Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 118x ⇩ Score — 55x ⇩
Violino I — 31x ⇩, Violino II — 21x ⇩, Basso continuo — 18x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 23x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 24x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 19x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 18x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 24x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 24x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 23x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 24x ⇩

The source of “Concerti quarto e quinto Opera II” is the printed edition: “Six simphonies en trio d'un goust nouveau pour les violons, flutes et haubois composées par Mr N. Porpora. Opera seconda”, [Paris, ca1737], Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Musique, AC E3-206.

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Sample page — 94x ⇩ Score — 35x ⇩
Violino I — 30x ⇩, Violino II — 31x ⇩, Basso continuo — 27x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 24x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 22x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 21x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 23x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 23x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 20x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 22x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 18x ⇩

The source of “Concerti terzo e sesto Opera II” is the printed edition: “Six simphonies en trio d'un goust nouveau pour les violons, flutes et haubois composées par Mr N. Porpora. Opera seconda”, [Paris, ca 1737], Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Musique, AC E3-206.

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Sample page — 268x ⇩ Score — 54x ⇩
Voci sole — 23x ⇩, Violino I — 22x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 23x ⇩, Viola — 24x ⇩, Violoncello I — 26x ⇩, Violoncello II — 32x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 23x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 26x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 29x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 23x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 25x ⇩

Sources of “Arie con Violoncello“” are: 1) score of L‘Angelica (1720). Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna (A-Wn): Mus.Hs.17050; 2) score of L’Agrippina (1708), Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella - Napoli - IT-NA0059; Identifier: Rari 7.2.15.

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Sample page — 253x ⇩ Score — 46x ⇩
Violino I — 24x ⇩, Violino II — 23x ⇩, Viola — 24x ⇩, Basso — 24x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 36x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 23x ⇩, Corno I — 23x ⇩, Corno II — 22x ⇩
[Allegro] — 30x ⇩, Moderato — 25x ⇩, Allegro — 29x ⇩

The source of Sinfonia is a manuscript of the score, Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (SLUB) (D-Dl), Mus. 2417-N-2, RISM ID no.: 212001574. Caption title: “Sinfonia del Sig|nor|e Nicola Porpora”. Copyist and arranger was Pisendel, Johann Georg <1687-1755>.

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Sample page — 463x ⇩ Score — 57x ⇩
Violino I — 32x ⇩, Violino II — 29x ⇩, Viola — 28x ⇩, Violoncello — 30x ⇩, Basso — 29x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 30x ⇩, Largo — 29x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 32x ⇩

The source is the manuscript of the score, Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli, IT-NA0059, identifier: IT\ICCU \MSM\0161825. Caption title: “Agrippina / Opera / Del Sig.r Nicolò Porpora / 1708”.

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Sample page — 270x ⇩ Score — 40x ⇩
Soprano — 27x ⇩, Violino I — 32x ⇩, Violino II — 29x ⇩, Viola — 27x ⇩, Basso — 23x ⇩
Allegro — 22x ⇩, Adagio — 24x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 27x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 28x ⇩, Allegretto — 28x ⇩

The source is the autograph of the score, Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli, IT- NA0059, identifier: IT\ICCU\MSM\0081463. Caption title: “Porpora / Cantata a Voce Sola / con Violini / 8bre 1746”.

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Sample page — 336x ⇩ Score — 45x ⇩
Alto solo — 31x ⇩, Violino I — 28x ⇩, Violino II — 32x ⇩, Viola — 27x ⇩, Basso — 26x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 36x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 25x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 26x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 31x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 35x ⇩

The sources of aria “Il Pastor se torna Aprile” from the opera “Semiramide riconosciuta”, poetry by P. Metastasio, 1739, are: 1) manuscript of the score, 34.6.25@31, Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella; 2) manuscript of the score, caption title: “Semiramide Riconosciuta | Musica | Del Sig: Nicolò Porpora | Rappresentata | Nel Nuovo Teatro di S. Carlo | In Napoli”, Mus.2417-F-2, Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek -Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (SLUB) (D-Dl), RISM ID no.: 212007605.

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Sample page — 375x ⇩ Score — 81x ⇩
Soprano — 37x ⇩, Flauto — 58x ⇩, Basso — 38x ⇩
Amoroso — 26x ⇩, Recitativo — 19x ⇩, Andante — 26x ⇩

The source of “Cantata con Flauto” in F major is the manuscript of the score. IT\ICCU\MSM\0079630, I-Nc - Napoli - Biblioteca del Conservatorio Statale di Musica "San Pietro a Majella". Caption title: “Cantata con Flauto / Del Sig.r Porpora”.

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Sample page — 461x ⇩ Score — 58x ⇩
Soprano — 35x ⇩, Violino I — 33x ⇩, Violino II — 32x ⇩, Viola — 29x ⇩, Basso — 33x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 32x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 28x ⇩, Recitativo — 29x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 32x ⇩, Recitativo — 31x ⇩, Aria Andante — 31x ⇩

The source is a manuscript of the score, Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli, IT-NA0059, identifier: IT\ICCU\MSM \0081434, Internet culturale. Title page: “Il Ritiro / Cantata à Voce Sola / con Istromenti / Di Niccolò Porpora”.

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Sample — 482x ⇩ Score — 104x ⇩
Adagio — 28x ⇩, Allegro — 30x ⇩, Aria I — 29x ⇩, Aria II — 31x ⇩

Sources of Concerto Primo Opera II are: ms Gieddes Samling III,31 mu 6212.0337, The Royal Library, Copenhagen and a printed edition “Six simphonies en trio d'un goust nouveau pour les violons, flutes et haubois composées par Mr N. Porpora. Opera seconda”, [Paris, ca 1737], Gallica, BNF, Paris. In case of difference between the two sources the present edition follows the printed version.

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Sample — 780x ⇩ Score — 137x ⇩
Soprano — 51x ⇩, Violino I — 48x ⇩, Violino II — 31x ⇩, Viola — 42x ⇩, Basso — 49x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 63x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 37x ⇩, Allegro — 30x ⇩, Recitativo — 27x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 33x ⇩, Recitativo — 29x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 28x ⇩

The source is a ms. of the score DM90132500340, Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella, Napoli.

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