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Asclepius Editions
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Asclepius Editions
Scholarly editions of music for viols and other instruments
Carl Friedrich Abel - Six Sonatas for Two Violas da Gamba from The Countess of Pembroke’s Music Book (Volume 1)
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*** This best selling collection of Sonatas is now in its third edition ***
These are not the six easy sonatas that have been readily available from other publishers (e.g. Barenreiter Hortus Musicus 39) for some years. They are from the relatively little known collection of Elizabeth Pembroke, wife of the 10th Earl Pembroke. Elizabeth was a pupil of Abel and these sonatas have a valuable didactic content.
The simple bass accompaniment was probably intended for an instrument other than a keyboard – most likely another gamba, but was otherwise unspecified. The sonatas are some of the most attractive examples of Abel's pre classical or ‘galant’ style. More information is included in the preface to the edition. Score and separate parts. (solo & basso)
ISMN = M 708006 07 7
Carl Friedrich Abel - Sonatas for Two Violas da Gamba from The Countess of Pembroke’s Music Book Volume 2
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Six more sonatas of exceptional lyrical beauty, generally easier than those in volume 1. This is a companion volume to the above. Score and separate parts.
ISMN = M 708006 04 6
Mr Chetwoode - Four fantasias for three viols
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These four delightful fantasias constitute the complete known viol works of Mr Chetwoode. They are very appealing and relatively easy. Score and three parts (treble, tenor, bass).
ISMN = M 708006 02 2
John Sheppard - Three motets transcribed for three viols
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These motets are well suited to renaissance viols, low consorts or consorts with two basses. Includes Illustrissima omniumwhich appears in lute tablature in Lbl Add. 29246. Lute tablature is included in the edition. These pieces make exceptionally beautiful viol consort music, successfully exploiting low sonorities rarely explored, and are very good short concert pieces. Score and three parts (tenor/bass, bass, bass – and – treble, tenor/bass, bass)
Includes Latin translation by Dr Cedric Littlewood.
ISMN = M 708006 03 9
Giovanni Battista Conforti - Four Ricercari from Il primo libro de ricercari (1558) for Three / Four Viols
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Ricercari for three and four viols in the 2nd, 4th, 7th, and 8th modes. Relatively long pieces, rich modal polyphony. Score and four parts (treble, treble, tenor, bass)
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ISMN = M 708006 05 3
Gioseffo Zarlino - Twelve bicinia on the modes from Le Istitutioni Harmoniche (1558), for two Viols
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From Le Istitutioni Harmoniche, 1558. For treble and bass, or two bass viols. Beautiful and edifying transparent two-part modal compositions. Technically easy. Highly recommended. Edition includes two scores allowing a choice of instruments and clefs.
£16.00 (British Pounds) + shipping
ISMN = M 708006 06 0
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Joseph Fiala (1748-1816) - Sonata in G major & Concertino in D major, for Viola da Gamba, Violin, & ‘Cello, with optional harpsichord continuo
Edited and realized by Dr David J Rhodes.
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Two works from the late viola da gamba repertoire. Fiala was a close friend of the Mozart family and Kapellmeister to Prince Fürstenberg. The Sonata is in three movements and the Concertino in four. The Concertino in D in particular provides many opportunities for showy virtuosic displays on the gamba, and in one bar utilizes an arpeggio on harmonics well above the end of the fingerboard. Despite the extrovert nature of these compositions, the gamba part in both pieces remains very practical to play.
ISMN = M 708006 10 7
Songs, Airs, and Dances from the London Concerts, 1773. For soprano voice and instruments
FACSIMILE of the original music sheets (original set incomplete)
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Sixteen songs and nine instrumental pieces
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ISMN = M 708006 11 4
John Stanley - Six solos for a German flute, Violin or Harpsichord, with Basso Continuo, 1745
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ISMN = M 708006 12 1
