CORELLI, Arcangelo 1653-1713

Suonate a Tre Due Violino e Violone Col basso perl[!] organo ... Opera Prima. [Op. 1]. [Trio sonatas]. [Complete set of parts]

Amsterdam: Chez Estienne Roger et Marie Susanne de Magneville, 1698.

4 volumes. Folio. Sewn. Contemporary plain ivory wrappers.

1) Violino primo: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 13, [i] (blank) pp.
2) Violino secondo: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 12 pp.
3) Violoncello: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 12 pp.
4) Organo: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 12 pp.

Engraved throughout.

With contemporary annotations "Maria Cecilia Tichborne" in pencil; "Mary Tichborn" in ink; "Corelli opera 1ma 0:80" to wrapper of first violin part; and "Mary Tichborn" in ink to wrapper of organ part.

Wrappers slightly soiled, stained, and with small tears to edges. Occasional internal soiling, staining, creasing, and marginal tears; small loss to blank outer margin of p. 13 of first violin part.

A bright impression on heavy paper. In very good condition overall.

First Amsterdam edition. Rare. Marx p. 86, no. 11. BUC p. 217. RISM C3671 and CC3671 (two copies only). OCLC 908930526.

The trio sonata "was the central instrumental form of the Baroque period ... and is generally reckoned to have reached its height in the four sets of sonatas by Corelli: his opp. 1 and 3 (of the sonata da chiesa type, generally with fugal fast movements), and his opp. 2 and 4 (of the sonata da camera type, with movements in dance rhythm)." TNG Vol. 19, p. 152

"Despite the modest size of his output, comprising six collections of instrumental music and a handful of other authentic works, and its virtual restriction to three genres – solo sonata, trio sonata and concerto – Corelli exercised an unparalleled influence during his lifetime and for a long time afterwards. This influence, which affected form, style and instrumental technique in equal measure, was most closely felt in Italy, and in particular in Rome, where he settled in early manhood, but soon spread beyond local and national confines to become a European phenomenon. As a violinist, teacher of the violin and director of instrumental ensembles Corelli imposed standards of discipline that were unusually strict for their period and helped to lay the groundwork for further progress along the same lines during the 18th century. To Corelli belong equally the distinctions of being the first composer to derive his fame exclusively from instrumental composition, the first to owe his reputation in large part to the activity of music publishers, and the first to produce ‘classic’ instrumental works which were admired and studied long after their idiom became outmoded." Michael Talbot in Grove Music Online.

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