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the

most

interesting

ond

curious

ospects

of ltolion

instrumentol

music

qt

the

end

of

the

lgth

centuryis

the

sudden

rise

of

o

body

of

compositions,

entitled

either

sonoto,

sinfonio,

or concerfo,

written

for

one,

two

or very

rorely

four

trumpets

ond

ririigr.

Still

more

curious

is

the

foct thot

olmost

oll

of

these

pieces

were

written

folpnd

performed

in

the

bosilico

of

Son

Petronio

in

Bologno'

The

performonces

if."r*f"UJLok

ploc"

onnuqlly

on

the

4th

October,

during

the

festivities

held

ot

if.,"

gr""i

bosilico

in

honour

oi

Soint

Petronius,

the

potron

soint

of

Bologno.

pro"ti"itiy

of

f

of

these

trumpet

works

ore

Preserved

only

in

the

orchives

of

the

church.

one

such

composition

not

preserved

in

Sqn

Petronio

is

this

rylendid

sonoto

by

Corelli,

which

is scored

for

trumpet,

first

ond

second

violins'

ond

bosso

continuo'

i"t,

it'would

"pp""t

thqt

the

Corelii

trumpet

sonqto

hod

o

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greoter

currency

in

the

lqte

lTth

ond

eorly

lSth

centuries

thqn

those

found

qt

Son

Petronio'

for

it

is contoineu

in ,nonul".ritr

in

borh

ltoi;,

ond

Englond,

ond

in

o

print

published by

John

Wolsh

in

1704.

when

ond

for

whot

purpose

wos

this

composition

written,

o

work

thot

stonds

unique

in

its

scoring

in'Cor"lli'soutput?

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the

resident

Bolognese

comPosers

owore

of

its

"*irt"n-""i

llthorgh

no

conclusive

onswers

con

be

provided

to

these

questions,

it

is

importont

to

beor.

in,nina

rf,ot

Corelli

received

much

of

his eorly

troining

in

Bologno,

ond,

in

foct,

,"r"rr"a

to

himself

os

"detto

il

Bolognese"

on

the

title

poges

of

hirlirri

foq

print"d

"ollections

of

trio

sonotos'

He

moy

therefore

hove

wished

either

to

contribute

or

to

poy

deference

to

one

of

the

noblest

troditions

of

Bolognese

insfrumentol

music

of

the

Boroque

Ero

'

Soulces:

.pts

in

the

librory

of

the

Conservotorio

di

Son

Pietro

o

lvloiello

in

lwo

monuscrt

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rnoior

for

violins

in

3

ports"

'

For

more

detoiled

informotion concerning this work

see:

Ml;i;i

Tilmouth,

"Coielli's

Trumpet

Sonoto'

"

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Musicol

Record

90

(1960)

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(1961)

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for

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2

Violins,

&

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by

Musica

Rara, London

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