作曲者 | Martino Bitti (1660-1743) |
タイトル | 'London' Sonata no. 4 |
出版社 | Edition HH Limited |
楽器編成 | violin and basso continuo |
品番 | 9790708092902 |
編曲者 | Alessandro Borin, Michael Talbot |
出版番号 | HH331FSP |
ISMN | 9790708092902 |
ISBN | 9781905779857 |
This Sonata in A major belonging to the ‘London’ group was published by John Walsh in January 1704 as the opening work in a series of violin sonatas by different composers delivered to subscribers in twelve monthly instalments. It is also preserved in the manuscript in the British library containing seven violin sonatas by Bitti. It is an extrovert work well suited to public performance — we know that the Cremonese violinist Gasparo Visconti played it at Drury Lane Theatre. The structure follows a pattern that recalls a sonata da camera by Corelli: a prelude-like movement followed in turn by a corrente, a slow, triple-time movement resembling a sarabanda, and a giga.