Six Baroque Sonatas for an Archlute or 10c Lute (Christofero Dalitio, 1998)
- Instruments: solo archlute or 10-course Renaissance lute
- Composer: Christoph Dalitz
- First publication: 1998/2013
Despite the popularity of the archlute as a continuo instrument in the Baroque era, very little original solo music from that time has survived. Hence I have written under my italinized name six sonatas in a Baroque style somewhere between Zamboni and Weiss. The sonatas form a tonal cycle and consist of the following movements:
- Sonata I (G-Major): Preludio, Allemanda, Giga, Ceccona
- Sonata II (E-Minor): Allemanda, Corrente, Sarabanda, Borea
- Sonata III (C-Major): Allemanda, Corrente, Sarabanda, Minuet di J.S.Bach
- Sonata IV (A-Minor): Allemanda, Corrente, Sarabanda, Gavotta alla Francese
- Sonata V (F-Major): Allemanda, Giga, Sarabanda, Minuet, Borea
- Sonata VI (D-Minor): Preludio, Allemanda, Giga, Sarabanda di S.L.Weiss, Borea
A first edition of these sonatas had been published 1998 by TREE Edition as a facsimile of my handwriting in Italian tablature. In 2013, I have made small improvements to some movements and published a second edition at Notendownload in French tablature.
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The complete collection is available at low prices from TREE Edition (1998, Italian tab) or Notendownload (2013, French tab).
Final movement of Sonata IV from the 2013 edition
(one A4 page, 16kB)
Audio sample of the Corrente from Sonata III