Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 365x ⇩ Score — 300x ⇩
Violino I — 158x ⇩, Violino II — 147x ⇩, Basso continuo — 147x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 273x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 380x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 398x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 339x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 384x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 319x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 384x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 412x ⇩

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 — 200x ⇩ Score — 204x ⇩
Violino I — 154x ⇩, Violino II — 145x ⇩, Basso continuo — 147x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 420x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 380x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 440x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 418x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 410x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 393x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 420x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 265x ⇩

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 — 377x ⇩ Score — 185x ⇩
Voci sole — 140x ⇩, Violino I — 134x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 125x ⇩, Viola — 123x ⇩, Violoncello I — 151x ⇩, Violoncello II — 131x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 125x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 237x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 219x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 269x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 200x ⇩

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 — 555x ⇩ Score — 190x ⇩
Violino I — 121x ⇩, Violino II — 110x ⇩, Viola — 133x ⇩, Basso — 125x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 137x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 115x ⇩, Corno I — 132x ⇩, Corno II — 123x ⇩
[Allegro] — 413x ⇩, Moderato — 333x ⇩, Allegro — 392x ⇩

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 — 589x ⇩ Score — 235x ⇩
Violino I — 146x ⇩, Violino II — 153x ⇩, Viola — 154x ⇩, Violoncello — 140x ⇩, Basso — 159x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 450x ⇩, Largo — 350x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 446x ⇩

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 — 379x ⇩ Score — 148x ⇩
Soprano — 124x ⇩, Violino I — 138x ⇩, Violino II — 129x ⇩, Viola — 128x ⇩, Basso — 128x ⇩
Allegro — 296x ⇩, Adagio — 148x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 301x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 297x ⇩, Allegretto — 242x ⇩

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 — 442x ⇩ Score — 164x ⇩
Alto solo — 137x ⇩, Violino I — 138x ⇩, Violino II — 134x ⇩, Viola — 132x ⇩, Basso — 128x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 142x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 125x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 123x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 128x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 435x ⇩

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 — 488x ⇩ Score — 212x ⇩
Soprano — 136x ⇩, Flauto — 167x ⇩, Basso — 449x ⇩
Amoroso — 354x ⇩, Recitativo — 141x ⇩, Andante — 392x ⇩

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 — 565x ⇩ Score — 201x ⇩
Soprano — 165x ⇩, Violino I — 130x ⇩, Violino II — 172x ⇩, Viola — 131x ⇩, Basso — 145x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 403x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 384x ⇩, Recitativo — 385x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 408x ⇩, Recitativo — 383x ⇩, Aria Andante — 337x ⇩

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 — 584x ⇩ Score — 276x ⇩
Violino I / Oboe I / Flauto I — 226x ⇩, Violino II / Oboe II / Flauto II — 185x ⇩, Basso — 148x ⇩
Adagio — 227x ⇩, Allegro — 231x ⇩, Aria I — 243x ⇩, Aria II — 332x ⇩

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 — 894x ⇩ Score — 283x ⇩
Soprano — 189x ⇩, Violino I — 178x ⇩, Violino II — 152x ⇩, Viola — 152x ⇩, Basso — 166x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 174x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 137x ⇩, Allegro — 132x ⇩, Recitativo — 123x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 115x ⇩, Recitativo — 126x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 134x ⇩

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

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