Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 182x ⇩ Score — 99x ⇩
Violino I — 78x ⇩, Violino II — 62x ⇩, Basso continuo — 57x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 47x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 59x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 52x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 44x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 58x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 58x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 60x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 58x ⇩

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 — 129x ⇩ Score — 77x ⇩
Violino I — 71x ⇩, Violino II — 68x ⇩, Basso continuo — 67x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 61x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 45x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 62x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 61x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 46x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 43x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 52x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 45x ⇩

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 — 307x ⇩ Score — 97x ⇩
Voci sole — 61x ⇩, Violino I — 59x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 58x ⇩, Viola — 58x ⇩, Violoncello I — 61x ⇩, Violoncello II — 66x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 57x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 65x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 59x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 43x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 57x ⇩

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 — 328x ⇩ Score — 88x ⇩
Violino I — 59x ⇩, Violino II — 56x ⇩, Viola — 59x ⇩, Basso — 56x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 70x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 57x ⇩, Corno I — 55x ⇩, Corno II — 56x ⇩
[Allegro] — 64x ⇩, Moderato — 48x ⇩, Allegro — 61x ⇩

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 — 514x ⇩ Score — 106x ⇩
Violino I — 69x ⇩, Violino II — 68x ⇩, Viola — 67x ⇩, Violoncello — 67x ⇩, Basso — 67x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 70x ⇩, Largo — 67x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 70x ⇩

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 — 310x ⇩ Score — 82x ⇩
Soprano — 64x ⇩, Violino I — 68x ⇩, Violino II — 65x ⇩, Viola — 64x ⇩, Basso — 62x ⇩
Allegro — 51x ⇩, Adagio — 47x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 65x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 57x ⇩, Allegretto — 57x ⇩

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 — 375x ⇩ Score — 80x ⇩
Alto solo — 65x ⇩, Violino I — 64x ⇩, Violino II — 64x ⇩, Viola — 62x ⇩, Basso — 61x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 69x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 60x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 60x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 64x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 78x ⇩

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 — 421x ⇩ Score — 118x ⇩
Soprano — 71x ⇩, Flauto — 94x ⇩, Basso — 74x ⇩
Amoroso — 64x ⇩, Recitativo — 52x ⇩, Andante — 66x ⇩

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 — 503x ⇩ Score — 99x ⇩
Soprano — 75x ⇩, Violino I — 65x ⇩, Violino II — 66x ⇩, Viola — 63x ⇩, Basso — 70x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 70x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 52x ⇩, Recitativo — 59x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 69x ⇩, Recitativo — 59x ⇩, Aria Andante — 62x ⇩

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 — 520x ⇩ Score — 150x ⇩
Adagio — 50x ⇩, Allegro — 62x ⇩, Aria I — 62x ⇩, Aria II — 66x ⇩

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 — 821x ⇩ Score — 176x ⇩
Soprano — 97x ⇩, Violino I — 85x ⇩, Violino II — 76x ⇩, Viola — 79x ⇩, Basso — 85x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 101x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 72x ⇩, Allegro — 59x ⇩, Recitativo — 57x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 58x ⇩, Recitativo — 63x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 62x ⇩

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

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