Composer

Johann Joachim Quantz

German flutist, flute maker and composer (1697-1773)

1697–1773

132 works and musical collections

Born: 1697
Died: 1773
Birthplace: Scheden
Place of death: Potsdam
Citizenship / historical state: Germany; Kingdom of Prussia
Period (estimated from birth year): Baroque

Biography

Johann Joachim Quantz (German: [kvants]; 30 January 1697 – 12 July 1773) was a German composer, flautist and flute maker of the late Baroque period. Much of his professional career was spent in the court of Frederick the Great, where he served as the king's flute teacher. Quantz composed hundreds of flute sonatas and concertos, and wrote On Playing the Flute, an influential treatise on flute performance. His works were known and appreciated by Bach, Haydn and Mozart.

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Life and musical career

Occupations: composer; musicologist; music theorist; musical instrument maker; flautist; oboist; trumpeter; music teacher; Kammermusiker; music arranger; musicographer; musician
Teachers: Jan Dismas Zelenka; Johann Joseph Fux; Francesco Gasparini
Career institutions / employers: Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden; Frederick II of Prussia
Instruments played: Western concert flute; oboe
Genres: Baroque music
Movements: Baroque music
Official website: http://www.quantz.info
Native languages: German
Languages used: German
VIAF ID: 37180503
ISNI: 0000000108887580
GND ID: 118747975
Library of Congress ID: n79141193
MusicBrainz ID: b5f059a4-579a-44f2-ab49-d4008ba27930

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Flute, Continuo, Basso continuo, Piano, violin
Genres represented: Classical
Source entries with composition dates: 2

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Arioso.	See work details	Piano Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Trio Sonata in C minor	Key in title C minor	Flute Oboe Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
6 Duets for 2 Flutes, Op.2	Catalogue / opus Op.2 Year composed 1759	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Flute Concerto in G major, QV5:174	Key in title G major	Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Allegro	See work details	Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Trio sonata c minor - Preface	See work details	Flute Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Adagio	See work details	Piano Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Presto	See work details	Piano Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Flute Concerto in G Major, Allegro vivace - Piano	Key in title G major	Piano Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concerto for 2 oboes in E minor QV 6:3	Key in title E minor	Basso continuo strings Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Triosonata in c minor QV 2:Anh. 5	Key in title C minor	Basso continuo Flute Oboe Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Triosonata in G major QV 2:Anh. 19	Key in title G major	Basso continuo Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Preludio DM	See work details	Piccolo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Flute Concerto G major QV 5:169	See work details	Basso continuo Flute strings Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Flute Concerto No.161 in G major, QV 5:174	Year composed 1745 ca. Key in title G major	Flute Orchestra Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Triosonata in c minor QV 2:3	Key in title C minor	Basso continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Triosonata in E minor QV 2:Anh. 12a	Key in title E minor	Basso continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Gigue	See work details	Piano Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Trio Sonata in C Major QV 2: Ahn. 3	Key in title C major	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Trio Sonata D Major - Violin	See work details	violin Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonate b minor - Cello	See work details	Flute Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Triosonate e minor - Oboes 1 & 2	See work details	Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Trio Sonata A Major - Flute 1	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Trio Sonata a minor - Flute 1	See work details	Flute Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Trio Sonata d minor - Flute	See work details	Flute Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Flute Concerto in G Major, Arioso - Piano	Key in title G major	Piano Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concerto for 2 flutes in D major QV 6:1	Key in title D major	Basso continuo strings Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concerto for 2 flutes in G major QV 6:7	Key in title G major	Basso continuo strings Bassoon Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Flute Concerto D major QV 5:45	See work details	Basso continuo Flute strings Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Triosonata in C major QV 2:Anh. 3	Key in title C major	Basso continuo Flute Recorder Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Triosonata in D major QV 2:15	Key in title D major	Basso continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Triosonata in d minor QV 2:Anh. 9	Key in title D minor	Basso continuo Flute violin Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Triosonata in g minor QV 2:34	Key in title G minor	Basso continuo Flute violin Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Allegro vivace.	See work details	Piano Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concerto in G	See work details	Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Alla francese	See work details	Piccolo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Largo in d minor	Key in title D minor	Flute Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Duetto Op. 2 No. 1	Catalogue / opus Op. 2 No. 1	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Duetto no. 4 Op. 2 - Score	Catalogue / opus Op. 2	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Duetto No. 6 Op. 2 - Score	Catalogue / opus Op. 2	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Trio Sonata c minor - Flute	See work details	Flute Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Alla Siciliana E Major	See work details	Flute Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata e minor	See work details	Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Duetto Op. 2 No. 3	Catalogue / opus Op. 2 No. 3	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Trio sonata c minor - Score and Parts	See work details	Flute Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Duetto No. 5 Op. 2	Catalogue / opus Op. 2	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Trio Sonata c minor - Cello/Continuo	See work details	Flute Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Duetto Op. 2 No. 2	Catalogue / opus Op. 2 No. 2	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 37180503. Portrait: Johann Friedrich Gerhard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.