Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 240x ⇩ Score — 144x ⇩
Violino I — 111x ⇩, Violino II — 95x ⇩, Basso continuo — 88x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 115x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 124x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 148x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 94x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 105x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 133x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 113x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 108x ⇩

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 — 156x ⇩ Score — 112x ⇩
Violino I — 107x ⇩, Violino II — 102x ⇩, Basso continuo — 98x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 129x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 124x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 147x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 129x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 120x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 115x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 113x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 72x ⇩

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 — 338x ⇩ Score — 128x ⇩
Voci sole — 90x ⇩, Violino I — 91x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 86x ⇩, Viola — 89x ⇩, Violoncello I — 102x ⇩, Violoncello II — 94x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 88x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 147x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 130x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 94x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 92x ⇩

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 — 400x ⇩ Score — 120x ⇩
Violino I — 88x ⇩, Violino II — 83x ⇩, Viola — 86x ⇩, Basso — 88x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 101x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 87x ⇩, Corno I — 86x ⇩, Corno II — 85x ⇩
[Allegro] — 152x ⇩, Moderato — 133x ⇩, Allegro — 107x ⇩

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 — 542x ⇩ Score — 146x ⇩
Violino I — 103x ⇩, Violino II — 102x ⇩, Viola — 99x ⇩, Violoncello — 102x ⇩, Basso — 100x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 162x ⇩, Largo — 99x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 142x ⇩

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 — 336x ⇩ Score — 108x ⇩
Soprano — 92x ⇩, Violino I — 95x ⇩, Violino II — 91x ⇩, Viola — 91x ⇩, Basso — 89x ⇩
Allegro — 93x ⇩, Adagio — 73x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 93x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 106x ⇩, Allegretto — 90x ⇩

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 — 401x ⇩ Score — 114x ⇩
Alto solo — 97x ⇩, Violino I — 97x ⇩, Violino II — 94x ⇩, Viola — 91x ⇩, Basso — 89x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 104x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 88x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 92x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 92x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 148x ⇩

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 — 447x ⇩ Score — 153x ⇩
Soprano — 103x ⇩, Flauto — 129x ⇩, Basso — 104x ⇩
Amoroso — 124x ⇩, Recitativo — 84x ⇩, Andante — 133x ⇩

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 — 529x ⇩ Score — 125x ⇩
Soprano — 106x ⇩, Violino I — 93x ⇩, Violino II — 92x ⇩, Viola — 89x ⇩, Basso — 98x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 137x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 106x ⇩, Recitativo — 127x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 104x ⇩, Recitativo — 108x ⇩, Aria Andante — 99x ⇩

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 — 548x ⇩ Score — 181x ⇩
Violino I / Oboe I / Flauto I — 118x ⇩, Violino II / Oboe II / Flauto II — 124x ⇩, Basso — 108x ⇩
Adagio — 81x ⇩, Allegro — 91x ⇩, Aria I — 99x ⇩, Aria II — 98x ⇩

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 — 855x ⇩ Score — 212x ⇩
Soprano — 133x ⇩, Violino I — 120x ⇩, Violino II — 110x ⇩, Viola — 109x ⇩, Basso — 121x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 136x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 95x ⇩, Allegro — 82x ⇩, Recitativo — 85x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 83x ⇩, Recitativo — 85x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 96x ⇩

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

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