Frederick the Great :: Four Sonatas
Frederick the Great
This volume, which marks the 300th anniversary of the king's birth, contains the first edition of four sonatas for solo flute and basso continuo composed by Frederick II, known as 'the Great', King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786.
The movements of Frederick's sonatas follow the slow-quick-quick pattern, with all movements in the same key. This format, which would become standard at Berlin during Frederick's reign, also characterizes the vast majority of the output of Quantz, CPE Bach, Benda, and other court composers. Frederick's opening slow movements are lyrical, rhetorical, and often florid, As in most sonatas of the time, the opening slow movement normally calls for the improvisation of a brief cadenza just before the end.
Contents
- Solo per il Flauto Traverso in A minor / Spitta No. 21
- Solo per il Flauto Traverso in C major / Spitta No. 40
- Solo per il Flauto Traverso in Bb major / Spitta No. 76
- Solo per il Flauto Traverso in B minor / Spitta No. 83
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