3
Trio Sonata in D minor ("E tanto tempo hormai")
Francesco Turini · 1595–1656 · Italian
For 2 violins, continuo
Also known as Sonata a 3 "E tanto tempo hormai"
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
- Short piece
- Length
- About 4 min
- Composed
- 1621
- Era
- Baroque
Notes
Sonata on a popular aria, printed in Turini's first madrigal book (1621); two violins over continuo
Also in Madrigali, Libro 1
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
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