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Sonata No. 1

William Young · ?–1662 · English
For 2 violins, continuo
Also known as Sonata prima à 3
Level 3 · Upper intermediate — about ABRSM 6 · RCM 7, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
With continuo
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 4 min
Composed
1653
Era
Baroque

Notes

Two violins with an obbligato bass viol over the continuo; first of the earliest printed English sonatas

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Also in Sonate à 3, 4, 5 (1653)

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A step before · level 2

Sonata à quatre in G minor, Op. 34 No. 1, PB 424
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
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7 min
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Sonata à quatre in G major, Op. 34 No. 2, PB 425
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With continuo3 violins (or flute or recorder), continuo
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Sonata à quatre in E minor, Op. 34 No. 3, PB 426
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
3 violins (or flute or recorder), continuo
With continuo3 violins (or flute or recorder), continuo
7 min
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Sonata à quatre in D major, Op. 34 No. 4, PB 427
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
3 violins (or flute or recorder), continuo
With continuo3 violins (or flute or recorder), continuo
7 min
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A step after · level 4

Recorder Concerto in C major
Francesco Barbella
recorder, 2 violins, continuo
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10 min
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Sonata No. 2 in F major, C. 79
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
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6 min
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Sonata No. 5 in C major, C. 82
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
2 violins, 2 violas, continuo
With continuo2 violins, 2 violas, continuo
4 min
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Sonata No. 7 in D major, C. 84
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
violin, 2 violas, continuo
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4 min
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