Viola and Piano SKU: BT.YE0009 For Violone. Composed by Giovannino...(+)
Viola and Piano
SKU:
BT.YE0009
For
Violone. Composed by
Giovannino. Classical.
Book Only. Yorke Edition
#YE0009. Published by
Yorke Edition
(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.
Viola and Piano - Grade 2.5 SKU: AP.36-52720600 Composed by Lynne Latham....(+)
Viola and Piano - Grade
2.5
SKU:
AP.36-52720600
Composed by Lynne Latham.
Arranged by Thom Sharp.
This edition: Latham
Music. String - Viola and
Piano. LudwigMasters -
Latham Music. Book.
Latham Music Enterprises
#36-52720600. Published
by Latham Music
Enterprises
(AP.36-52720600).
ISBN
9781429126267. UPC:
679360613795.
English.
This
volume continues the
development of playing
skills found in Book 1
and progresses to more
complex rhythms,
left-hand finger patterns
and techniques, bowing
techniques, and
preparation for shifting.
Book 2 introduces
students to: long and
controlled bow strokes,
slurred legato and
staccato bow strokes,
string-crossing slurs,
and producing dynamic
contrasts; new rhythmic
patterns including dotted
notes, triplets,
sixteenth notes, swinging
eighth notes, and
syncopated rhythms; new
time signatures including
6/8 and 3/8, along with
cut time for cello/bass;
and major and minor
left-hand string
patterns, extended
fingerings, and beginning
octave harmonics and
shifting. Online audio
available.
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are currently being
prepared by a new
publisher. While many
items are ready and will
ship on time, some others
may see delays of several
months.