Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)

Sonata no. IX in C major from XII Sonate a flauto traverso, violone e cembalo da Roman, Svedese

BeRI 209

Print

[Movement no. 1] Cantabile
[Movement no. 2] Vivace
[Movement no. 3] Andante
[Movement no. 4] Allegro
[Movement no. 5] Minuetto

  • Year of composition: Printed in 1727
  • Work category: Wind instruments with basso continuo
  • Duration: Approx. 10-15 min
  • Detailed duration: 13'14 (according to Johan Helmich Roman – Sonate A Flauto Traverso, Violone E Cembalo with Maria Bania, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Jane Gower, Thomas Pitt [Caprice Records, CAP 22060])

Instrumentation

fl, violone, cemb

Examples of printed editions

Printed score can be found in the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket’s Roman collection (Ro 56a, Ro 56b, Ro 56c)
Printed music can also be found at the Uppsala University Library (in the Cronstedt’s collection: signum Cr. 9:103 and the Leufsta collection: Mus.tr. 56), and at the Skara Stifts- och landsbibliotek (Skara 89)
Levande musikarv, Stockholm 2023. Edition by Maria Bania, basso continuo realization by Björn Gäfvert.

Location for score and part material

Manuscript can be found in the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket's Roman collection (Ro 56d)

Literature

Bengtsson, Ingmar: J. H. Roman och hans instrumentalmusik (1955)

Description of work

[Movement no. 1] Cantabile C major 3/8
[Movement no. 2] Vivace C major 3/4
[Movement no. 3] Andante G major 3/4
[Movement no. 4] Allegro C major 12/8
[Movement no. 5] Minuetto C major 3/8

Links

Ro:56d
UUB:Leufsta Mus.tr 56
Skara:89


Work comment

The music in movement no 3 can also be found as movement no. 5 [albeit in E-flat major] in Partita/Sinfonia [Suite] in C minor [BeRI 8]

[XII] Sonate a flauto traverso, violone e cembalo includes:
Sonata no. I in G major [BeRI 201]
Sonata no. II in D major [BeRI 202]
Sonata no. III in C minor [BeRI 203]
Sonata no. IV in G major [BeRI 204]
Sonata no. V in E minor [BeRI 205]
Sonata no. VI in B minor [BeRI 206]
Sonata no. VII in G major [BeRI 207]
Sonata no. VIII in A major [BeRI 208]
Sonata no. IX in C major [BeRI 209]
Sonata no. X in E minor [BeRI 210]
Sonata no. XI in G minor [BeRI 211]
Sonata no. XII in D major [BeRI 212]

See individual post for each sonata