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French and Italian Duets

for 2 Bass Viols

6 Sonatas by Senalier, Benda and Leclair

CAP012

Score (figured)

Edited by Susanne Heinrich

ISMN 57022 020 5

CAP012

Recueil des plus belles Sonates a basse de Viole avec accompagnement

ou à deux basses sans Violon par les meilleurs Auteurs François et Italien D- Bds KHM6208

Two questions arise when considering this manuscript. How did the music come to

Berlin and who arranged the sonatas for Bass Viols ? The most likely person to have

made the arrangements is Ludwig Christian Hesse (1716- 1772), whose father Ernst

Christian (1676 - 1762) studied the viol with Marin Marais and Antoine Forqueray in

Paris. Ludwig joined the court orchestra of Potsdam in 1741, but later moved to

Prince Friedrich Wilhelm’s private orchestra. The Prince received viol tuition from

Hesse and corresponded from 1767 to 1769 with Jean-Baptiste Antoine Forqueray,

who sent music to Potsdam. It is not known whether the pieces in this manuscript

were sent by Forqueray and later arranged by Hesse, but it is one likely explanation.

Not all sonatas survive the adaptation process intact. For example those by Senaillé

are cannibalised from

several disparate works of the same composer, with selected movements transposed

when necessary to maintain tonal unity. The title offers us a clue to the selection

process. The option of playing on 2 bass viols without accompaniment is expedited by

bass lines which approximate the top part, esp. in fast movements. The intended effect

is that of a duet of 2 equal parts, all the more convincing when the top part is played

an octave lower than its original violin part.

The pieces appear to have been chosen with care, eschewing pieces which do not lend

themselves easily to adapting for the viol. Although extant original arrangements are

rare, the practice is described by Hubert Le Blanc in his ‘Defense de la Basse de

Viole contre les Entréprises du Violin et les prétentions du Violoncel’ (1741): ‘to play

Leclair’s sonatas with its chords on the viol one must be on top of the instrument’s

technique. Is the fact that little was written for the Viol a valid excuse for not letting

her [the viol] take part in the new compositions for other instruments ? ... When

something is difficult to play many masters [of the Viol] say: This is not written for

my instrument. It is not fair towards the Viol to blame it for their own ignorance.

There is no music the Viol is not capable of playing, and therefore there is nothing

that is not ‘written’ for it. Due to this regrettable talk viol players will never get to

grips with the technique of their instrument, unlike violinists’1

The manuscript seems to be the work of a single scribe. The numbering of the sonatas

is a little chaotic. The arranger numbered the sonatas through from 1 to 24, with No.

18 missing, more likely due to wrong numbering rather than the omission of one

piece. The Boismortier sonatas, originally numbered 5-16 were later re-numbered as

1 - 12.

1 Eh ! pour jouer sur la Viole les Sonates de Mr. Le Clér avec leurs accords, il faut avoir pénétré

jusqu’à la moile. Sont-ils excusables, puisqu’on compose peu sur la Viole, de n’avoir par cherché à la

faire entrer en partage de toutes les productions nouvelles sur les autres Instruments ... Plusieurs

Maitres ont à la bouche, lorsqu’il vient à se présenter du difficile à éxécuter: Cela n’est pas fait pour

la Viole. C’est une grande lâcheté envers la Viole de lui mettre sus sa propre ignorance. Il n’y a

Musique au monde, dont elle ne soit capable de venir à bout, & pat consequent il ne se trouve rien qui

ne soit fait pour elle. Ce malheureux Dictum est une prémière cause qu’on ne s’est pas livre à plein

colier à devenir si on en pouvoit èpuiser la science, & non pas celle du Violon.

Sonata 6

del Sig. Senalier

Largo

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French & Italian Duets for

2 Bass Viols, Vol. 2

© 2002 Charivari Agréable Publications

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Sonata 7

del Sig. Senalier

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Sonata 9

del Sig. Senalier

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Sonata 10

di Franz Benda

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Sonata 11

del Sig Leclair pour la Viole

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Index

Page

Sonata 6 (originally Sonata 3)in d minor Jean-Baptiste Senallié 1

Largo – Allegro – Gigue (c1688 - 1730)

(see also opus 5, 1727, no. 9 g minor and opus 3, 1716, no. 9, g minor)

Sonata 7 (originally Sonata 4)in D major JB. Senallié 6

Largo – Allegro Allemande – Menuet 1 & 2 –

Presto – Allegro Assai

(see also opus 5, 1727, no. 6, F major)

Sonata 8 in G major (originally Sonata 24) JB. Senallié 16

Vivace Prelude – Largo – Allegro –

Largo non troppo – Presto

(see also opus 5, 1727, no.3 D major; opus 4, 1721, no. 6;

opus 3, 1716 no.6, no. 1 and no. 4)

Sonata 9 in C majorn (oiginally Sonata 22) JB. Senallié 25

Adagio – Allegro – Vivace 1 & 2

(see also opus 5, 1727, no. 2 E major)

Sonata 10 in F major (originally Sonata 23) Franz Benda 30

Moderato – Polonese ma un poco lento – (1709 - 1786)

Un poco presto

Sonata 11 in a minor (originally Sonata 20) Jean-Marie Leclair 36

Allegro – Adagio – Allegro –Air (1697 - 1764)

(see also Book 2, 1728, no.1 and Book 1, 1723, no.1 )


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Sonata 6

del Sig. Senalier

Largo

4

6

9

12

14




Allegro

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12

18

24

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42

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Gigue

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12

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Sonata 7

del Sig. Senalier

Largo

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Menuet 1 alterne avec le suivant

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2.

131.

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Menuet [1] Da Capo




11

Presto

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15

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35




12

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48

55

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Allegro Assai

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15

21

27

33

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15

Sonata 8

del Sig Senalier

Vivace. Prelude

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13

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23

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34

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Largo

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10

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Allegro

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Largo non troppo

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20

26

Presto

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24

Sonata 9

del Sig. Senalier

Adagio

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Allegro

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Sonata 10

di Franz Benda

Moderato

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for.

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Polonese Ma un poco lento

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Un poco Presto

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108

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Sonata 11

del Sig Leclair pour la Viole

Allegro

8

15

21

27

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Adagio

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76

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64

70

77

83

90

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103

110

117

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130

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163

169

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Index

Page

Sonata 6 (originally Sonata 3)in d minor Jean-Baptiste Senallié 1

Largo – Allegro – Gigue (c1688 - 1730)

(see also opus 5, 1727, no. 9 g minor and opus 3, 1716, no. 9, g minor)

Sonata 7 (originally Sonata 4)in D major JB. Senallié 6

Largo – Allegro Allemande – Menuet 1 & 2 –

Presto – Allegro Assai

(see also opus 5, 1727, no. 6, F major)

Sonata 8 in G major (originally Sonata 24) JB. Senallié 16

Vivace Prelude – Largo – Allegro –

Largo non troppo – Presto

(see also opus 5, 1727, no.3 D major; opus 4, 1721, no. 6;

opus 3, 1716 no.6, no. 1 and no. 4)

Sonata 9 in C majorn (oiginally Sonata 22) JB. Senallié 25

Adagio – Allegro – Vivace 1 & 2

(see also opus 5, 1727, no. 2 E major)

Sonata 10 in F major (originally Sonata 23) Franz Benda 30

Moderato – Polonese ma un poco lento – (1709 - 1786)

Un poco presto

Sonata 11 in a minor (originally Sonata 20) Jean-Marie Leclair 36

Allegro – Adagio – Allegro –Air (1697 - 1764)

(see also Book 2, 1728, no.1 and Book 1, 1723, no.1 )


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