Work Title
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La Cetra, libro quattro di sonate a 2-4 stromenti
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Alternative. Title
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Composer
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Legrenzi, Giovanni
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.11* ; RISM A/I: L 1625
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IGL 3
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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18 sonatas
- 1. Sonata a 2 (2 violins)
- 2. Sonata a 2 (2 violins)
- 3. Sonata a 2 (2 violins)
- 4. Sonata a 2 (violin, viola da brazzo or bassoon)
- 5. Sonata a 2 (violin, viola da brazzo or bassoon)
- 6. Sonata a 2 (violin, viola da brazzo or bassoon)
- 7. Sonata (2 violins, viola da brazzo)
- 8. Sonata (2 violins, viola da brazzo)
- 9. Sonata (2 violins, viola da brazzo)
- 10. Sonata (2 violins, viola da brazzo)
- 11. Sonata (2 violins, viola da brazzo)
- 12. Sonata (2 violins, viola da brazzo)
- 13. Sonata a 4 (4 violins)
- 14. Sonata a 4 (2 violins, viola, viola da brazzo)
- 15. Sonata (2 violins, viola, viola da brazzo)
- 16. Sonata (2 violins, viola, viola da brazzo)
- 17. Sonata (4 viole da gamba o come piace) - see comment"*
- 18. Sonata a 4 (4 viole da gamba o come piace) - see comment"*
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1673 or before
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First Publication.
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1673 - Venezia: Francesco Magni detto Gardano
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Dedication
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Leopold I. of Austria
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Baroque
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Piece Style
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Baroque
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Instrumentation
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2-4 instruments, continuo
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Extra Information
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This volume is in fact Legrenzi’s Op.11. The printing of La Cetra as Op.10 appears to be an error on the part of the Venetian publisher, who was presumably unaware of Legrenzi's actual Op.10 published in Bologna in 1670, Acclamationi divote, Op.10. The correct numbering of Legrenzi's publications resumed in 1676 with the issue of Cantate, e Canzonette a voce sola, Op.12. To add to the confusion, when Legrenzi's Bologna publisher reissued La Cetra in 1682, they retained the designation as Op.10.
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