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Sonate en quatuor in A minor, Op. 1
Antoine Dornel · c. 1680–c. 1757 · French
For 3 violins (or flute or oboe), continuo
Also known as Sonate en quatuor (Livre de simphonies)
Level 3 · Upper intermediate — about ABRSM 6 · RCM 7, with the parts evenly matched
Listen

- Ensemble
- With continuo
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 8 min
- Composed
- 1709
- Era
- Baroque
Notes
Three treble parts and continuo; closes the 1709 book; Italianate contrasts in the first movement
Also in Livre de simphonies, Op. 1 (1709)
A step before · level 2
Sonata à quatre in G minor, Op. 34 No. 1, PB 424
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
3 violins (or flute or recorder), continuo
7 min
2balanced
Sonata à quatre in E minor, Op. 34 No. 3, PB 426
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
3 violins (or flute or recorder), continuo
7 min
2balanced
Sonata à quatre in D minor, Op. 34 No. 5, PB 428
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
3 violins (or flute or recorder), continuo
6 min
2balanced
Sonata à quatre in A minor, Op. 34 No. 6, PB 429
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
3 violins (or flute or recorder), continuo
7 min
2balanced
A step after · level 4
Concerto à cinq in E minor, Op. 37 No. 6, PB 441
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
recorder (or flute), violin, oboe, bassoon, continuo
8 min
4balanced
More chamber music by Antoine Dornel
Trio Sonata in D major, Op. 3 No. 2 ("La Triomphante")
2 violins (or flute or oboe), continuo
8 min
3balanced