At first sight, this publication appears to merely be a collection of pieces due to the lack of drier technical studies that are characteristic of tutors. Yet the selection of the works, their order according to the development of ensemble playing, and the advice towards technical realization included after the foreword - these all make this publication a tutor. The works form a cross-section of a longer period of the history of chamber music and offer an insight into the different methods of composition.

Volume I contains easy chamber music from the Renaissance to Viennese Classicism for two violins and cello, in the first position. (In some works the 2nd violin part or others the cello part, respectively, can also be played on the viola.) The easier pieces can be played after two years of active instrumental study.

Contents

1. Mainerio, Don Giorgio: 4 Balli

2. 3 Songs (Henry VIII - Cornyshe - Anonymous)

3. Gastoldi, Giovanni Giacomo: 4 Balletti

4. Regnart, Jakob: 4 Villanellen

5. Monteverdi, Claudio: 4 Canzoni

6. Falconieri, Andrea: Tiple a 3. Brando d'Abril

7. Falconieri, Andrea: Bavle de los dichos Diabolos

8. Falconieri, Andrea: Sinfonia detta la Buon'hora

9. Vitali, Giovanni Battista: Sonata in sol maggiore

10. Vitali, Giovanni Battista: Sonata in do maggiore

11. Purcell, Henry: Examples of Counterpoint

12. Purcell, Henry: Adagio

13. Purcell, Henry: Grave & Canzona

14. Lully, Jean-Baptiste: Chaconne

15. Corelli, Arcangelo: Sonata in sol minore

16. Corelli, Arcangelo: Sonata in re maggiore

17. Rebel, Jean Ferry: Passacaille

18. Telemann, Georg Philipp: Grave

19. Bach, Johann Sebastian: 3 Canoni

20. Haydn, Franz Joseph: Trio in re maggiore

21. Haydn, Franz Joseph: Trio in do maggiore

22. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Divertimento in sol maggiore

23. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Ein musikalisches Würfelspiel

24. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Fuga

25. Beethoven, Ludwig van: Contretanz

26. Schubert, Franz: Menuet

27. Schubert, Franz: 3 Ländler

28. Schubert, Franz: Walzer

29. Schubert, Franz: 3 Ecossaisen

Handel - 2 Trio Sonatas - 2 Violins/Basso Continuo Barenreiter BA4242