Dear Gary,
Indeed, and often overlooked (tho' I suspect not by you) is that
theorbo is an alternative to the bass violin and not the principal
figured bass continuo instrument so a stratospheric higher register is
not required.
rgds
Martyn
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: Corelli sonata for violin and lute
Dear Jean-Michel,
According to the citations I have collected
([1]http://applications.library.appstate.edu/music/lute/continuo.html),
many of the Italian editions of Corelli's Op. 1 call for the tiorba:
Corelli 1682
Corelli, Arcangelo. Sonate a tre, due violini, e violone, o tiorba, col
basso per l'organo . . . [Op. 1] Nuovamente ristampata (Bologna:
Giacomo
Monti) [MARX p. 83]
Corelli 1684a
Corelli, Arcangelo. Sonate a tre, due violini, e violone o tiorba, col
basso per l'organo . . . [Op. 1] Nuovamente ristampata (Bologna:
Giacomo
Monti) [MARX p. 83]
Corelli 1684b
Corelli, Arcangelo. Suonate a tre, due violini, e violone o tiorba, col
basso per l'organo . . . [Op. 1] Nuovamente ristampata (Venice:
Giuseppe
Sala) [MARX p. 83]
Corelli 1685b
Corelli, Arcangelo. Sonate studiose . . . due violini, e violone, o
tiorba, col basso per l'organo [Op. 1] (Modena: Antonio Vitaliani)
[MARX, p. 84]
. . .
Corelli 1707
Corelli, Arcangelo. Suonate a tre, due violini, e violone, o tiorba,
col
basso per l'organo . . . [Op. 1] (Venice: Giuseppe Sala) [MARX p. 88]
I didn't see these first hand, but cite them from: [MARX] = Marx, H. J.
Die Ueberlieferung der Werke Arcangelo Corellis: catalogue raisonne.
(Koeln: Arno Volk Verlag, 1980). I assume he transcribed the title
pages
correctly.
Gary
On 1/23/2014 4:36 AM, jean-michel Catherinot wrote:
> not theorbo, but arcileuto as in many publication at the time
(including
> for instance Mascitti, Haym...). Arcileuto is namely mentionned in
the
> first edtions of op. 1 ( Rome: Gio. Angelo Mutij, 1681) and 3 (Rome:
> Gio. Giacomo Komarek, 1689), well in Roma. I've never seen the
theorbo
> mentionned in Corelli.
>
>
>
>
> Le Mercredi 22 janvier 2014 18h43, R. Mattes <[2][email protected]> a
ecrit :
> On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 07:56:16 -0500, Gary R. Boye wrote
>
> >
> > There are over 30 examples (with many reprints) where plucked
> > strings are specifically mentioned as a possibility in Corelli's
> > works . . .
>
> Hmm, that pretty much boils down to Op. 1 and Op. 3 ... doesn't it?
> And those are tro sonatas where the _theorbo_ can substitute for the
> violone part (IIRC none of the prints mentioning archlute are from
Rome).
>
>
> Cheers, RalfD
>
>
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References
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