Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 272x ⇩ Score — 193x ⇩
Violino I — 128x ⇩, Violino II — 111x ⇩, Basso continuo — 103x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 198x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 218x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 228x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 182x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 188x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 219x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 204x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 207x ⇩

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 — 168x ⇩ Score — 127x ⇩
Violino I — 124x ⇩, Violino II — 119x ⇩, Basso continuo — 115x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 207x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 216x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 228x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 213x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 213x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 192x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 217x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 93x ⇩

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 — 348x ⇩ Score — 152x ⇩
Voci sole — 104x ⇩, Violino I — 109x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 100x ⇩, Viola — 100x ⇩, Violoncello I — 121x ⇩, Violoncello II — 107x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 102x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 207x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 187x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 165x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 155x ⇩

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 — 446x ⇩ Score — 142x ⇩
Violino I — 98x ⇩, Violino II — 93x ⇩, Viola — 110x ⇩, Basso — 103x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 115x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 99x ⇩, Corno I — 95x ⇩, Corno II — 100x ⇩
[Allegro] — 232x ⇩, Moderato — 227x ⇩, Allegro — 198x ⇩

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 — 558x ⇩ Score — 167x ⇩
Violino I — 116x ⇩, Violino II — 117x ⇩, Viola — 113x ⇩, Violoncello — 115x ⇩, Basso — 117x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 251x ⇩, Largo — 182x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 237x ⇩

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 — 351x ⇩ Score — 120x ⇩
Soprano — 102x ⇩, Violino I — 109x ⇩, Violino II — 102x ⇩, Viola — 105x ⇩, Basso — 102x ⇩
Allegro — 178x ⇩, Adagio — 90x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 141x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 189x ⇩, Allegretto — 128x ⇩

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 — 412x ⇩ Score — 135x ⇩
Alto solo — 110x ⇩, Violino I — 111x ⇩, Violino II — 110x ⇩, Viola — 106x ⇩, Basso — 104x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 118x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 100x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 103x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 109x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 255x ⇩

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 — 457x ⇩ Score — 168x ⇩
Soprano — 114x ⇩, Flauto — 144x ⇩, Basso — 340x ⇩
Amoroso — 217x ⇩, Recitativo — 105x ⇩, Andante — 214x ⇩

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 — 541x ⇩ Score — 145x ⇩
Soprano — 117x ⇩, Violino I — 105x ⇩, Violino II — 117x ⇩, Viola — 107x ⇩, Basso — 111x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 214x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 207x ⇩, Recitativo — 230x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 190x ⇩, Recitativo — 207x ⇩, Aria Andante — 186x ⇩

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 — 556x ⇩ Score — 206x ⇩
Violino I / Oboe I / Flauto I — 136x ⇩, Violino II / Oboe II / Flauto II — 137x ⇩, Basso — 122x ⇩
Adagio — 138x ⇩, Allegro — 110x ⇩, Aria I — 117x ⇩, Aria II — 178x ⇩

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 — 866x ⇩ Score — 234x ⇩
Soprano — 145x ⇩, Violino I — 140x ⇩, Violino II — 123x ⇩, Viola — 123x ⇩, Basso — 137x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 150x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 110x ⇩, Allegro — 101x ⇩, Recitativo — 97x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 94x ⇩, Recitativo — 99x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 112x ⇩

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

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