8/17/2019 Corelli Trp Sonata Score http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/corelli-trp-sonata-score 1/6 THE ':::::l ::)o'o One of the most interesting ond curious ospects of ltolion instrumentol music qt the end of the lgth centuryis the sudden rise of o body of compositions, entitled either sonoto, sinfonio, or concerfo, written for one, two or very rorely four trumpets ond ririigr. Still more curious is the foct thot olmost oll of these pieces were written folpnd performed in the bosilico of Son Petronio in Bologno' The performonces if."r*f"UJLok ploc" onnuqlly on the 4th October, during the festivities held ot if.," gr""i bosilico in honour oi Soint Petronius, the potron soint of Bologno. pro"ti"itiy of f of these trumpet works ore Preserved only in the orchives of the church. one such composition not preserved in Sqn Petronio is this rylendid sonoto by Corelli, which is scored for trumpet, first ond second violins' ond bosso continuo' i"t, it'would "pp""t thqt the Corelii trumpet sonqto hod o much greoter currency in the lqte lTth ond eorly lSth centuries thqn those found qt Son Petronio' for it is contoineu in ,nonul".ritr in borh ltoi;, ond Englond, ond in o print published by John Wolsh in 1704. when ond for whot purpose wos this composition written, o work thot stonds unique in its scoring in'Cor"lli'soutput? Y"-tt the resident Bolognese comPosers owore of its "*irt"n-""i llthorgh no conclusive onswers con be provided to these questions, it is importont to beor. in,nina rf,ot Corelli received much of his eorly troining in Bologno, ond, in foct, ,"r"rr"a to himself os "detto il Bolognese" on the title poges of hirlirri foq print"d "ollections of trio sonotos' He moy therefore hove wished either to contribute or to poy deference to one of the noblest troditions of Bolognese insfrumentol music of the Boroque Ero ' Soulces: .pts in the librory of the Conservotorio di Son Pietro o lvloiello in lwo monuscrt Noples entitled resPectivelY: - r' fJlitf;l,i'j"ol ' :H-::.T:'i"'iJ:il::l;li Corelli... 2. Sonote di A' Corelli 3. British Museum Add' 30839' 39565 - 67 4, ;;;ith Mu'"ut Add' 35043 (incomplete) 5. ;;i;; Triniiv.Collese of Music ( o1aoi) t-"115= in OH l.e, D rnoior for violins in 3 ports" ' For more detoiled informotion concerning this work see: Ml;i;i Tilmouth, "Coielli's Trumpet Sonoto' " $[ a Musicol Record 90 (1960) 217 - 221' NormonCherry"ACorellisonotoforTrumpet'Violins'ondBossoContinuo"' Brqss Quorterly (1961) 103-l13' NORMAN CHERRY 1968.