mf@cornell.UUCP (mf) (01/13/85)
Corelli's Op. 5 #12 is a set of variations for violin & continuo
on ``La Follia.'' The other day, I heard the last few bars of a piece which
sounded very much like it (and I know it pretty well, having played it),
but the speaker anounced it was a Vivaldi sonata (and I couldn't catch more
info)... Now my questions are:
1. Does anybody know if Vivaldi (and other composers) wrote variations
on this theme?
2. Where does the theme originally come from?
I'd prefer responses by mail.
That's what I remember of the Corelli theme (key: D minor):
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3/4 o o. o | #O o | o o. o o | O. | o o. o | O o | o. #o o o | #O. |
D D E #C C D D C D E F F G E F D #C D E #C
As an aside: Geminiani orchestrated the whole set of 12 sonatas into concerti
grossi.jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) (01/15/85)
> > Corelli's Op. 5 #12 is a set of variations for violin & continuo > on ``La Follia.'' The other day, I heard the last few bars of a piece which > sounded very much like it (and I know it pretty well, having played it), > but the speaker anounced it was a Vivaldi sonata (and I couldn't catch more > info)... Now my questions are: > > 1. Does anybody know if Vivaldi (and other composers) wrote variations > on this theme? Rachmininov brought it into the world of real music (:-), really, I'm feeling perverse this morning) with a set of variations (for solo piano) on it. I wouldn't be surprised if the source of the tune was from 3-400 years before Corelli. Peace, Jeff Winslow