Composers

Porpora, Nicolò (1686 - 1768)

Sample page — 332x ⇩ Score — 264x ⇩
Violino I — 150x ⇩, Violino II — 136x ⇩, Basso continuo — 130x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio — 259x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 362x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 384x ⇩, [I.4] Allegro — 304x ⇩, [II.1] Affettuoso — 348x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro — 309x ⇩, [II.3] Adagio — 352x ⇩, [II.4] Giga Allegro — 367x ⇩

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 — 183x ⇩ Score — 169x ⇩
Violino I — 140x ⇩, Violino II — 138x ⇩, Basso continuo — 132x ⇩
[I.1] Adagio sostenuto — 386x ⇩, [I.2] Allegro — 350x ⇩, [I.3] Adagio — 392x ⇩, [I.4] Aria I.a e II.a — 373x ⇩, [II.1] Adagio — 363x ⇩, [II.2] Allegro - a Cap[p]ella — 351x ⇩, [II.3] Affettuoso — 377x ⇩, [II.4] Allegro — 216x ⇩

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 — 369x ⇩ Score — 173x ⇩
Voci sole — 121x ⇩, Violino I — 122x ⇩, Violino II / Violetta — 117x ⇩, Viola — 111x ⇩, Violoncello I — 142x ⇩, Violoncello II — 122x ⇩, Violone / Cembalo — 115x ⇩
Aria ”Bella Diva” da ”L'Angelica” — 228x ⇩, Aria "Con troppo fiere immagini” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.7) - Largo — 203x ⇩, Duetto ”All'amor de' nostri cori” da ”L'Agrippina” (III.13) — 259x ⇩, Aria ”Fra gl'insulti di mar tempestoso” da ”L'Agrippina” (II.13) - All[egr]o — 189x ⇩

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 — 518x ⇩ Score — 155x ⇩
Violino I — 112x ⇩, Violino II — 106x ⇩, Viola — 118x ⇩, Basso — 116x ⇩, Oboe I / Flauto I — 127x ⇩, Oboe II / Flauto II — 110x ⇩, Corno I — 113x ⇩, Corno II — 118x ⇩
[Allegro] — 387x ⇩, Moderato — 326x ⇩, Allegro — 365x ⇩

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 — 580x ⇩ Score — 224x ⇩
Violino I — 137x ⇩, Violino II — 142x ⇩, Viola — 140x ⇩, Violoncello — 131x ⇩, Basso — 148x ⇩
Presto e staccato — 416x ⇩, Largo — 336x ⇩, Presto - Forte e staccato — 415x ⇩

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 — 370x ⇩ Score — 140x ⇩
Soprano — 113x ⇩, Violino I — 130x ⇩, Violino II — 118x ⇩, Viola — 123x ⇩, Basso — 120x ⇩
Allegro — 290x ⇩, Adagio — 132x ⇩, Lento - Andantino — 288x ⇩, Rec[itativo] - Con spirito — 282x ⇩, Allegretto — 235x ⇩

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 — 430x ⇩ Score — 155x ⇩
Alto solo — 127x ⇩, Violino I — 128x ⇩, Violino II — 124x ⇩, Viola — 121x ⇩, Basso — 120x ⇩, Flauto traverso I — 134x ⇩, Flauto traverso II — 117x ⇩, Corno da caccia I — 115x ⇩, Corno da caccia II — 120x ⇩
Moderato - Andantino — 406x ⇩

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 — 475x ⇩ Score — 198x ⇩
Soprano — 130x ⇩, Flauto — 157x ⇩, Basso — 413x ⇩
Amoroso — 342x ⇩, Recitativo — 127x ⇩, Andante — 359x ⇩

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 — 557x ⇩ Score — 179x ⇩
Soprano — 140x ⇩, Violino I — 123x ⇩, Violino II — 155x ⇩, Viola — 125x ⇩, Basso — 131x ⇩
Sinfonia - Moderato — 363x ⇩, Sinfonia - Presto — 353x ⇩, Recitativo — 367x ⇩, Aria Moderato — 374x ⇩, Recitativo — 343x ⇩, Aria Andante — 309x ⇩

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 — 576x ⇩ Score — 247x ⇩
Violino I / Oboe I / Flauto I — 192x ⇩, Violino II / Oboe II / Flauto II — 168x ⇩, Basso — 141x ⇩
Adagio — 207x ⇩, Allegro — 204x ⇩, Aria I — 208x ⇩, Aria II — 299x ⇩

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 — 889x ⇩ Score — 270x ⇩
Soprano — 176x ⇩, Violino I — 164x ⇩, Violino II — 143x ⇩, Viola — 142x ⇩, Basso — 159x ⇩, Flauto traversiere — 168x ⇩
Sinfonia Allegro — 127x ⇩, Allegro — 116x ⇩, Recitativo — 114x ⇩, Aria affettuosa — 108x ⇩, Recitativo — 115x ⇩, Aria Allegro — 127x ⇩

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

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