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Author: Rick Williams
Date: 2003-03-31 14:42
Hi:
My teacher gave me a break from Mozart, Stamitz and Poulenc last week and assigned Telemann's Sonata in Cm 1-4 for me to play. I've checked the archives and other web sources on the piece, but didn't really find a whole lot about it. The title, methodische sonaten suggest this may have been a training or education piece, does anyone know about the history of it.
Also, I've read variously that the piece was written for , trumpet, flute or recorder. Flute/trumpet I can see but I didn't know recorders had the range to play the two octaves in the 3rd mvt (E-Eb). Fun little work to play, really grows on you.
Just curiosity, I like to learn as much about anything I play as I can.
Thanks in advance
RW
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Author: Synonymous Botch
Date: 2003-03-31 19:52
In my previous horn-blowing incarnation, I played enough Flute music to last my lifetime. I vote for Flute or Recorder, given Telemann's era.
No adjustments would have been necessary to the text for the range of your clarinet.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2003-03-31 21:08
Rick -
Musicians in the baroque period were expected to improvise ornamentation in slow or moderate tempos. There are a number of sources of information on how this was done, and among the most important is Telemann's 12 Methodical Sonatas. They were published as being for flute or violin plus basso continuo (harpsichord plus viola da gamba), but everyone played them, and everyone interested in baroque music plays and studies them now.
The first movement of each sonata is written out two ways: plain and fully ornamented. The goal was to teach young players how to ornament tastefully and in the proper style. Today, these are great treasures, since they show how a master composer though ornamentation should work.
They're also excellent music. All recorder players play them, and all clarinetists interested in pre-classical music should, too.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Rick Williams
Date: 2003-04-01 10:23
Hi:
Appreciate the reply, however..still a couple of questions. Did Telemann write this as an educational piece or did it just end up that way and did Telemann do the ornamentations or someone else?
Thanks
Rick
Best
Rick
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2003-04-01 13:45
Rick -
Telemann wrote the Methodical Sonatas as examples for moderately advanced players who needed to learn to improvise the expected ornamentation. He definitely wrote the ornamentation. The sonatas are excellent music, well worth performing, and they have been recorded several times.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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