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Twelve solos for a violin or oboe with basso continuo. Book 1 / William Babell ; edited by Charles Gower Price.
- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Babell, William, approximately 1690-1723, composer.
- Series:
- Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 140.
- Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.
- Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 140
- Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573
- Standardized Title:
- Solos, violin, continuo, pt. 1
- Language:
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Sonatas (Violin and continuo)--England--18th century--Scores and parts.
- Sonatas (Violin and continuo).
- Sonatas (Oboe and continuo)--England--18th century--Scores and parts.
- Sonatas (Oboe and continuo).
- Genre:
- Sonatas.
- Scores.
- Parts (Music)
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 score (xvii, 82 pages, 20 pages of plates)) : facsimiles + 1 part (35 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2019.
- Summary:
- "John Walsh and Joseph Hare published Babell's first book of twelve solos for violin or oboe posthumously in London around 1725. The sonatas were probably composed for professional performers, and the range and keys suggest that most of them were originally intended for the oboe. Perhaps the most notable aspect of the collection is that it features notated virtuosic embellishments (shown in small noteheads) in many of the slow movements. These embellishments were likely composed for the violin, yet they are suitable for the oboe as well. The clusters of small noteheads are often irrationally notated in the original print, but have been carefully integrated into the metric structure or indicated as cadenzas in the edition. The editor also provides reconstructed simple melodies on a separate staff, giving performers the option to play the simple tunes in first reprises. An appendix reproduces all of the fully graced slow movements in facsimile." -- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Figured bass unrealized.
- Edited from: XII solos for a violin or hautboy, with a bass figur'd for the harpsicord, with proper graces adapted to each adagio. London : Walsh and Hare, ca. 1725.
- Includes biographical and historical information, and notes on performance; critical commentary on pages 79-82.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed June 24, 2019).
- OCLC:
- 1109955437
- Publisher Number:
- B140 A-R Editions, Inc. (score)
- B140P A-R Editions, Inc. (parts)
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