CORELLI, Arcangelo 1653-1713

Concerti Grossi Con duoi Violini, e Violoncello di Concertino obligati, e duoi altri Violini, Viola, e Basso di Concerto Grosso, ad arbitrio, che li potranno radoppiare ... Opera Sesta. XII Great Concertos, or Sonatas, for two Violins and a Violincello: or for two Violins more, a Tenor, and a Thorough Bass: which may be doubled at Pleasure. being the Sixth and last work of Arcangelo Corelli. [Op. 6]. [Complete set of parts].

London: Printed for I. Walsh, Servant in Ordinary to his Majesty: at the Harp and Hoboy, in Katherine Street, in the Strand: and I: Hare, at the Viol and Flute, in Cornhill, near the Royall Exchange, [1715].

7 volumes. Folio. Disbound.

1) Violino primo del concertino: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 18, [i] (secondary title), 20-27, [i] (blank) pp.
2) Violino secondo del concertino: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 23, [i] (secondary title), 25-33, [i] (blank) pp.
3) Violino primo del concerto grosso: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 18, [i] (secondary title), 20-27, [i] (blank) pp.
4) Violino secondo del concerto grosso: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 18, [i] (secondary title), 20-27, [i] (blank) pp.
5) Alto viola: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 18, [i] (secondary title), 20-27, [i] (blank) pp.
6) Violoncello del concertino: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto duplicate title, verso blank), 23, [i] (secondary title), 25-34 pp.
7) Basso del concerto grosso: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 18, [i] (secondary title), 20-27, [i] (blank) pp.

"2.d Treble" in contemporary hand to head of violino secondo del concertino part title, "1st Treble Gr." to head of to first ripieno violin, "Tenor" to viola part, and "Bass gr" to continuo part.

Some signs of wear, including occasional soiling, foxing, staining, and small tears. Lacking frontispiece portrait engraving by W. Sherwin after Howard.

Second edition (first English edition). Very scarce. Marx p. 200, no. 2. Smith-Walsh 466. BUC p. 216 (without portrait engraving by Van der Gucht after Howard). RISM C3845 and CC 3845 (most copies incomplete).

"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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