Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 6 |
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Composition Year | 1804 ca. |
Genre Categories | Sonatas; For 2 violins, cello, double bass; Scores featuring the violin; |
Contents |
⇒ 5 more: 2. Sonata in A major • 3. Sonata in C major • 4. Sonata in B♭ major • 5. Sonata in E♭ major • 6. Sonata in D major
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Work Title | Sei sonate a quattro |
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Alternative. Title | 6 String Sonatas |
Composer | Rossini, Gioacchino |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IGR 66 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 6 pieces
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1804 ca. |
First Publication. | 1825-26 in an arrangement |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | 2 violins, cello, double bass, later arranged for string quartet |
First violin, second violin, violoncello, and contrabass for six horrendous sonatas composed by me at the country house (near Ravenna) of my friend and patron, Agostino Triossi, at the most youthful age, having not even had a lesson in thorough-bass. They were all composed and copied in three days and performed in a doggish way by Triossi, contrabass; Morini (his cousin), first violin; the latter's brother, violoncello; and the second violin by myself, who was, to tell the truth, the least doggish.