Sperger - Duet for Double Bass and Viola, M.C I:08 (Urtext), Score and Parts
Johannes Matthias Sperger’s Duet for Double Bass and Viola, M.C I:08 (Duetto per il Contrabaßo et Viola, Mus 5196), Urtext edition. Full score (26 pages) and parts (22 pages) available as a PDF download.
The 5 sonatas and duets by Johannes Matthias Sperger (1750-1812) are now available in an Urtext edition made from the manuscripts that reside in Sperger’s collection in Schwerin. Sperger wrote his sonatas and duets with the solo double bass in mind and wrote 3 sonatas for double bass and viola, 1 duet for double bass and viola, and 1 sonata for double bass and cello. The 5 works are identified by their Meier catalogue number and manuscript number:
Sonata per il Contrabaßo et Viola, M.C I:06 (Mus 5183)
Sonata per il Contrabaßo e Viola obligato, M.C I:07 (Mus 5185)
Duetto per il Contrabaßo et Viola, M.C I:08 (Mus 5196)
Sonata per il Contrabaßo et Viola, M.C I:09 (Mus 5184)
Sonata per il Contrabaßo et Violoncello, M.C I:10 (Mus 5182)
These editions follow the original markings in the manuscript as closely as possible without making any compromises to what Sperger had originally written. Sperger notated all notes in treble clef as sounding two octaves lower, except when marked 8va, which is sounding one octave lower. The original notation has been preserved in the full score and then adjusted to modern notation in the individual bass part. These works show the virtuosic command that Sperger had writing for Viennese tuning and are excellent additions to the 18th-century double bass repertoire.
Johannes Matthias Sperger’s Duet for Double Bass and Viola, M.C I:08 (Duetto per il Contrabaßo et Viola, Mus 5196), Urtext edition. Full score (26 pages) and parts (22 pages) available as a PDF download.
The 5 sonatas and duets by Johannes Matthias Sperger (1750-1812) are now available in an Urtext edition made from the manuscripts that reside in Sperger’s collection in Schwerin. Sperger wrote his sonatas and duets with the solo double bass in mind and wrote 3 sonatas for double bass and viola, 1 duet for double bass and viola, and 1 sonata for double bass and cello. The 5 works are identified by their Meier catalogue number and manuscript number:
Sonata per il Contrabaßo et Viola, M.C I:06 (Mus 5183)
Sonata per il Contrabaßo e Viola obligato, M.C I:07 (Mus 5185)
Duetto per il Contrabaßo et Viola, M.C I:08 (Mus 5196)
Sonata per il Contrabaßo et Viola, M.C I:09 (Mus 5184)
Sonata per il Contrabaßo et Violoncello, M.C I:10 (Mus 5182)
These editions follow the original markings in the manuscript as closely as possible without making any compromises to what Sperger had originally written. Sperger notated all notes in treble clef as sounding two octaves lower, except when marked 8va, which is sounding one octave lower. The original notation has been preserved in the full score and then adjusted to modern notation in the individual bass part. These works show the virtuosic command that Sperger had writing for Viennese tuning and are excellent additions to the 18th-century double bass repertoire.
Johannes Matthias Sperger’s Duet for Double Bass and Viola, M.C I:08 (Duetto per il Contrabaßo et Viola, Mus 5196), Urtext edition. Full score (26 pages) and parts (22 pages) available as a PDF download.
The 5 sonatas and duets by Johannes Matthias Sperger (1750-1812) are now available in an Urtext edition made from the manuscripts that reside in Sperger’s collection in Schwerin. Sperger wrote his sonatas and duets with the solo double bass in mind and wrote 3 sonatas for double bass and viola, 1 duet for double bass and viola, and 1 sonata for double bass and cello. The 5 works are identified by their Meier catalogue number and manuscript number:
Sonata per il Contrabaßo et Viola, M.C I:06 (Mus 5183)
Sonata per il Contrabaßo e Viola obligato, M.C I:07 (Mus 5185)
Duetto per il Contrabaßo et Viola, M.C I:08 (Mus 5196)
Sonata per il Contrabaßo et Viola, M.C I:09 (Mus 5184)
Sonata per il Contrabaßo et Violoncello, M.C I:10 (Mus 5182)
These editions follow the original markings in the manuscript as closely as possible without making any compromises to what Sperger had originally written. Sperger notated all notes in treble clef as sounding two octaves lower, except when marked 8va, which is sounding one octave lower. The original notation has been preserved in the full score and then adjusted to modern notation in the individual bass part. These works show the virtuosic command that Sperger had writing for Viennese tuning and are excellent additions to the 18th-century double bass repertoire.