Henry Eccles: Sonata

The entire four movements of Henry Eccles’ Sonata in G Minor for ViolonCello and Piano remain in the key of G minor with many long expressive phrases and some moments of fleet-fingered delight.Henry Eccles was a Violinist and composer of the Baroque era who was a musician to King William and Queen Mary and a member of the Royal Band of Queen Anne. The Duke d’Aumont brought him to Paris where he entered the service of King Louis XIV. In 1720 Eccles published a book of sonatas for Violin and figured bass from which renowned English composer Malcolm Lipkin has created this arrangement for ‘Cello and Piano.

Par ECCLES HENRY. Henry Eccles left behind a number of smaller works most of which were written for violins or flutes. However, the most famous is this Sonata in G minor. Though often played in transcription by violinists and especially by double bass players, the sonata was originally published for cello in four movements – Prelude, Courante, Sarabande and Gigue – accompanied by a figured bass. Little is known about Henry Eccles. Neither his birth nor his death date has been firmly established, ranging respectively between 1675-85 and 1735-45. It is not even certain that he composed this sonata. He probably hailed from London and later served at the court of Louis XV in France. The editorChristoph Sassmannshaus, is the grandson of Egon Sassmannshaus, the founder of the “Early Start” series of string methods. / Niveau : 3 / Répertoire / Violoncelle et Piano

Par . Cet ample volume contient des ?uvres originales et des transcriptions connues des époques baroque, classique et romantique de Bottesini, Capuzzi, Dragonetti, Eccles, Fauré, Koussevitzky, Lulier, Saint-Saëns, Simandl, Sperger et autres. Le répertoire convient à l'enseignement, aux auditions, aux examens et aux concours. Tous les morceaux sont imprimés en accordage normal de l'orchestre, et des accompagnements de piano pour le jeu en accordage solo sont en outre disponibles en téléchargement. Ainsi, le volume peut être utilisé de manière flexible dans des cours au niveau supérieur des écoles de musique ainsi que dans les études. / Date parution : 2022-05-20/ Recueil / Contrebasse et Piano