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

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Publisher. Info. Amsterdam: Witvogel, n.d.(ca.1736). Plate 33.
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Misc. Notes Universitetsbibliotek, Uppsala (S-Uu): Leufsta Mus.tr. 42
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Editor Martin Sheen (b. 1944)
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Misc. Notes From the Witvogel edition (IMSLP553901-4). Viola da Gamba parts are the same as the Violoncello parts but use the alto clef.
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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.
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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.
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Work Title 6 Sonatas for 2 Cellos
Alternative. Title VI Sonata a Tre Due Violoncello o Due Viole di Gamba e Violoncello o Basso Continuo del Signor Benedetto Marcello Nobile Veneto Opera Seconda
Composer Marcello, Benedetto
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.2 ; RISM A/I: M 444
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 sonatas:
  1. Sonata in G major, S.754
  2. Sonata in C minor, S.753
  3. Sonata in B-flat major, S.757
  4. Sonata in A major, S.756
  5. Sonata in B-flat major, S.758
  6. Sonata in G major, S.755
First Publication. 1736 ca. - Amsterdam: G.F. Witvogel
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation 2 cellos (or bass viols), continuo (or cello)

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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.