List of compositions by Johann Joachim Quantz

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The list of compositions by Johann Joachim Quantz was established by Horst Augsbach. [1] QV stands for "Quantz Verzeichnis", and Anh. for "Anhang" (supplement) when the authenticity of the works is spurious.

Contents

Flute sonatas

The numbering follows the Catalogue des solos pour Sans Souci and the Catalogue des solos pour le Nouveau Palais that contains works of both Quantz and his student Frederick II, King of Prussia. These two catalogues start at number 88. The previous Catalogue des solos pour Potsdam containing sonatas Nos. 1–87 never existed and there are no missing sonatas. Rather, the copyist of the catalog seems to have copied 87 concertos before turning to the sonatas, at which point he resumed with the no. 88 for the first sonata. The sonatas by Quantz are numbered as follows: 88–105, 142, 219–254 & 265–361. The 121 sonatas by Frederick II are: 106–141, 143–218 & 255–264. The sonatas with a Roman numeral numbering are part of the collection Sonata a flauto traverso solo e cembalo da Gio: Gioacchino Quantz.

Trio sonatas

The variable instrumentation of the trio sonatas in indicated in parentheses. Some of the trio sonatas call for two instruments only with the harpsichord playing one dessus and the continuo. For example, 'Sonata for flute, (violin) & harpsichord (continuo)' means that it can be played by flute, violin and continuo or flute and harpsichord.

Flute Solos

The third group of compositions gathers works for 1 to 3 flutes without continuo.

Flute concertos

Like the flute sonatas, the concertos are numbered according to the catalogues contemporary to Quantz, especially the Catalogue des concertos pour le Nouveau Palais. Quantz composed the concertos Nos. 1, 4–78, 80–85, 89 and 92–300. Frederick II composed only four concertos, Nos. 87, 88, 90 and 91. The concerto No. 2 is attributed on one source to Carl Heinrich Graun. As for the concertos Nos. 3, 79 and 86, the composer remains unknown. The flute concertos are listed in two categories, according to whether or not a viola part is included in the string accompaniment.

Flute concertos without viola part

Instrumentation: Flute, solo; 2 violins and basso continuo.

Flute concertos with viola part

Instrumentation: Flute, solo; 2 violins, viola and basso continuo.

Other orchestral works

Arias and songs

Recently discovered works

The six flute quartets were discovered, edited and recorded by Mary Oleskiewicz in the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin archives after they were returned to Germany in 2001. [3]

Notes

  1. H. Augsbach, Johann Joachim Quantz: Thematisch-systematisch Werkverzeichnis, Stuttgart, Carus-Verlag, 1997.
  2. RISM   210044722
  3. Mary A. Oleskiewicz, Quantz's Quartuors and Other Works Newly Discovered, Early Music 31 (2003), pp. 484–505.

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