Six Sonates a Violon Seul et Basse ... IIE. Livre de Sonates de Violon. Prix 9₶. [Score]
- Paris: Chez Imbault au mont d'Or rue St. Honoré entre l'Hôtel d'Aligre et la rue des Poulies No. 627 [PN 180], 1789
Paris: Chez Imbault au mont d'Or rue St. Honoré entre l'Hôtel d'Aligre et la rue des Poulies No. 627 [PN 180], 1789. Folio. Contemporary wrappers. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [i] (blank), 2-51, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved.
Scored for solo violin and an unspecified bass instrument.
With Imbault's control signature to lower outer corner of title. Verso of lower wrapper with brief inscription in contemporary manuscript "[?]Adelaide" and contemporary drawing in ink of a bust of a turbaned man smoking a pipe; two mysterious, nearly-identical geometrical drawings in black and red ink to verso of upper wrapper and recto of lower.
Wrappers slightly worn, soiled, and stained. Minor internal wear and small stains; inner margins of first three leaves dampstained, just touching notation. First Edition. White No. V, 7-12. Giazotto 35-40. Devriès and Lesure I, p. 85. RISM V1940 and VV1940.
Viotti, a distinguished violinist and composer, "was the most influential violinist between Tartini and Paganini and the last great representative of the Italian tradition stemming from Corelli. He is considered the founder of the ‘modern’ (19th-century) French school of violin playing, and his compositions, among the finest examples of Classical violin music, exerted a strong influence on 19th-century violin style." Chappell White, revised by Warwick Lister in Grove Music Online.
Scored for solo violin and an unspecified bass instrument.
With Imbault's control signature to lower outer corner of title. Verso of lower wrapper with brief inscription in contemporary manuscript "[?]Adelaide" and contemporary drawing in ink of a bust of a turbaned man smoking a pipe; two mysterious, nearly-identical geometrical drawings in black and red ink to verso of upper wrapper and recto of lower.
Wrappers slightly worn, soiled, and stained. Minor internal wear and small stains; inner margins of first three leaves dampstained, just touching notation. First Edition. White No. V, 7-12. Giazotto 35-40. Devriès and Lesure I, p. 85. RISM V1940 and VV1940.
Viotti, a distinguished violinist and composer, "was the most influential violinist between Tartini and Paganini and the last great representative of the Italian tradition stemming from Corelli. He is considered the founder of the ‘modern’ (19th-century) French school of violin playing, and his compositions, among the finest examples of Classical violin music, exerted a strong influence on 19th-century violin style." Chappell White, revised by Warwick Lister in Grove Music Online.