Giovannino del Violone — Sonata in A Minor — PDF Sheet Music

Giovannino del Violone — Sonata in A Minor — PDF Sheet MusicVery little is known about the composer of this work. The scores for this sonata and a number of others were placed in the library of the Faculty of Music at the University of Oxford at the end of the seventeenth century, and these were later catalogued in the nineteenth century. They were left unbound for ease of playing, suggesting that they had been performed in the composers time, but other than this little is known. Of the three pieces in this

The popular melody ‘The Carnival of Venice’ is based on a folk tune of Neopolitan origin that was originally known as ‘O Mamma

usually harpsichord in this context

This arrangement forms part of her Virtuoso Opera Fantasies series

It is arranged for Double Bass in non-standard Solo Tuning:

but other than this little is known

Cathy Elliott has arranged this famous solo for beginner double bass and piano

This new transcription of the first movement by Lorraine Campet includes fingering and bowing suggestions to the player

and the range of difficulties between the parts make it perfect for any bass quartet

3 Tutorial videos

This arrangement is ideal for new players

Double bass solo (clean part only)

drawn from a poem by Matthias Claudius