Very little is known about the two sonatas which appear here in their original keys. They were placed in the library of the Music School in Oxford at the end of the seventeenth century in a form convenient for playing (i.e.unbound). The library was catalogued by Hake between 1850 and 1855 and the sonatas were eventually bound in 1855 with other instrumental and vocal manuscripts of the same period, some of which are dated 1698.Thesonatas are both inscribed on the title page Sonata à Violone Solo. Col Basso per l'Organo, o Cembalo. A third sonata bears the words Sonata à Violino e Violoncino … di Giovannino del Violone.Giovannino(=Littl e, or Young John) must have been a performer, and although the third sonata has been copied by a different hand, it is conceivable that Giovannino is a connecting link between the three. He cannot, however, beassumed to be their author.The Violone was a six-stringed instrument with frets, and there is evidence to suggest that the Contrabasso of the same period was similar but probably a little larger; the Violoncino(=Little Violone, or Violoncello) must have been smaller. The word 'Violone' was also used as a collective term embracing all members of the Viol family, which means that the sonatas might well have been written for a tenor or abass Viol, and not necessarily a Violone as such. Indeed, when they are played on a Violone, or Double Bass the continuo bass line must be played at a lower pitch than the solo instrument, to prevent inversion of the intendedharmony. (The use of a Violone/Double Bass continuo or 16' organ tone would overcome this problem.)The editor has added no ornaments or embellishments to the solo part as it appears in the original manuscript. It isopen to debate whether a Violone player, owing to the very nature of his instrument, would have used any but the simplest melodic decorations. Nevertheless, the performer should acquaint himself thoroughly with those seventeenthcentury traditions that
SKU: CA.3979500
ISBN 9790007056643. Key: C minor. Language: all languages.
SKU: KU.GM-1930
ISBN 9790206205484. 9 x 12 inches. Key: E minor.
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767) originally composed the Sonata in e minor for viola da gamba and basso continuo. The solo part is also well suitable to be played with bassoon or violoncello. This arrangement for bassoon and guitar is strongly inspired by the original. Suggestions for tempo, phrasing and dynamics have been added, while fingerings in the guitar voice have been omitted for better legibility.
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ISBN 9790001017251. UPC: 884088017361. 9.0x12.0x0.083 inches.
Die sechs Sonaten von Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739) gehoren neben denjenigen von Antonio Vivaldi zu den bekanntesten Barockkompositionen fur Violoncello und Basso continuo. Schon zu Lebzeiten des zu seiner Zeit durchaus beruhmten Komponisten wurde die Sammlung in den wichtigen europaischen Musikmetropolen London, Paris und Amsterdam in Drucken angeboten. Auch wenn es einige unbequeme Griffverbindungen in diesen Sonaten gibt, die daher ruhren durften, dass Marcello mit einem funfsaitigen, um eine e'-Saite erganzten Cello rechnete, so sind sie doch von moderater Schwierigkeit und gehoren zu den Standardwerken des Violoncellounterrichts.
