12 Violin Sonatas, Op.4 (Geminiani, Francesco)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 12 sonatas
First Publication 1739
Genre Categories Sonatas; For violin, continuo; Scores featuring the violin; Scores with basso continuo; For 1 player with continuo; For strings, continuo (arr); For strings with continuo (arr); Scores featuring string ensemble (arr); For violin, piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Scores and Parts

Complete

 Complete Score
#331327 - 7.60MB, 58 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2436×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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 Complete Score
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Fynnjamin (2014/11/18)

 Complete Score (Le Clerc re-issue)
#98869 - 12.22MB, 50 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4068×⇩ - Squin

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Squin (2011/4/11)

 Incomplete Score (pp.5-38 only)
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Fynnjamin (2014/6/27)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. London: [J. Welcker for the author], 1739.
London: John Johnson for the author, 1739.
Reprinted Paris: Le Clerc, 1742.
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Misc. Notes Le Clerc uses the same plates.
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 Complete Score
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Fynnjamin (2022/2/23)

Publisher. Info. Amsterdam: a spese di Gerhardo Friderico Witvogel; Jean Covens, n.d.(ca.1740). Plate 74.
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Nos.1-6

 Sonatas 1-3
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Fynnjamin (2009/12/6)

 Sonatas 4-6
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Fynnjamin (2009/12/6)

Editor James Joseph Barber
Publisher. Info. Rochster: University of Rochester, 1964 (D.M.A. Thesis, part 2)
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
Modern edition (with figured bass realization) of that published by J. Welcker, London, 1739 (copy in Sibley Music Library, currently not digitized).
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 Complete Score
#590817 - 3.59MB, 90 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 986×⇩ - WadeLeclair

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WadeLeclair (2019/9/24)

 Violin
#590815 - 2.43MB, 35 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1265×⇩ - WadeLeclair

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 Continuo
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WadeLeclair (2019/9/24)

Editor John Wade (b. 1952)
Publisher. Info. John Wade, 2019.
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Misc. Notes 12 Violin Sonatas, Opus 4
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Nos.7-12

 Complete Score
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 Violin
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 Continuo
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WadeLeclair (2019/9/24)

Editor John Wade (b. 1952)
Publisher. Info. John Wade, 2019.
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Misc. Notes 12 Violin Sonatas. Opus 4
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Sonatas 1, 11, 2, 5, 7, 9

For Strings and Continuo (Composer)

 Complete Parts
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 Parts (missing Viola 2)
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Fynnjamin (2012/2/10)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. London: The Author, 1743.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn): AC E8-6 (A-H)
This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page.
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 Complete Score
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 Complete Parts
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Fynnjamin (2011/12/9)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1743).
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Selections

For Violin and Piano (Jensen)

 5. Sonata in A minor: Presto - Score and Violin Part
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 6. Sonata in D major: Allegro - Score and Violin Part
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 7. Sonata in A major: Andante and Moderato - Score and Violin Part
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Schalltrichter (2013/1/7)

Arranger Gustav Jensen (1843-1895)
Publisher. Info. Klassische Violinmusik berühmter Meister des 17. u. 18. Jahrhunderts, No.9
Mainz: Schott, 1911. Plate 271.
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Misc. Notes Originally published as Ausgewählte Sonatensätze
Items 6 and 7 were reprinted in

Palaestra (ed. Heim)Vol 5b No.63

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 8. Sonata in D minor - Score and Violin Part
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 10. Sonata in A major - Score and Violin Part
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 11. Sonata in B minor - Score and Violin Part
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Schalltrichter (2013/1/5)

Arranger Gustav Jensen (1843-1895)
Publisher. Info. Klassische Violinmusik berühmter Meister des 17. u. 18. Jahrhunderts, Nos.1, 2
London: Augener, 8604, 8212-8213.
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Books

 Thesis, part 1: Essay
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Fynnjamin (2010/8/13)

Editor James Joseph Barber
Publisher. Info. Thesis (D.M.A.), University of Rochester, 1964.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
The Appendix, a facsimile of Welcker's 1739 edition, is not included in Sibley's digitization.
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General Information

Work Title 12 Violin Sonatas
Alternative. Title
Composer Geminiani, Francesco
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.4 ; H.85-96
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
Key see below
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 12 sonatas:
  1. Sonata in D major, H.85
  2. Sonata in E minor, H.86
  3. Violin Sonata in C major, H.87
  4. Sonata in D minor, H.88
  5. Violin Sonata in A minor, H.89
  6. Sonata in D major, H.90
  7. Sonata in A major, H.91
  8. Violin Sonata in D minor, H.92
  9. Sonata in C minor, H.93
  10. Sonata in A major, H.94
  11. Sonata in B minor, H.95
  12. Sonata in A major, H.96
First Publication. 1739
Dedication Margaret, Countess of Orrery
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation violin, continuo
Extra Information 6 of the sonatas were arranged by the composer in 1743 as "Concertos"
  1. Concerto in D major, H.97 (Sonata 1)
  2. Concerto in B minor, H.98 (Sonata 11)
  3. Concerto in E minor, H.99 (Sonata 2)
  4. Concerto in A minor, H.100 (Sonata 5)
  5. Concerto in A major, H.101 (Sonata 7)
  6. Concerto in C minor, H.102 (Sonata 9)
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