Biography of Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764)
03.09.1695
Born in Bergamo
Violin player and composer, student of Corelli
Concert tour through Europa being escort to elector Friedrich August.
1729
Violin teacher in Amsterdam
30.03.1764
Dies in Amsterdam
1725
Sonata e-moll for two flutes
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Sheet music for flute:
2 Sonatas op. 4
(2 flutes (2 violins))
Schott Verlag, FTR50
Rating: mid-grade
- Sonate d-moll (Largo - Allegro - Largo - Presto)
- Sonate h-moll (Andante - Allegro - Largo - Vivace)
Only score. The first edition was printed 1746 in London.
Drei Sonaten
(flute, cello basso continuo, piano basso continuo)
Bärenreiter, Hortus Musicus 35
Rating: difficult
- Sonate I, G-Dur
- Sonate II, D-Dur
- Sonate III, g-moll
Sonata (G-Dur)
(flute, guitar)
Verlag Doblinger, D. 11 040 b
Rating: mid-grade
- Adagio
- Allegro
- Largo
- Allegro
Sonate (B-Dur)
(flute, piano)
Schott Verlag, 5572
Rating: mid-grade
- Andante
- Largo
- Presto
Sonate (e-moll)
(2 flutes)
Zimmermann, ZM 1038
Rating: mid-grade
- Largo
- Allegro
- Andante
- Presto
two scores
I like Locatelli. Not so easy to play but very beautiful music.
First edition in 1725
Zwölf Sonaten - Volume I Op. II/1-6
(flute, cello basso continuo, piano basso continuo)
Schott Verlag, ED 12652
Rating: mid-grade
- Sonata I (Andante - Adagio - Presto)
- Sonata II (Largo - Allegro - Andante - Presto)
- Sonata III ( Andante - Largo - Presto - Adagio)
- Sonata IV (Adagio - Allegro - Largo - Allegro)
- Sonata V (Vivace - Largo - Allegro)
- Sonata VI (Largo - Allegro - Largo - Allegro)
Baroque music at it%acute;s best. Harmonically innovative and rhythmically interesting.
First edition 1732 in Amsterdam, dedicated to his student Nicolaas Romswinkel
Literature von/über Pietro Locatelli
- Flöteninstrumente und ihre Baugeschichte - Spielpraxis - Komponisten und ihre Werke - Interpreten1. edition Laaber: Laaber-Verlag,2009. - ISBN: 978-3-89007-545-7
- Tonger, P. J.: Conversations-Lexikon der TonkunstBeilage der Neuen MusikzeitungKöln: Wilhelm Hassel,1910.
Last edit 23.10.2020