SKU: BT.YE0009

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.

The sonatasare both inscribed on the title page Sonata Violone Solo. Col Basso per l'Organo, o Cembalo. A third sonata bears the words Sonata Violino e Violoncino â?¦ di Giovannino del Violone. Giovannino (=Little, or Young John)musthave 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, be assumed to be theirauthor.

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, orVioloncello) 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 a bass Viol, and notnecessarily 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 intended harmony. (The use ofa 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 is open to debate whether aViolone 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 seventeenth century traditions thatare known today (see Dart.

SKU: HL.48011418

UPC: 073999837377. 9.0x12.0x0.135 inches.

Contents: The Tadpole's Tale * Alastair Arbuthnot Has No Hat * Trot Along * Tweedledum and Tweedledee * Pizzicato Pie * If All the World Were Paper * G String March * Over the Moon * Polka * Mad as a Hatter * On the Ice * Li'l Liza Jane * Dance to your Daddy * The First Waltz * Chicken-Feed * Octopiece * Flag Dance * Promenade * Hungarian Folk Song * Drink to Me Only * Square Dance * Cossack Lullaby * Whirlpool Waltz * Rigadoon * Minuet and Trio * Landler * Christ Church Bells.

SKU: LM.28151

ISBN 9790230981514.

With Gab - Care-Free - Two stomp for you - Robert's tune - Around it - Goodbye Kate - One note for you - In the Emilie's eyes - For a blue note - As she like it - I prefer the blue - Ballad for Jodie - I'll be in the show - Leave me here - My friend Gabriell.

SKU: HL.14041051

French.

SKU: SU.28110210

Viola & Piano Duration: 5' Composed: 2018 Published by: Distributed Composer Listen on Youtube:.

SKU: BT.PL1248

SKU: MA.EMR-51072

1. Bei Onkel Jules / 2. Der Stolz Holzfallern / 3. Wasser oder Rotwein / 4. Buzibutz / 5. Yodlogag.

SKU: OU.9780193865983

ISBN 9780193865983. 12 x 8 inches.

Larsen's beautiful piece is absolute music in a standard classical layout with an emphasis on long lyrical lines. A good piece for conservatory and university students.