Look insideGiovanni Battista Fontana (~1570–1630) Sonatas Nos. 1 and 3 (1641)
edited by Robert Paul Block and Richard Hervig [corn(vl,rec,fl,ob,trp),bc]
24 pages | 23 x 30,5 cm | 119 g | ISMN: 979-0-004-48560-6 | Saddle Stitch
The present sonatas are from a posthumous volume of Giovanni Battista Fontana’s solo and ensemble sonatas that was published in 1641 by Bartolomeo Magni. Fontana was among the first to compose sonatas in distinctly instrumental idiom, derived mainly from violin style, but leaving open the possibility of performance by other instruments, most notably the cornetto. Since it was expected, in the early 17th century, that cornetto players be able to perform virtually anything written for violin (including later works going as high as g3), it is reasonable to offer this modern edition for cornetto or for its spiritual descendant, the modern trumpet. Since the range of the pieces at hand suits other winds, there are even further options for authentic performance.