6 Sonatas for 2 Cellos, Op.2 (Marcello, Benedetto)

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Scores and Parts

 Cello or Viol 1
*#553901 - 9.21MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 572×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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 Cello or Viol 2
*#553902 - 9.10MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 219×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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 Cello 3 or Continuo
*#553903 - 7.27MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 229×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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 Cello 3 or Continuo (copy 2)
*#553904 - 7.20MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 131×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Publisher. Info. Amsterdam: Witvogel, n.d.(ca.1736). Plate 33. Copyright Public Domain [tag/del/mrg] Misc. Notes Universitetsbibliotek, Uppsala (S-Uu): Leufsta Mus.tr. 42 Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

 Complete Score
*#728150 - 0.80MB, 37 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3573×⇩ - Gafferjarge

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⇒ 6 more: Cello 1 • Viola da Gamba 1 • Cello 2 • Viola da Gamba 2 • Continuo • Engraving Files (LilyPond)

 Cello 1
*#728145 - 0.35MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 687×⇩ - Gafferjarge

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 Viola da Gamba 1
*#728146 - 0.34MB, 17 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 257×⇩ - Gafferjarge

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 Cello 2
*#728147 - 0.33MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 401×⇩ - Gafferjarge

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 Viola da Gamba 2
*#728148 - 0.33MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 133×⇩ - Gafferjarge

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 Continuo
*#728149 - 0.22MB, 17 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 380×⇩ - Gafferjarge

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 Engraving Files (LilyPond)
*#728151 - 0.03MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 133×⇩ - Gafferjarge

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Editor Martin Sheen (b. 1944) Publisher. Info. Martin Sheen Copyright Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del/mrg] Misc. Notes From the Witvogel edition (IMSLP553901-4). Viola da Gamba parts are the same as the Violoncello parts but use the alto clef. Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

Selections (Sonatas 2 and 5)

 Complete Score
*#870626 - 0.96MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - 37/C/57 - 80×⇩ - Jurabe

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⇒ 4 more: Cello 1 • Cello 2 • Bass • Covers, Title Page, Front- and Backmatter

 Cello 1
*#870627 - 0.25MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - 37/C/57 - 22×⇩ - Jurabe

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 Cello 2
*#870628 - 0.23MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - 37/C/57 - 18×⇩ - Jurabe

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 Bass
*#870629 - 0.14MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - 37/C/57 - 17×⇩ - Jurabe

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 Covers, Title Page, Front- and Backmatter
*#870630 - 1.19MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - 37/C/57 - 10×⇩ - Jurabe

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Editor Jørgen Glode Kurt Schneider (1911-1986), bowings Publisher. Info. Moecks Kammermusik No.56 Celle: H. Moeck Verlag, No.1056, 1963. Copyright Public Domain - Non-PD Canada, Non-PD EU [tag/del/mrg] Misc. Notes The last movement of the no.2 C-minor sonata has no continuo part. The editor's 1963 comments establish that this edition is based on part-books found at the "Kungliga Musikaliska Adademien" in Stockholm (currently available on microfilm). The editor stresses nothing has been added except the figured bass realization which which may indicate the Schneider additions were made after the preface was written. The edition is believed to be simultaneously published in the United States through the H. Moeck Verlag office in New York. In the USA this work is most likely in the public domain because no renewal was found after a thorough search of the Catalog of Copyright Entries and it was ineligible for "restoration" under GATT/TRIPS due to being published in the US no more than 30 days after any publication made abroad. Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

General Information

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Although the continuo part is figured, the title page to the Witvogel edition says "Violoncello o Basso Continuo".

The numbering of Marcello's works seems quite chaotic (leaving side the fact that the brothers Alessandro and Benedetto have frequently been mixed up). For example, this work is shown as Op.2 - but so are the 12 Recorder Sonatas. Similarly, Op.1 refers to both 6 Cello Sonatas and 12 Concerti à 5. To confuse matters further, there is a popular 'Sonata in E minor Op.2 no.2' for cello/bass and piano/continuo, published as such by Peters, International Music Company and Schirmer (and probably many others), yet neither set of Opus 2 works shown here contains a no.2 in E minor, and it actually corresponds to the work shown here as Op.1 no.2. The Schirmer book indicates that "Op.2" no.1-6 are in the keys F, E minor, A minor, G minor, C and G respectively, which correspond fully to what is shown here as Opus 1.