F. Veracini. [Sonate Accademiche A Violino Solo e Basso...Opera Seconda], [1744]

Veracini, Francesco

[Sonate Accademiche A Violino Solo e Basse…Opera Seconda [score], London and Florence: per l’Autore, [1744]]

2 leaves, [1], 91 pages, oblong 4to, (26.8 x 33.9cm), engraved music, Dolmetsch Library stamp and pencil shelf mark ("II E 34") to verso of facsimile title-page, contemporary half calf, Dolmetsch Library label affixed to head of spine with translucent adhesive tape, lacking title-leaf, supplied in photocopy and affixed to dedication, loss of leather to spine and covers, covers worn

The Op.2 set, the Sonate Accademiche, for solo violin and bass, contains some of Veracini's finest sonatas, much praised by Burney.

LITERATURE:

RISM V 1210; TNG, xvi, p.422; BUC, p.1038.