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Sonata en quatuor in C minor, Op. 17 No. 4

Louis-Gabriel Guillemain · 1705–1770 · French
For flute, violin, viola da gamba, continuo
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, with the parts evenly matched
MinorLyricalDramaticLesser-known

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Ensemble
With continuo
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 11 min
Composed
1756
Era
Baroque

Notes

Scored like Op. 12 (flute, violin, bass viol, continuo); reworkings of his Op. 13 harpsichord sonatas

Also in Second livre de sonates en quatuor, Op. 17

Sonata en quatuor in A minor, Op. 17 No. 6
flute, violin, viola da gamba, continuo
With continuoflute, violin, viola da gamba, continuo
12 min
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Sonata en quatuor in D major, Op. 17 No. 5
flute, violin, viola da gamba, continuo
With continuoflute, violin, viola da gamba, continuo
12 min
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Sonata en quatuor in G major, Op. 17 No. 1
flute, violin, viola da gamba, continuo
With continuoflute, violin, viola da gamba, continuo
14 min
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Sonata en quatuor, Op. 17 No. 2
flute, violin, viola da gamba, continuo
With continuoflute, violin, viola da gamba, continuo
11 min
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Sonata en quatuor, Op. 17 No. 3
flute, violin, viola da gamba, continuo
With continuoflute, violin, viola da gamba, continuo
11 min
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A step before · level 4

Trio Sonata No. 13 in C minor
Georg von Bertouch
2 violins, continuo
With continuo2 violins, continuo
10 min
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Trio Sonata No. 14 in G minor
Georg von Bertouch
2 violins, continuo
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9 min
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Sonata No. 11 in C minor, C. 88
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
violin, 2 violas, continuo
With continuoviolin, 2 violas, continuo
6 min
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Concerto à cinq in E minor, Op. 37 No. 6, PB 441
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
recorder (or flute), violin, oboe, bassoon, continuo
With continuorecorder (or flute), violin, oboe, bassoon, continuo
8 min
MinorLyricalLesser-known
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A step after · level 6

Trio Sonata in C minor from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Johann Sebastian Bach
flute, violin, continuo
With continuoflute, violin, continuo
18 min
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Partita No. 1 in D minor, C. 62
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2 violins, continuo
With continuo2 violins, continuo
18 min
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Sonata à due No. 3 in G minor
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2 violas da gamba, continuo
With continuo2 violas da gamba, continuo
10 min
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Sonata à due No. 2 in E minor
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2 violas da gamba, continuo
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