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Johann Joachim Quantz

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6 Duets for 2 Flutes, QV 3:28 Capriccios, Giedde I.17Trio Sonata in C major, QV 2:Anh.3Trio a 3 flauti traversi, QV 3:3.1Trio Sonata in C minor, QV 2:Anh.5Trio Sonata in C minor, QV 2:3Solfeggi, Giedde I.16Trio Sonata in E minor, QV 2:21Flute Concerto in G major, QV 5:169Fantasies and Preludes, Giedde I.45Concerto for 2 Flutes in D major, QV 6:18 Flute Sonatas, Giedde I.136 Sonatas, Op.26 Flute Sonatas, RISM Q.196 Flute Sonatas, Giedde I.206 SonatasTrio Sonata in A minor, QV 2:40Trio Sonata in A major, QV 2:Anh.31Trio Sonata in B minor, QV 2:43Trio Sonata in D major, QV 2:9Sonata for 3 Flutes in D major, QV 3:3.2Flute Sonata in F major, QV 1:86Flute Sonata in A minor, QV 1:149Concerto in E minor, QV 6:3Trio Sonata in C minor, QV 2:Anh.4Flute Sonata in G major, QV 1:1056 Flute Sonatas, Giedde I.19Flute Concerto in F major, QV 5:139Concerto for 2 Flutes in G major, QV 6:7Concerto for 2 Flutes in G minor, QV 6:8Trio Sonata in G major, QV 2:Anh.28Trio Sonata in F major, QV 2:Anh.29Trio Sonata in G major, QV 2:29Trio Sonata in G major, QV 2:Anh.26Trio Sonata in A minor, QV 2:41aTrio Sonata in D major, QV 2:8Flute Sonata in D major, QV 1:Anh.15aFlute Sonata in B minor, QV 1:168Trio Sonata in A minor, QV 2:Anh.34Horn Concerto in E-flat major, QV 5:Anh.14Flute Concerto in E minor, QV 5:120Trio Sonata in D major, QV 2:10Trio Sonata in E minor, QV 2:Anh.12aFlute Sonata in D major, QV 1: Anh.10aTrio Sonata in F minor, QV 2:Anh.18Trio Sonata in G major, QV 2:Anh.27Flute Sonata in G major, QV 1:109Flute Sonata in A major, QV 1:143Flute Sonata in D major, QV 1:42Flute Concerto in G major, QV 5:173Flute Concerto in G major, QV 5:174Flute Sonata in B-flat major, QV 1:161Flute Concerto in G minor, QV 5:206Flute Sonata in G minor, QV 1:126Flute Sonata in C minor, QV 1:18Flute Sonata in F major, QV 1:936 Trio Sonatas, RISM Q.30Flute Sonata in F major, QV 1:82Flute Sonata in B minor, QV 1:169Flute Sonata in E-flat major, QV 1:546 Flute Sonatas, RISM Q.33Flute Sonata in A major, QV 1:145Flute Sonata in E minor, QV 1:706 Flute Sonatas, RISM Q.286 Flute Sonatas, RISM Q.25Flute Sonata in C minor, QV 1: Anh.5Flute Sonata in G minor, QV 1:1143 Sonatas for 3 Flutes, QV 3:3AutobiographyNeue Kirchen-MelodienAllegro in D majorConcerto in D major, QV 6:Anh.1Concerto in G major, QV 6:6Concerto in G major, QV 6:Anh.2Flute Concerto in A major, QV 5:217Flute Concerto in A major, QV 5:218Flute Concerto in A minor, QV 5:236Flute Concerto in B minor, QV 5:Anh.26Flute Concerto in C major, QV 5:14Flute Concerto in C minor, QV 5:28Flute Concerto in C minor, QV 5:38Flute Concerto in D major, QV 4:1Flute Concerto in D major, QV 5: Anh.8Flute Concerto in D major, QV 5:41Flute Concerto in D major, QV 5:45Flute Concerto in D major, QV 5:51Flute Concerto in E major, QV 5:107Flute Concerto in E major, QV 5:108Flute Concerto in E minor, QV 5:121Flute Concerto in E minor, QV 5:124Flute Concerto in E-flat major, QV 5:89Flute Concerto in F major, QV 5:152Flute Concerto in G minor, QV 5:193Flute Concerto in G minor, QV 5:196Flute Sonata in B-flat major, QV 1:162Flute Sonata in G minor, QV 1:117Trio Sonata in A major, QV 2:Anh.32Trio Sonata in B-flat major, QV 2:42Trio Sonata in C major, QV 2:Anh.2aTrio Sonata in D major, QV 2:12Trio Sonata in D major, QV 2:13Trio Sonata in D major, QV 2:14Trio Sonata in D major, QV 2:15Trio Sonata in D major, QV 2:7Trio Sonata in D minor, QV 2:Anh.9Trio Sonata in E minor, QV 2:20Trio Sonata in E minor, QV 2:Anh.14Trio Sonata in E minor, QV 2:Anh.15aTrio Sonata in E-flat major, QV 2:18Trio Sonata in E-flat major, QV 2:Anh.10Trio Sonata in G major, QV 2:28Trio Sonata in G major, QV 2:Anh.19Trio Sonata in G major, QV 2:Anh.20Trio Sonata in G minor, QV 2:34Trio Sonata in G minor, QV 2:35Trio Sonatas, Dlb Mus.2470Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversiere zu spielen
Wikipedia
Johann Joachim Quantz (German: [kvants]; 30 January 1697 – 12 July 1773) was a German flutist, flute maker and Baroque music composer. He composed hundreds of flute sonatas and concertos, and wrote On Playing the Flute, a treatise on flute performance. His works were known and appreciated by Bach, Haydn and Mozart.
Quantz was born as Hanß Jochim Quantz in Oberscheden, near Göttingen, in the Electorate of Hanover. His father, Andreas Quantz, was a blacksmith who died when Hans was not yet 11; on his deathbed, he begged his son to follow in his footsteps. Nevertheless, from 1708 to 1713 he began his musical studies as a child with his uncle Justus Quantz, a town musician in Merseburg; he also studied for a time with a cousin's husband, the organist Johann Friedrich Kiesewetter. From 1714 on, Quantz studied composition extensively and pored over scores of the masters to adopt their style.
In 1716 he joined the town band in Dresden, where in 1717 he studied counterpoint with Jan Dismas Zelenka. In March 1718 he was appointed oboist in the newly formed Dresden Polish Chapel of August II, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland. As it became clear that he couldn't advance as an oboist in the Polish Chapel, Quantz decided to pursue the flute, studying briefly in 1719 with Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin, principal flute in the Royal Orchestra. He became good friends with Johann Georg Pisendel, concertmaster of the Royal Orchestra, who greatly influenced his style.
Between 1724 and 1727 Quantz completed his education by doing a "Grand Tour" of Europe as a flutist. He studied counterpoint with Francesco Gasparini in Rome, met Alessandro Scarlatti in Naples, befriended the flutist Michel Blavet in Paris, and in London was encouraged by Handel to remain there. In 1728 Quantz accompanied August II on a state visit to Berlin. The Queen of Prussia was impressed and wanted to hire him. Though August II refused, he allowed Quantz to travel to Berlin as often as he was asked to. That year the Crown Prince, Frederick II of Prussia (Frederick the Great), decided to study the flute and Quantz became his teacher for several visits a year. Quantz later told writer Friedrich Nicolai that he once had to hide in a closet during an outburst of Frederick's domineering father, who disapproved of his son's musical studies. Until 1741 Quantz remained at the Saxon Court in Dresden. He married Anna Rosina Carolina Schindler in 1737; the marriage was not happy, and it was generally known in Berlin that Quantz's wife tyrannized him.
When Frederick II became King of Prussia in 1740, Quantz finally accepted a position as flute teacher, flute maker and composer at the court in Berlin. He joined that court in December 1741 and stayed there for the rest of his career. He made flutes from at least 1739 and was an innovator in flute design, adding a second key (Eb, in addition to the standard D#) to help with intonation, for example.
As well as writing hundreds of sonatas and concertos, mainly for the flute, he is known today as the author of Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversiere zu spielen (1752) (titled On Playing the Flute in English), a treatise on traverso flute playing. It is a valuable source of reference regarding performance practice and flute technique in the 18th century.
Quantz remained at Frederick's court at Potsdam until his death in 1773. A biography appeared in 1755 in Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg's Historisch-kritischen Beyträgen zur Aufnahme der Musik; another, in Italian, followed in 1762. His grandnephew, Albert Quantz, published a full-length biography in 1877.
Few of Quantz's works were published during his lifetime. Most of them are for transverse flute, including more than 200 sonatas, around 300 concertos, including several for two flutes; around 45 trio sonatas (mostly for 2 flutes or flute and violin, with continuo); 6 quartets for flute, violin, viola and continuo; various flute duets and flute trios; and unaccompanied caprices and fantasias for flute.
The thematic catalog for Quantz's works was published by Horst Augsbach. 'QV' stands for 'Quantz Verzeichnis', and 'Anh.' for 'Anhang' ("supplement") when the authenticity of the works is in doubt. A number of additional works have been discovered or come to light since its publication.