Gabrieli, Sonata Pian e Forte - ScP [Mag:EML0220]

Sonata Pian e Forte - ScP. Contributors: Gabrieli, G. Recorder Sextets etc. (SATB x 2). Score and Parts. Publisher's category: Recorder Sextets etc..

Giovanni Gabrieli s famous Sonata Plan e forte comes from his Symphoniae Sacrae of 1597. It is unusual in more than one respect. Instrumentation is given for all parts:cornetto for the top part of choir one, violino for the top part of choir two, and trombone for all remaining parts. In addition, all parts are labelled "alia quarta bassa".While in theory this could mean that Gabrieli intended the piece to be performed a fourth lower, this seems unlikely, because of the "violino" in choir two: even at the written pitch this calls for a viola-sized instrument, also at the transposed pitch choir two already very low-lying is in danger of sounding quite muddy. It is more likely that the label indicates that the music has already been transposed a fourth down.

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