Thematic, Bibliographical, and critical Catalogue of the Works of Luigi Boccherini
by Yves GERARD
Published by Oxford University Press, NY, 1969. First Edition. Very good hardcover, in very good dustjacket in mylar wrapper. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text. Illustrated, large 8vo, 716 pages, index, bibliography, discography. No previous owner’s signature or bookplate. Companion volume to Boccherini: his life and work by Germaine de Rothschild.
Luigi Boccherini, in full Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini, (1743-1805) was an Italian composer and cellist who influenced the development of the string quartet as a musical genre and who composed the first music for a quintet for strings, as well as a quintet for strings and piano. His approximately 500 works also include sacred music, symphonies, and concerti.
His Music retained a courtly and galante style while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. Boccherini is most widely known for one particular minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275), and the Cello Concerto in B flat major (G 482). Boccherini also composed several guitar quintets including the "Fandango" which was influenced by Spanish music.
A virtuoso cellist, Boccherini often played violin repertoire on the cello, at pitch, a skill he developed by substituting for ailing violinists while touring. This supreme command of the instrument brought him much praise from his contemporaries (notably Pierre Baillot, Pierre Rode, and Bernhard Romberg), and is evident in the cello parts of his compositions (particularly in the quintets for two cellos, treated often as cello concertos with string quartet accompaniment).
He wrote a large amount of chamber music, including over one hundred string quintets for two violins, viola and two cellos (a type which he pioneered, in contrast with the then common scoring for two violins, two violas and one cello), a dozen guitar quintets, not all of which have survived, nearly a hundred string quartets, and a number of string trios and sonatas (including at least 19 for the cello). His orchestral music includes around 30 symphonies and 12 virtuoso cello concertos.
Boccherini's style is characterized by the typical Rococo charm, lightness, and optimism, and exhibits much melodic and rhythmic invention, coupled with frequent influences from the guitar tradition of his adopted country, Spain.
Loc: C3
Thematic, Bibliographical, and critical Catalogue of the Works of Luigi Boccherini
by Yves GERARD
Published by Oxford University Press, NY, 1969. First Edition. Very good hardcover, in very good dustjacket in mylar wrapper. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text. Illustrated, large 8vo, 716 pages, index, bibliography, discography. No previous owner’s signature or bookplate. Companion volume to Boccherini: his life and work by Germaine de Rothschild.
Luigi Boccherini, in full Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini, (1743-1805) was an Italian composer and cellist who influenced the development of the string quartet as a musical genre and who composed the first music for a quintet for strings, as well as a quintet for strings and piano. His approximately 500 works also include sacred music, symphonies, and concerti.
His Music retained a courtly and galante style while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. Boccherini is most widely known for one particular minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275), and the Cello Concerto in B flat major (G 482). Boccherini also composed several guitar quintets including the "Fandango" which was influenced by Spanish music.
A virtuoso cellist, Boccherini often played violin repertoire on the cello, at pitch, a skill he developed by substituting for ailing violinists while touring. This supreme command of the instrument brought him much praise from his contemporaries (notably Pierre Baillot, Pierre Rode, and Bernhard Romberg), and is evident in the cello parts of his compositions (particularly in the quintets for two cellos, treated often as cello concertos with string quartet accompaniment).
He wrote a large amount of chamber music, including over one hundred string quintets for two violins, viola and two cellos (a type which he pioneered, in contrast with the then common scoring for two violins, two violas and one cello), a dozen guitar quintets, not all of which have survived, nearly a hundred string quartets, and a number of string trios and sonatas (including at least 19 for the cello). His orchestral music includes around 30 symphonies and 12 virtuoso cello concertos.
Boccherini's style is characterized by the typical Rococo charm, lightness, and optimism, and exhibits much melodic and rhythmic invention, coupled with frequent influences from the guitar tradition of his adopted country, Spain.
Loc: C3
