La Romanesca (Anonymous)

According to several scholarly articles, this work is very likely a forgery by François-Joseph Fétis (1784-1871), See also below, Comments.

Genre Categories	Dances; Works with undetermined instrumentation; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For violin, piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); For viola, piano (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For flute, guitar (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For guitar (arr)

Genre Categories

Dances; Works with undetermined instrumentation; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For violin, piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); For viola, piano (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For flute, guitar (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For guitar (arr)

Sheet Music

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano (Liszt)

See: La romanesca, S.252a

For Piano (Thalberg)

See: 10 Piano Pieces, Op.36 No.4

For Violin and Piano (Alard)

Complete Score
*#169412 - 2.14MB, 5 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1641×⇩ - WilliamBunting

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WilliamBunting (2012/1/10)

Violin
*#169413 - 0.80MB, 2 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1368×⇩ - WilliamBunting

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WilliamBunting (2012/1/10)

Arranger	Jean Delphin Alard (1815–1888)
Publisher. Info.	Les Maîtres classiques du violon, 2me Serie, No.11 Mainz: Schott, n.d.[1865]. Plate 17864.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	Grayscale scan Included in the category Easy Works for Violin*.
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For Violin and Piano (Achron)

Complete Score and Violin Part
*#323588 - 0.48MB, 6 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/21/V - 800×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2014/5/1)

Arranger	Joseph Achron (1886–1943)
Publisher. Info.	Vienna: Universal Edition, 1925. Plate U.E. 8197.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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For Violin and Piano (Bott)

Complete Score and Violin Part
*#420014 - 1.94MB, 9 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 53×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2016/4/20)

Arranger	Jean Joseph Bott (1826–1895)
Publisher. Info.	Kassel: Carl Luckhardt, n.d.[1852]. Plate 269.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Possibly Monatsbericht (1866), p.131 instead. Unclear from Luckhardt plate table, which needs filling. The jump from 1852 to 1873 is unconvincing, however.
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For Violin and Piano (Ernst)

Complete Score and Violin Part
*#92939 - 1.88MB, 3 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1012×⇩ - 2tq

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2tq (2011/2/14)

Arranger	Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812–1865)
Editor	Adolf Grünwald (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info.	Berlin: Schlesinger, n.d. Plate S. 2699.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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For Viola and Piano (Ritter)

Complete Score and Viola Part
*#300042 - 0.48MB, 6 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 607×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2013/10/20)

Arranger	Hermann Ritter (1849–1926)
Engraver	Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Publisher. Info.	Nuremberg: Wilhelm Schmid, n.d.[1878]. Plates W.S. 294-95, 297, 299-300, 305-312, 314.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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For Cello and Piano (Casella)

Complete Score and Cello Part
*#600124 - 3.54MB, 15 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 34×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2019/12/5)

Arranger	César A. de Casella (1822–1886)
Publisher. Info.	Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, No. 1428, n.d.[1883].
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Op.50
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For Cello and Piano (Ganz)

Complete Score and Cello Part
*#442392 - 6.06MB, 4 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 37×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2016/10/9)

Arranger	Moritz Ganz (1802–1868)
Publisher. Info.	Berlin: Schlesinger, n.d.[1843]. Plate S. 2699.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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For Cello and Piano (Lee)

Complete Score and Cello Part
*#105997 - 0.44MB, 7 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1192×⇩ - Stephez12

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Stephez12 (2011/6/19)

Editor	Sebastian Lee (1805–1887)
Publisher. Info.	Album for Cello and Piano, Vol.1 London: Augener, No. 7661A, n.d. Plate 6172.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Volume 2 published ca.1883, volume 3 by 1884, according to the Monthly Musical Record (Dec. 1 1883, p.285) and Bibliographie de la France (Mar. 1 1884, p.144), respectively, so one tentatively dates this volume to published sometime between 1880 and 1883?
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For Cello and Piano (Mandozzi after Achron)

Cello
*#323739 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/21/!N - 314×⇩ - Cellofan

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Cellofan (2014/5/2)

Arranger	Joseph Achron (1886–1943) Orfeo Mandozzi
Publisher. Info.	Winterthur: Orfeo Mandozzi 2.5.2014
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del]
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For Cello and Piano (Servais)

Complete Score and Cello Part
*#21703 - 1.12MB, 11 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1121×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2008/9/4)

Arranger	Adrien-François Servais (1807–1866)
Publisher. Info.	Vienna: E. Mollo & A.O. Witzendorf, n.d.(ca.1840). Plate A.O.W. 2940. 2941.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Complete Score and Cello Part
*#243966 - 0.79MB, 8 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 384×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2012/7/26)

Arranger	Adrien-François Servais (1807–1866)
Publisher. Info.	Moscow: Gutheil, n.d. Plate A. 2700 G.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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For Cello and Piano (Vogel and Guérout)

Complete Score
*#65479 - 0.75MB, 4 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1222×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2010/5/30)

Cello
*#65480 - 0.23MB, 1 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1068×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2010/5/30)

Arranger	Charles Vogel (1808–1892) Henri Guérout (1822–1913)
Publisher. Info.	30 Transcriptions de Morceaux célèbres p. Piano et Vcelle., Vol.2, No.17. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d.[1875]. Plate 10129.B.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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For Flute and Guitar (Sor)

Complete Score
*#1037265 - 1.11MB, 4 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2×⇩ - Town explorer

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Town explorer (2026/5/22)

Arranger	Fernando Sor (1778–1839)
Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1835.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	'Manuscrit de la main de Mr. F.Sor célèbre Guitariste' is added on the front page, and the handwriting of the title seems to be same as his surviving letters.
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Complete Score
*#510974 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 8204×⇩ - Stefan Apke

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Stefan Apke (2018/1/30)

Arranger	Fernando Sor (1778–1839)
Editor	Stefan Apke (b. 1963)
Publisher. Info.	Vlotho: Stefan Apke, 2018.
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del]
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For Guitar (Coste)

See: La romanesca, Op.19b

For Guitar (Fortea after Sor)

Complete Score
*#48187 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!C/24 - 8484×⇩ - Tonypanache

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Tonypanache (2009/12/6)

Arranger	Fernando Sor (1778–1839) Daniel Fortea (1878–1953)
Editor	Tony Wilkinson
Publisher. Info.	Tony Wilkinson
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 [tag/del]
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General Information

Work Title	La Romanesca
Alternative. Title	La Romanesca Danse du XVIème Siècle
Composer	Anonymous
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IA 741
Piece Style	Renaissance
Instrumentation	original instrumentation unknown
Extra Information	According to Grove Music, the origin of the Romanesca is uncertain. This work is a gavotte pastiche at best. No part of this piece is congruent with 16th-century music.