Tra questi colli ameni e belli (Conti, Francesco Bartolomeo)

Genre Categories	Secular cantatas; Cantatas; For 2 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; Italian language

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*#403828 - 33.60MB, 54 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 38×⇩ - Tito Manlio

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Publisher. Info.	8 Cantatas, A-Wn Mus.Hs.17593 Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1700s).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna (A-Wn): Mus.Hs.17593 (8) This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page.
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Work Title	Tra questi colli ameni e belli
Alternative. Title
Composer	Conti, Francesco Bartolomeo
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IFC 40
Key	G major
Language	Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Baroque
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	2 sopranos, orchestra (2 oboes, strings, continuo) (see below, Comments)

Grove Music has the title as "Fra questi", not "Tra questi".
Grove Music lists this for single oboe and violin. However, there are 6 lines, and the 3 instrumental lines are specified as "Violini & Hautbois", with 2 G clefs and a C3 (alto) clef. This would imply oboe, violin, and viola. However, on p.10 it says "senza Haut" where all 3 instrumental lines have notes on them, implying more than 2 strings, but at that point, they are all playing unison. Unlike other Conti cantatas that specify violins but use alto clef that never goes below G below middle C (thus could be for 2 violins, not violin and viola), this alto clef part goes below the lowest note on the violin on p.34, so it requires a viola player.
"Violini e Hautbois" refers to the top two lines - it means "Violins and Oboes". One oboe doubles the section of violins 1, and the second doubles the violins 2. The line with the alto clef is obviously a viola part. TW.