Eccles - Sonata in G minor, Transcribed for Double Bass (Urtext)
Henry Eccles - Sonata in G minor (Violin Sonata No.11), transcribed for double bass. Urtext edition. Available as a PDF download with solo part and continuo parts in G minor and A minor, for orchestra and solo tuning (16 pages).
Henry Eccles’s Sonata in G minor is now available in an Urtext edition arranged for double bass and continuo from the original publication made in 1720. Eccles published this score as Sonata No.11 in a collection of 12 violin sonatas in Paris. After many editions for various instruments, it became standard repertoire for the double bass and is most commonly performed from in an edition from Frederick Zimmermann (International, 1951). This new Urtext edition of the score is transcribed directly from the original published edition from 1720, so it does not have any editorial decisions made when it comes to changed notes or articulations. Other benefits that this edition makes includes:
-The solo part is only notated in bass and treble clef, avoiding tenor clef.
-The original continuo part is included, as well as a second copy in A minor for players that decide to use solo tuning.
The benefits of text fidelity in an Urtext edition for a work that’s been transcribed for another instrument can sometimes be obscured and this is especially true of the Eccles sonata. Eccles took directly took the work of composers Bonporti and Valentini to complete his set of violin sonatas, often copying entire movements. The second movement courante is taken from Bonporti’s Invention No.4, Op.10. As far as I can tell at the moment, the other three movements come from Eccles.
Notwithstanding these circumstances, I personally believe it’s worth studying what Eccles originally notated as a starting point for musicians who are looking to use bowings and articulations native to the 18th century. Other editions (starting with violin editions) have changed notes, rearranged chords, and altered rhythms that differ from the manuscript.
Henry Eccles - Sonata in G minor (Violin Sonata No.11), transcribed for double bass. Urtext edition. Available as a PDF download with solo part and continuo parts in G minor and A minor, for orchestra and solo tuning (16 pages).
Henry Eccles’s Sonata in G minor is now available in an Urtext edition arranged for double bass and continuo from the original publication made in 1720. Eccles published this score as Sonata No.11 in a collection of 12 violin sonatas in Paris. After many editions for various instruments, it became standard repertoire for the double bass and is most commonly performed from in an edition from Frederick Zimmermann (International, 1951). This new Urtext edition of the score is transcribed directly from the original published edition from 1720, so it does not have any editorial decisions made when it comes to changed notes or articulations. Other benefits that this edition makes includes:
-The solo part is only notated in bass and treble clef, avoiding tenor clef.
-The original continuo part is included, as well as a second copy in A minor for players that decide to use solo tuning.
The benefits of text fidelity in an Urtext edition for a work that’s been transcribed for another instrument can sometimes be obscured and this is especially true of the Eccles sonata. Eccles took directly took the work of composers Bonporti and Valentini to complete his set of violin sonatas, often copying entire movements. The second movement courante is taken from Bonporti’s Invention No.4, Op.10. As far as I can tell at the moment, the other three movements come from Eccles.
Notwithstanding these circumstances, I personally believe it’s worth studying what Eccles originally notated as a starting point for musicians who are looking to use bowings and articulations native to the 18th century. Other editions (starting with violin editions) have changed notes, rearranged chords, and altered rhythms that differ from the manuscript.
Henry Eccles - Sonata in G minor (Violin Sonata No.11), transcribed for double bass. Urtext edition. Available as a PDF download with solo part and continuo parts in G minor and A minor, for orchestra and solo tuning (16 pages).
Henry Eccles’s Sonata in G minor is now available in an Urtext edition arranged for double bass and continuo from the original publication made in 1720. Eccles published this score as Sonata No.11 in a collection of 12 violin sonatas in Paris. After many editions for various instruments, it became standard repertoire for the double bass and is most commonly performed from in an edition from Frederick Zimmermann (International, 1951). This new Urtext edition of the score is transcribed directly from the original published edition from 1720, so it does not have any editorial decisions made when it comes to changed notes or articulations. Other benefits that this edition makes includes:
-The solo part is only notated in bass and treble clef, avoiding tenor clef.
-The original continuo part is included, as well as a second copy in A minor for players that decide to use solo tuning.
The benefits of text fidelity in an Urtext edition for a work that’s been transcribed for another instrument can sometimes be obscured and this is especially true of the Eccles sonata. Eccles took directly took the work of composers Bonporti and Valentini to complete his set of violin sonatas, often copying entire movements. The second movement courante is taken from Bonporti’s Invention No.4, Op.10. As far as I can tell at the moment, the other three movements come from Eccles.
Notwithstanding these circumstances, I personally believe it’s worth studying what Eccles originally notated as a starting point for musicians who are looking to use bowings and articulations native to the 18th century. Other editions (starting with violin editions) have changed notes, rearranged chords, and altered rhythms that differ from the manuscript.