Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 299x ⇩ Score — 220x ⇩
Violino I — 135x ⇩, Violino II — 125x ⇩, Basso continuo — 116x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 246x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 311x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 311x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 263x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 269x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 299x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 292x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 296x ⇩

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 — 173x ⇩ Score — 149x ⇩
Violino I — 131x ⇩, Violino II — 125x ⇩, Basso continuo — 118x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 292x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 304x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 322x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 291x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 314x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 268x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 302x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 162x ⇩

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 — 354x ⇩ Score — 163x ⇩
Voci sole — 117x ⇩, Violino I — 114x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 107x ⇩, Viola — 105x ⇩, Violoncello I — 130x ⇩, Violoncello II — 113x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 108x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 219x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 196x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 234x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 176x ⇩

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 — 481x ⇩ Score — 150x ⇩
Violino I — 101x ⇩, Violino II — 101x ⇩, Viola — 113x ⇩, Basso — 108x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 122x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 104x ⇩, Corno I — 106x ⇩, Corno II — 106x ⇩
[Allegro] — 315x ⇩, Moderato — 310x ⇩, Allegro — 298x ⇩

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 — 569x ⇩ Score — 200x ⇩
Violino I — 125x ⇩, Violino II — 127x ⇩, Viola — 126x ⇩, Violoncello — 119x ⇩, Basso — 135x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 343x ⇩, Largo — 281x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 336x ⇩

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 — 361x ⇩ Score — 132x ⇩
Soprano — 106x ⇩, Violino I — 116x ⇩, Violino II — 111x ⇩, Viola — 110x ⇩, Basso — 107x ⇩
Allegro — 242x ⇩, Adagio — 101x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 220x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 245x ⇩, Allegretto — 198x ⇩

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 — 418x ⇩ Score — 143x ⇩
Alto solo — 116x ⇩, Violino I — 116x ⇩, Violino II — 118x ⇩, Viola — 111x ⇩, Basso — 109x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 126x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 107x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 107x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 113x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 351x ⇩

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 — 467x ⇩ Score — 179x ⇩
Soprano — 120x ⇩, Flauto — 150x ⇩, Basso — 382x ⇩
Amoroso — 294x ⇩, Recitativo — 116x ⇩, Andante — 296x ⇩

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 — 548x ⇩ Score — 154x ⇩
Soprano — 127x ⇩, Violino I — 115x ⇩, Violino II — 142x ⇩, Viola — 114x ⇩, Basso — 118x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 299x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 295x ⇩, Recitativo — 316x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 291x ⇩, Recitativo — 276x ⇩, Aria Andante — 256x ⇩

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 — 564x ⇩ Score — 220x ⇩
Violino I / Oboe I / Flauto I — 159x ⇩, Violino II / Oboe II / Flauto II — 154x ⇩, Basso — 128x ⇩
Adagio — 176x ⇩, Allegro — 156x ⇩, Aria I — 159x ⇩, Aria II — 252x ⇩

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 — 872x ⇩ Score — 255x ⇩
Soprano — 155x ⇩, Violino I — 149x ⇩, Violino II — 131x ⇩, Viola — 133x ⇩, Basso — 149x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 159x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 120x ⇩, Allegro — 111x ⇩, Recitativo — 106x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 104x ⇩, Recitativo — 104x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 121x ⇩

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

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