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Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Sample page — 124x Score — 107x
Flauto traversiere — 119x , Violino I — 75x , Violino II — 78x , Basso — 76x
[1.] Allegro — 118x , [2.] Adagio — 83x , [3.] Presto — 86x

The source is a manuscript of the parts, Berlin, D-B, Mus.ms. 18019/7 RISM ID Nr.: 452000033. Title: “Allegro [Incipit] | Concerto à 4. | Flauto Traversiero | Violino Primo | Violino Secondo | e | Basso | di Quantz.”.

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Sample page — 119x Score — 107x
Flauto traversiere — 86x , Violino I — 71x , Violino II — 65x , Basso — 68x , Basso ripieno — 66x
[1.] Allegro assai — 61x , [2.] Grave — 57x , [3.] Allegro — 71x

The source is a manuscript of the parts, Berlin, D-B, Mus.ms. 18019/8, RISM ID Nr.: 452000034. Title: “Allegro | assai [Incipit] | Concerto à 4. | Flauto Traversiero | Violino Primo | Violino Secondo | e | Basso | di Quantz."

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Sample page — 313x Score — 123x
Flauto traverso — 99x , Violino I — 71x , Violino II — 70x , Viola — 77x , Basso ripieno — 69x , Basso continuo — 72x
Allegro Spiritoso — 66x , Affettuoso — 76x , Vivace — 64x

The sources are: a) manuscript of parts, Berlin, (Berlin, (D-Bsa)), SA 2876, RISM ID no.: 469287600. Caption title: “CONCERTO. | [incipit] | Per il | Flauto Trav: Concertato. | Violino Primo. | Violino Secondo. | Viola è Basso Rip: | Basso Con Continuo. | Del Sigr: Quantz”; b) manuscript of parts, Berlin (Berlin, (D-Bsa)), SA 2877, RISM ID no.: 469287701.

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Sample page — 240x Score — 95x
Flauto traverso I — 82x , Flauto traverso II — 70x , Oboe I — 70x , Oboe II — 63x , Violino concertato — 66x , Violino I — 68x , Violino II — 66x , Viola — 67x , Fagotto — 63x , Basso — 71x
[Allegro] — 62x , alla Siciliana — 66x , Allegro — 70x

The source is a manuscript of the score (copy by: Agricola, Johann Friedrich <1720-1774>), Berlin, Sing- Akademie zu Berlin, Notenarchiv (D- Bsa), SA 2799 (13), RISM ID no.: 469279913. Caption title (by Agricola): “Concerto grosso [later, with pencil: "fortasse Quanz.”]”.

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Sample page — 424x Score — 132x
Flauto traversiere — 103x , Violino I — 84x , Violino II — 84x , Basso ripieno — 79x , Basso continuo — 80x
Allegro — 60x , Andante moderato — 58x , Allegro assai — 70x

The sources are two manuscripts of parts, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B), KHM 3556 and KHM 3557, RISM ID no.: 1001068130 and RISM ID no.: 1001068135. Caption titles: “pour Potsdam. | Nro: 13. | [music incipit] | Concerto, à 4. | Flauto Traversiero, | Violino Primo, | Violino Secondo, | e | Basso. | di Quantz.” and: “pour Charlottenbourg. | Nro: 13. | [music incipit] | Concerto, à 4. | Flauto Traversiero, | Violino Primo, | Violino Secondo, | e | Basso. | di Quantz.”.

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Sample page — 294x Score — 106x
Flauto traversiere — 84x , Violino I — 67x , Violino II — 63x , Viola — 63x , Basso ripieno — 61x , Basso — 62x
Allegro — 57x , Amoroso — 61x , Allegro assai — 63x

The source is a manuscript of parts, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B), KHM 3839, RISM ID no.: 1001002031. Cover title: “pour Potsdam. | Nro: 137. | [music incipit] | Concerto, a 5. | Flauto Traversiero, | Violino Primo, | Violino Secondo, | Violetta, | e | Basso. | di Quantz.”.

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Sample page — 396x Score — 101x
Flauto traversiere — 89x , Violino I — 65x , Violino II — 69x , Viola — 65x , Basso — 69x , Basso ripieno — 64x
Allegro — 50x , Arioso e mesto — 65x , Presto — 60x

The sources are: a) a manuscript of parts, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B), KHM 3904, RISM ID no.: 1001051654. Cover title: “pour Charlottenbourg, | Nro: 161. | [music incipit] | Concerto, â 5, | Flauto Traversiero, | Violino Primo, | Violino Secondo, | Violetta, | e | Basso. | di Quantz.”; b) a manuscript of parts, Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (SLUB (D-Dl), Mus. 2470-O-1, RISM ID no.: 212002517. Cover title: “Schranck No: II. | 21. Fach 6. Lage. | [red ink:] No: 6.) Concerto. | [black ink:] Flaut: conc: VV.ni V.la e Basso. | 6. St.[immen] | Del Sig.r Quantz. | [incipit] {{brk}} [on second cover:] 6. | [incipit] | Concerto, à 5, | Flauto Traversiero, | Violino Primo, | Violino Secondo, | Violetta, | e | Basso, | di Quantz {{brk}} [parts, caption title:] Concerto”.

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Sample page — 359x Score — 127x
Flauto traverso — 95x , Violino I — 69x , Violino II — 67x , Viola — 72x , Basso continuo — 66x , Basso ripieno — 69x
Allegro — 46x , Lento con Sordini — 70x , Vivace — 66x

Source is a manuscript of separate parts, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B), KHM 4191, RISM ID no.: 1001051654. Cover title is: “pour Potsdam | No: 300 | [music incipit] | Concerto, à 5, | Flauto Traverso, | Due Violini, | Violetta | e | Basso. | di Quantz.”. RISM reports that, according to ThouretK 1895 (which refers to "Nicolai: Anekdoten III"), Quantz had only completed the first two movements when he died. The third movement is said to have been "designed" by Friedrich II and "executed" by Agricola. There is no evidence of this from the full source.

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Sample page — 411x Score — 126x
Flauto traversiere — 100x , Violino I — 69x , Violino II — 70x , Viola — 67x , Basso — 67x , Basso ripieno — 70x
Allegro assai — 66x , Lento — 59x , Vivace — 56x

The sources of Concerto per Flauto traversiere QV 5:173 GroF 648, are: a) the manuscript of the score, Berlin, Sing-Akademie zu Berlin, Notenarchiv (D-Bsa), SA 2941, RISM ID no.: 469294100, caption title: “Concerto. Flauto Trav. del Sigr. Quantz.”; b) a manuscript of separate parts, D-B, KHM 3718, RISM ID no.: 463371800, caption title: “pour Potsdam. | Nro: 84. | [music incipit] | Concerto, à 5. | Flauto Traversiero, | Violino Primo, | Violino Secondo, | Violetta, | e | Basso | di Quantz”.

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Sample page — 579x Score — 136x
Flauto traversiere — 99x , Violino I — 68x , Violino II — 72x , Viola — 79x , Basso — 71x , Basso ripieno — 69x

Sources of Concerto in A minor QV 5:236 are: a) manuscript of separate parts, KHM 3971, RISM ID no.: 463397100; b) manuscript of separate parts, KHM 3970, RISM ID no.: 463397000. Both sources are in Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B).

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Sample page — 468x Score — 138x
Flauto traversiere — 119x , Violino I — 67x , Violino II — 72x , Viola — 64x , Basso — 68x , Basso ripieno — 72x , Fagotto — 68x
Allegro di molto — 65x , Arioso mà con affetto — 71x , Vivace assai — 65x

Source is a ms. of separate parts, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B), KHM 3957, RISM ID no.: 100101187. Cover title: “pour sans Souci | No: 186. | [music incipit] | Concerto, a 5. | Flauto Traversiero | Violino Primo | Violino Secondo | Violetta | e | Basso. | di Quantz.”

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Sample page — 557x Score — 135x
Flauto — 122x , Violino I — 75x , Violino II — 80x , Viola — 75x , Basso — 75x
Allegretto — 59x , Amorevole — 56x , Presto — 53x

The source of Concerto for Flauto in G minor (QV 5:206) is the manuscript of the score, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B) Mus.ms. 18019/ 30, RISM ID no.: 452000055. Caption title: “No: 6. | Partitur | Concerto per il Flauto G moll | Flauto | Violino 1 | Violino 2. | Viola e | Basso | dell | Quanz.”

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Sample page — 493x Score — 144x
Flauto traverso — 98x , Violino I — 70x , Violino II — 70x , Viola — 70x , Basso — 70x
Allegro di molto mà con brio — 72x , Larghetto — 70x , Presto — 64x

Source is a ms. of separate parts KHM 4114, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabtei-lung (D-B), RISM Id no.: 463411400. Cover title: “pour Charlottenbourg | Nro: 262. | [music incipit] | Concerto, à 5, | Flauto Traverso, | Due Violini, | Violetta, | e | Basso. | di Quantz”.

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Sample page — 560x Score — 140x
Flauto traverso — 96x , Viola — 70x , Violino — 81x , Basso — 71x
Allegro — 93x , Larghetto — 80x , Presto — 74x

Source is a ms. of separate parts SA 2933, Sing-Akademie zu Berlin, Notenarchiv (D-Bsa), Berlin, RISM Id no.: 469293300.

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Sample page — 468x Score — 114x
Flauto traversiere I — 88x , Flauto traversiere II — 79x , Violino I — 76x , Violino II — 68x , Viola — 68x , Basso ripieno — 73x , Basso continuo — 72x
Allegro — 75x , Amoroso con Sordini — 71x , Presto — 57x

Source is a ms. of separate parts Mus. 2470-O-11, SLUB Dresden, Digitale Biblio­thek, RISM Id no.: 212002524. There are two sets of parts in this SLUB file, the transcribed one without oboes and bassoon, the second one with them, added by Pisendel. In QV the first one is 6,8a, the second one 6,8b.

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Sample — 553x Score — 124x
Flauto traversiere — 83x , Violino I — 68x , Violino II — 66x , Viola — 72x , Basso ripieno / Violoncello — 68x , Basso continuo — 63x
Allegro assai — 67x , Lento — 63x , Vivace — 67x

Source is a ms. of separate parts KHM 3718, online available at Staats­bibliothek zu Berlin.

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Sample — 436x Score — 134x
Flauto traversiere I — 91x , Flauto traversiere II — 87x , Basso — 85x
Affettuoso — 68x , Presto — 52x , Larghetto — 51x , Vivace — 51x

The source is a ms. of separate parts Mus. 2470-Q-25, SLUB Dresden: Digitale Biblio­thek.

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 738x Score — 95x
Flauto traversiere I — 75x , Flauto traversiere II — 67x , Oboe I — 63x , Oboe II — 64x , Violino I — 67x , Violino II — 66x , Violino di ripieno — 64x , Viola — 63x , Fagotto — 68x , Basso — 70x
Vivace — 59x , Siciliana Larghetto — 60x , Allegro assai — 66x

Source is a ms. of separate parts Mus. 2470-O-10, SLUB Dresden, Digitale Bibliothek.

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 473x Score — 134x
Flauto traversiere I — 92x , Flauto traversiere II — 78x , Basso — 82x
Adagio — 82x , Allegro — 84x , Largo — 80x , Allegro — 80x

Source is the ms Mus. 2474-Q-7 of SLUB Dresden, Digitale Bibliothek. The original label has a reference to „Sig. Graun“, but SLUB assigns the sonata to J. J. Quantz.

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Sample — 427x Score — 111x
Flauto dolce — 86x , Flauto traversiere — 108x , Basso — 73x
Affettuoso — 59x , Alla breve — 48x , Larghetto — 64x , Vivace — 50x

Source is ms Mus.2470-Q-2, SLUB Dresden: Digitale Bibliothek.

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 457x Score — 108x
Flauto traversiere I — 105x , Flauto traversiere II — 74x , Basso — 97x
Grave — 88x , Allegro ma non troppo — 57x , Larghetto — 53x , Presto — 54x

Source is the ms Mus. 2470-Q-17, SLUB Dresden, Digitale Bibliothek.

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 560x Score — 122x
Flauto traverso — 94x , Basso — 77x
Andante moderato — 75x , Presto — 74x , Largo — 70x , Pastorale — 66x

The Bb major sonata is included in  a manuscript collection of twenty sonatas for flute and bass, Mus.ms 18020, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Caption title: „Sonate / à / Flauto Traverso Solo / è / Cembalo / Da Gio: Giacchino Quantz“.

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