetto from the pastorale, 35 arias and 1 duetto from the opera by A. Lotti), ND VI 2625 (Nr. 1-55), Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Carl von Ossietzky, Musiksammlung, Hamburg (D-Hs).

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Sample page — 43x Score with Oboe d'Amore part transposed into A major — 10x , Non-transposed score — 15x
Cembalo / Basso — 1x , Oboe d'Amore transposed into A major — 6x , Non-transposed Oboe d'Amore — 10x , Violino I — 2x , Violino II — 1x , Viola — 2x
[1.] Allegro — 4x , [2.] Affettuoso — 4x , [3.] Allegro — 5x

The sources of the Concerto are: 1) the manuscript of the parts (1734): “Concerto ex A. Hautbois d'amour solo, violino primo, violino 2.do, viola & basso cembalo.”, MS. 360, Univer-sitäts- und Landesbibliothek, Münster (D-MÜu), RISM: sources/450016927; 2) the manuscript of the score (>1944): “Conzerto für Oboe d'amore mit Begleitung eines Streichorchesters und Continuo”, Mus-Ms-347, TU Darmstadt. Both manuscripts erroneously attri-bute the concerto to Heinichen, while several more reliable sources (Christoph Graupner, Breitkopf Thematic Catalogue. Part III 1763) indicate Antonio Lotti.

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Sample page — 108x Score — 23x
Violino I — 7x , Violino II — 4x , Viola — 4x , Basso — 7x , Oboe I — 7x , Oboe II — 4x , Fagotto — 5x
Ouverture — 2x , Sarabande — 3x , Passepied — 2x

The source is the manuscript of the score of “Ascanio” (1718), Dresden, (D-Dl), Mus.2159-F-5, RISM ID no.: 212006104. The title is missing.

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Sample page — 110x Score — 25x
Violino I / Oboe I — 15x , Violino II / Oboe II — 9x , Viola — 8x , Basso — 8x
Allegro — 1x , [Largo] — 2x , Presto — 1x

The source is the manuscript the score of “Alessandro Severo” (1717), Dresden, (Dresden, (D-Dl)), Mus.2159- F-2, RISM ID no.: 21200610. Title page: “ALESSANDRO SEVERO | DRAMA | Rappresentato nel Teatro di S. Gio: Grisostomo | Il Carnovale [sic!] dell'Anno MDCCXVII | POESIA | Dell'Illmo Sig.r Apostolo Zen [sic!] | MUSICA | Del Sig.r Antonio Lotti”.

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Sample page — 703x Score — 101x , Score with the oboe part transposed to A major — 53x
Flauto traversiere — 74x , Oboe d'amore — 41x , Oboe d'amore (transposed in A major) — 48x , Basso / Cembalo — 48x
Vivace — 10x , Largo — 8x , Allegro — 7x

The source is the manuscript of separate parts. Caption title: “TRIO | à | Flute Traversieur | Hautbois d'Amour | et | Basse Chiffrée | del | Seigneur Lotti”, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B), Mus.ms. 13216, RISM ID no.: 452021898.

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Sample — 397x Score — 46x
Violino I — 18x , Violino II — 16x , Fagotto obbligato — 24x , Basso — 15x
Adagio — 6x , Allegro — 7x , Adagio — 4x , Allegro — 4x

The Sonata in B-flat major is available as a ms. of separate parts at the Stockholm Royal Library, Utile Dulci database.

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Sample — 631x Score — 21x
Tromba I — 9x , Tromba II — 9x , Oboe I — 8x , Oboe II — 8x , Flauto I / Flauto II — 9x , Violino I — 9x , Violino II — 8x , Viola — 8x , Basso — 9x
Sinfonia — 4x , Adagio - Andante — 3x , Allegro — 3x

The main source is the ms. of the score of the Sinfonia from the opera “Polidoro”, opera in five acts by Antonio Lotti, online available at Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella, Napoli. A second source is a ms. of parts of an arrangement with horns in place of trumpets and the addition of flutes traversieres, SLUB, Dresden.

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Score first page — 471x Full score — 24x
Oboe I — 16x , Oboe II — 11x , Violoncello — 10x , Basso — 11x
Echo — 4x , Adagio — 4x , Presto — 5x

“Quartetto Echo” in F major is available as a ms. of separate parts at the Stockholm Royal Library, Utile Dulci database.

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Sample — 722x Score — 53x
Flauto traversiere I — 17x , Flauto traversiere II — 12x , Violino I — 12x , Violino II — 10x , Viola — 10x , Fagotto — 11x , Basso — 11x
Allegro — 10x , Adagio — 9x , Allegro — 9x

The main source is the ms. of parts of the Sinfonia from the opera “Giove in Argo”, given in Dresden on 1717. Ms. is available on SLUB, Dresden as Mus.2159-F-4b, RISM-A/II-212001733. It is a variant of the ms. Mus. 2159-F-4a, RISM-A/II-212001259, with flutes replacing oboes, and with the addition of bassoon.

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