Chamber Music

This is the second of a set of ten trio sonatas in Darmstadt, which are all unusual in the prominence they give to the second violin; it is almost as if Graun had written them to be played by himself and some royal patron, who would have had to play first violin. It has three movements: an Adagio followed by two Allegros.

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Edited by Brian Clark.
16pp.
Scoring: 2 violins, continuo.

This piece is in the familiar three-movement form: the opening Adagio is followed by two Allegros.

Click here to see the first page of the score.

Edited by Brian Clark.
16pp.
Scoring: 2 violins, continuo.

The third in the same set of sonatas, this piece also has three movements in the slow-fast-fast pattern.

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Edited by Brian Clark.
20pp.
Scoring: 2 violins, continuo.

This piece has three movements: an Adagio, followed by a fugal Allegro and another triple-time Allegro in binary form.

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Edited by Hans-Heinrich Kriegel.
20pp.
Scoring: 2 violins, continuo.
PLEASE NOTE: This edition does not include a continuo realization.
If you require one, please tick the box. Remember, it may take a week to produce a continuo part.

This sonata also has three movements: the opening Adagio, ma non troppo is followed by two binary faster movements, an Allegretto and a triple-time Allegro, ma non troppo.

Click here to see the first page of the score.

Edited by Hans-Heinrich Kriegel.
16pp.
Scoring: 2 violins, continuo.
PLEASE NOTE: This edition does not include a continuo realization.
If you require one, please tick the box. Remember, it may take a week to produce a continuo part.

Surprisingly late for an instrumental line-up such as this, Johann Gottlieb Graun's sonata for two violas da gamba and continuo looks to the future, both in its musical language and in its three movement form (slow, fast, fast). The top part ranges from the D below middle C to the G at the top of the treble clef, and the second to the E at the top of the same. The continuo part might be better played at 16', since the gambas sometimes overlap with the bass. The piece has been recorded by Christophe Coin and Vittorio Ghielmi.

Click here to see the first page of the score.

Edited by Brian Clark.
16pp.
Scoring: 2 violas da gamba, continuo.