This volume contains 18 complete pieces and 1 fragment of music written in England between about 1660 and 1690. Composers include Thomas Baltzar, John Jenkins, Bartholomew Isaack, Nicola Matteis, and Gottfried Finger. With a preface, introduction, editorial notes, facsimiles, and textual commentary. "Published for the Musica Britannica Trust established by the Royal Musical Association." Includes bibliographical references. Critical commentary in English; preface in English, French, and German.
Contents:
Sonata in C major (the extant violin 2 part) / Gottfried Finger. Ten fantasia-suites. Suite no. 1 in D major ; Suite no. 2 in D minor ; Suite no. 3 in G minor ; Suite no. 4 in A minor ; Suite no. 5 in A major ; Suite no. 6 in F major ; Suite no. 7 in B flat major ; Suite no. 8 in C major ; Suite no. 9 in C minor ; Suite no. 10 in E minor / John Jenkins -- Ground in A minor / Bartholomew Isaack -- Ground in D minor / Nicola Matteis -- Five sonatas. Sonata in E minor, op. 1, no. 7 ; Sonata in G minor, op. 1, no. 8 ; Sonata in D major, op. 1, no. 9 ; Sonata in B flat major ; Sonata in B flat major / Gottfried Finger -- Appendix. Sonata in C major (the extant violin 2 part) / Gottfried Finger.
Summary:
"Music for three violins and bass formed a small yet distinctive corpus of instrumental music at the Restoration court of Charles II and in the Catholic chapel of James II. Introduced to England by the German violinist Thomas Baltzar, the genre was adopted by John Jenkins, whose ten late fantasia-suites for three violins, bass viol and continuo, together with Gottfried Finger's five sonatas for the same group of instruments, constitute the bulk of this volume. Other representative works include Baltzar's own Suite in C major and Bartholomew Isaack's Ground in A minor, all fascinating progenitors of Purcell's crowning contributions to the repertoire, his Pavan in G minor and 'Three Parts upon a Ground'. -- Provided by publisher.
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