Books and Journals

SKU: UT.APS-6

Edited by Christopher Hogwood. Paperback (Soft Cover). Ad Parnassum Studies. Essays by Gregory Barnett, Barra Boydell, Enrico Careri, Cheryll Duncan, Christopher Hogwood, Peter Holman, Clare Hornsby, Mark Kroll, Sandra Mangsen, Andrew Pink, Rudolf Rasch, Robin Stowell, Michael Talbot, Wiebke Thormahlen, Peter Walls, Neal Zaslaw. Classical. Books and Journals. 524 pages. Ut Orpheus #APS 6. Published by Ut Orpheus (UT.APS-6).

ISBN 9788881094790. 6.5 x 9.5 inches.

Essays by Gregory Barnett, Barra Boydell, Enrico Careri, Cheryll Duncan, Christopher Hogwood, Peter Holman, Clare Hornsby, Mark Kroll, Sandra Mangsen, Andrew Pink, Rudolf Rasch, Robin Stowell, Michael Talbot, Wiebke Thormahlen, Peter Walls, Neal Zaslaw

Sixteen essays by international scholars celebrate the 250th anniversary of Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762), star pupil of Corelli and composer, performer and teacher in Paris, London and Dublin, who for many years was ranked as the equal of Handel.
His compositions moved far beyond Corelli's model (to include theatre music, sonatas for cello and keyboard works) and later in his life he supported his aesthetic style with treatises on violin and guitar playing, good taste, accompaniment and composition. He published all his output in the most elegant style via engravers and music sellers in Paris, Amsterdam and London, and constantly revised and rewrote earlier works in new and often expanded formats. This legacy is analysed and placed in context within the various national styles current in Europe, and the enormous influence of his treatise The Art of Playing on the Violin is positioned in a continuum which extends to Ivan Galamian.
Outside music these studies examine the effect of Freemasonry on Geminiani's career, and his frequent recourse to law to defend his rights. On his own admission, Geminiani preferred dealing in fine art to playing the violin -- a claim always derided by earlier writers, but in fact easily defended by newly available evidence of his highly successful sales.
The reception of Geminiani's music is also re-assessed and his apparent decline in public favour is explained; many new sources contradict the accepted and dismissive opinions of Charles Burney and John Hawkins, and the supportive enthusiasm of his main British advocate, Charles Avison, is given its rightful position. Questions of present-day performance values are also contrasted with Geminiani's philosophy, and many leads presented for the future investigation of this enigmatic but individual genius.

Piano (4 hands)

SKU: M2.MOS-41207

Composed by Charles Burney. Hausmusik. 32 pages. Möseler Verlag #MOS 41207. Published by Möseler Verlag (M2.MOS-41207).

ISBN 9790203732075.

Violin & basso continuo

SKU: HH.HH290-FAC

Composed by Carlo Zuccari. Edited by Christopher Hogwood. This edition: facsimile edition. Violin & Basso Continuo. Facsimile score. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH290-FAC. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH290-FAC).

ISBN 9790708092360.

The problems of ornamenting a slow movement were as apparent in the 18th century as they are to players today: even Charles Burney admitted that it was an area in which performers of great powers of execution often fail. Carlo Zuccari comes to the rescue with a dozen sample adagios printed with both the simple line and a decorated alternative; there are no written rules in his collection -- simply teaching by the direct method, and applicable to all melodic instruments (violin, flute, oboe, cello etc).

This facsimile edition contains a list of original misprints to be corrected and a full introduction.

SKU: BR.BV-295

Faksimile der Ausgabe Berlin 1757. Composed by Johann Friedrich Agricola and Pier Francesco Tosi. Edited by Kurt Wichmann. Softbound. Buchverlag Breitkopf & Hartel (Music Books).

What Quantz did for the flute, C. P. E. Bach for the clavier, and Leopold Mozart for the violin, Tosi did for the voice with his comprehensive vocal method.

Music pedagogy; Baroque. Book. 328 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #BV 295. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.BV-295).

ISBN 9783765102950. 6.5 x 9.5 inches.

The Bach pupil Agricola - who became Kapellmeister at the court of King Frederick the Great after Graun's death competently translated the work, adapted it to the vocal performance practice of the time, and furnished it with additional material to satisfy the taste prevalent in Germany back then. Tosi/Agricola's Anleitung is still regarded as the best book on the subject, in German, as the original in Italian, wrote the widely traveled Charles Burney in 1789.

By Charles Burney. Arranged by Lennie Niehaus. For Alto Saxophone Solo. Alto Saxophone Solo. Level: Grade 1. Published by Kendor Music Inc.

Alto voice and basso continuo

SKU: HH.HH544-FSP

Composed by Francesco Antonio Pistocchi. Edited by Alejandra Béjar Bartolo and Fabrizio Ammetto. Score and parts. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH544-FSP. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH544-FSP).

ISBN 9790708185598.

As a child prodigy, singer (alto), composer and pedagogue (singing master) Francesco Antonio Pistocchi known as ‘Il Pistocchino’ (1659–1726) was acclaimed in numerous theatres in Europe, and his name was praised by musicians and theorists of the time, who included Pier Francesco Tosi, Giuseppe Torelli, Giacomo Antonio Perti, Johann Joachim Quantz, and Charles Burney. His musical oeuvre is rather extensive: it includes operas, a serenata, oratorios, cantatas, duets, terzetti, madrigal, Mass and Mass sections, psalms, responsories, canticles, litanies, hymns, antiphons, motets, lamentations, pastorals and sequences, and instrumental music. The cantatas, in particular, constitute a wide and significant corpus.