Martino Bitti
London' Sonata no. 4 in A major
Martino Bitti
London' Sonata no. 4 in A major
- Instrumentation Violin and Continuo
- Composer Martino Bitti
- Editor Michael Talbot Alessandro Borin
- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Edition HH Limited
- Order no. MDS-HH331
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Description:
This Sonata in A major belonging to the 'London' group was published by John Walsh in January 1704 as the opening work in a series of violin sonatas by different composers delivered to subscribers in twelve monthly instalments. It is also preserved in the manuscript in the British library containing seven violin sonatas by Bitti. It is an extrovert work well suited to public performance - we know that the Cremonese violinist Gasparo Visconti played it at Drury Lane Theatre. The structure follows a pattern that recalls a sonata da camera by Corelli: a prelude-like movement followed in turn by a corrente, a slow, triple-time movement resembling a sarabanda, and a giga.