Sonata Quinta da Camera. [Set of parts]. [Copyist musical manuscript]
Italy: ca. 1740.
Oblong folio (222 x 305 mm). Notated in black ink on 10-stave rastrum-ruled paper. Watermark with initials "G.M." within a circle below a trefoil.
Violino primo: 1f.
Violino secondo: 1f.
Unfigured basso continuo: [i] (title), 2, [i] (blank) pp.
Violino primo part slightly soiled at edges; small tears to blank margins. Violino secondo part with small tear and minor stains to blank margins. Basso continuo part slightly soiled and stained, with small tears to margins of title; title and second page of music reinforced at inner margins with early narrow strip of paper.
This elegant and lighthearted trio sonata in B-flat major is cast in three movements: Allegro Assai [C], Andante [C], and Presto [3/8]. Each movement is in binary form, with repeats. The opening Allegro Assai incorporates leaping octaves, occasional swerves into G-minor terrain, and climactic rising scales at its conclusion. The Andante makes use gentle syncopations and slides of a third. The opening two movements start with the Romanesca progression, a favorite opening gambit of 18th century composers, conveying freshness and an amorous mood. The final Presto is a compact and attractive minuet. Most often, the violins harmonize with each other and the bass, making frequent use of parallel thirds and sixths; in several spots, however, they double each other. This may indicate that this work was originally conceived for a larger ensemble, with string sections, as it is not particularly common to encounter such doubling in chamber music. This sonata may have originally been an orchestral overture to a theatrical work.
Not located in the RISM manuscripts database.
Item #40863
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