RUDOLF RASCH: THE THIRTY-THREE WORKS OF FRANCESCO GEMINIANI
WORK FOURTEEN: THE CELLO SONATAS OPUS 5 (1747): TABLES
MY WORK ON THE INTERNET — VOLUME EIGHT
RUDOLF RASCH
THE THIRTY-THREE WORKS OF
FRANCESCO GEMINIANI
WORK FOURTEEN
THE CELLO SONATAS OPUS 5 (1743)
TABLES
Please refer to this document in the following way:
Rudolf Rasch, The Thirty-Three Works of Francesco Geminiani (= My Work on the Internet, Volume Eight),
Work Twelve: The Cello Sonatas Opus 5 (1747): Tables
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Version: 17 July 2015 © Rudolf Rasch, Utrecht/Houten, 2014.
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WORK TEN
THE CELLO SONATAS OPUS 5 (1747)
TABLES
CONTENTS
Table 14.1. Acts and Scenes in L’incostanza delusa .......................................................................................................... 3
Table 14.2. Arias in L’incostanza delusa............................................................................................................................ 5
Table 14.3. The Favourite Songs in the Opera Call’d «L’incostanza delusa» ................................................................... 6
Table 14.4. Sizes and Provenances of Extant Copies of the Cello Sonatas Opus 5. ........................................................... 7
Table 14.5. Cadenzas in Modern Editions of the Cello Sonatas Opus 5 ............................................................................. 8
Table 14.6. Tempos in Recordings of the Cello Sonatas Opus 5 ...................................................................................... 10
Table 14.7. Cadenzas in Recordings of the Cello Sonatas Opus 5 ................................................................................... 12
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TABLE 14.1.
ACTS AND SCENES IN L’INCOSTANZA DELUSA
Filandro
Corina
Orsinda
Uranio
Dafni
“Citizen of Etolia, driven by the storm, sufferign shipwreck at the shore of Citera.
Nymph of Citera
Nymph of Citera
Lover of Orsinda
Lover of Corina
The scene is at the isle of Citera.
Act
I
II
Location
Spiaggia di mare
The sea-shore
Campagna
An open Country.
Scene
Personages
Summary
i
Orsinda, Uranio, Corinna, Orsinda, Uranio, Corinna and Dafnis see how
Dafnis, Filandro
Filandro comes to the shore in a little boat.
Uranio and Orsinda take Filandro with them,
Corinna feels attracted to Filandro.
ii
Filandro, Orsinda, Uranio
Uranio tells Filandro he is on Citera and offers him
lodging in his dwelling.
iii
Orsinda, Filandro
Filandro and Orsinda presents themselves to one
another.
iv
Filandro
Filandro declares his love for Orsinda
v
Corina, Dafni
Corina wants to have others lovers to and Dafni
must agree.
vi
Orsinda, Filandro, Corina
The shepherdesses urge Filandro to make a choice,
but Filandro delays that and sings an aria for them.
Corina offers her love, which Filandro accepts.
Orsinda feels offended.
vii
Corina, Filandro, Dafni
Filandro promises faith to Corina, Dafni does not
loke the situation but Corina does not give him a
choice.
viii
Filandro, Dafni
Dafni warns Filandro about Corina’s capricious
nature.
i
Orsinda, Uranio
Uranio asks Orsinda if she is still with Filandro.
Orsinda says Filandro is now with Corina and she
will love Uranio.
ii
Orsinda
Orsinda decides to feign love for Filandro.
iii
Corina, Filandro
Corina also decides to feign love for Filandro, who
tells her he has rejected her in favour of Orsinda.
iv
Corina, Dafni
Dafni comes with a garland for Corina but Corina
is angry that Dafni has caused Filandro to refuse
her. She says him to go to Filandro and tell him she
still loves him.
v
Dafni
Dafni complains about Filandro and Corina.
vi
Orsinda, Filandro
Orsinda accuses Filandro with inconstancy.
Filandro has a dart a says she may open his heart
and see her name. Also he is willing to kill himself
to shwo his love. She encourages him to do so but
in the end he runs off.
vii
Uranio, Orsinda
Orsinda tell Uranio about what happened.
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Act
III
Location
A Hamlet
Scene
Personages
Summary
viii
Urania, Filandro
Uranio scorns Filandro for his behaviour and drives
him from his dwelling.
ix
Filandro, Dafni, Corina
Dafni tells Filandro that he (Filandro) has Corina’s
love. Filandro is happy.
x
Corina, Dafni
Corina tells Dafni she is content about him.
xi
Filandro, Orsinda, Corina
Filandro declares his love to both Orsinda and
Corina, but they both leave him.
i
Orsinda, Filandro
Orsinda scorns Filandro and says Corina is being
taken by a satyr.
ii
Uranio, Orsinda
Uranio sees that Orsinda continues her play with
Filandro.
iii
Uranio, Dafni
Dafni complains about Corina’s love for Filandro.
iv
Corina, Dafni
Corina tells Dafni that perhaps two lovers is not yet
enough.
v
Orsinda, Corina
They decide to continue feigning love for Filandro.
vi
Filandro, Orsinda, Corina
The shepherdess try to force Filandro to make his
choice. He cannot. The girls both angry on him.
vii
Filandro
Filandro complains about his ill fate.
viii
Corina, Orsinda, Uranio,
Dafni
The shepherds are relieved about their
shepherdesses.
ix
Filandro e detti
Filandro sees that the shepherds and shepherdesses
still love one another, gets angry and runs away.
The shepherds and sherpherdesses are happy.
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TABLE 14.2.
ARIAS IN L’INCOSTANZA DELUSA
Act Scene
I
III
??
Aria
i
Filandro
Io sento che in petto
iii
Filandro
Rosa in veder gentile
iv
v
vi
Replacement
Filandro
Dafni
Filandro
Sì, sì, tu già m’intendi
Vezose Ninfe, amate
Amar chi ti piace
Senza amor perisce il mondo
Orsinda
Tu mi disprezi, ingrato
Corina
Senza pietà mi credi
vii
II
Personage
viii Filandro
Da me apprendete
i
ii
iii
Uranio
Orsinda
Filandro
Tu vuoi tradirmi
Deh, vezzeggiar lasciatemi
Se tosto mi sdegno
iv
Corina
Spegiuro, crudele
v
vii
ix
x
Dafni
Orsinda
Filandro
Corina
Sei troppo fiera
Conservati fedele
Se vivo amante
Si miri il mio semblante
[Corina]
Per pieta bel idol mio
xi
Filandro,
Orsinda,
Corinna
A 3: Caro, te lascio, addio
ii
Orsinda
Se di speme un aura spira
iii
v
vi
vii
ix
Dafni
Corina
Orsinda
Filandro
Corina
Coro
Son sfortunato
Se altéra è belleza
La destra mi chiedi
Belle più altere
È un duolo spietato
Vago sei volto amoroso 1
??
Digli, digli Ch’è un infedele
Text
Metastasio, Antigone
(2d stanza paraphrase)
Cassani, L’incostanza
schernita
Metastasio, Semiramide
riconosciuta
Music
Brivio, Favourite Songs, no. 2
(Frasi)
Albinoni 1727
Porpora 1729, 1739
St. Germain, Favourite Songs,
No. 6 (Frasi); MR, VIII
Anonymous, Favourite Songs,
No. 3 (Galli)
St. Germain, MR XXXV?
Brivio, Favourite Songs, No.
IV (Frasi)
Metastasio, Artaserse
Metastasio, Artaserse
St. Germain, Favourite Songs,
No. 1 (Frasi); MR, IX
Antonio Zaniboni, Il vincitor
di se stesso (2d stanza
Ignazio Fiorillo. Venice 1741
paraphrase)
Metastasio, Adriano in Siria
1
St. Germain, Favourite Songs,
No. 5 (Galli); MR, VIII
This line is the first line of an aria text from La Griselda, Alessandro Scarlatti’s last opera (1721), but for the rest the
texts are different and the similarity of the first lines is probably coincidental.
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TABLE 14.3.
THE FAVOURITE SONGS IN THE OPERA CALL’D «L’INCOSTANZA DELUSA»
| THE | Favourite SONGS | in the | OPERA | Call’d | L’INCOSTANZA DELUSA | London. Printed for I.
Walsh in Catherine Street in ye Strand | of whom may be had the favourite songs from the following Operas |
Alceste, Alfonso } by LAMPUGNANI [...] [follows a list of operas and their composers] | Le Delizie Dell
Opera. containing the Favourite Songs from the above Operas, and all the Italian Operas for Ten Years | last
past. Compos’d by Lampugnani, Galuppi, Veracini, Vinci, Pergolisi, Hasse, Porpora, Pescetti, and
Bononcini. in 4 Vols.| [...]
Pages
Title
Incipit
Libretto
Role
Mus.
Rais.
IX
2-4
Sung by Sigra. Frasi nell’Incostanza Delusa
Par Monsieur le Comte de St. Germain
Per pietà bell’Idol mio
[II/x?]
[Corina]
5-7
Sung by Sigra. Frasi nell’Incostanza Delusa
(Del Sigr Brivio)
Io sento che in petto
I/ii, p. 7
Corina
8-11
Sung by Sigra. Galli nell’Incostanza Delusa
Da me apprendete
I/viii, p. 18
Filandro
II/iv, p. 24
Corina
ra
12-14
Sung by Sig . Frasi nell’Incostanza Delusa
(Del Sigr Brivio)
Spergiuro crudele
15-17
Sung by Sigra. Galli nell’Incostanza Delusa
Par Monsieur le Comte de St. Germain
Digli digli ch’è un infedele
18-20
Sung by Sigra. Frasi nell’Incostanza Delusa
Par Monsieur le Comte de St. Germain
Senza pietà mi credi
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I/vii, p. 16
[Filandro?] VIII
Corina
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TABLE 14.4.
SIZES AND PROVENANCES OF EXTANT COPIES
In the column “Provenance” the more recent possessors are listed first.
Copy
Size
Provenance
14A1a. First Issue (Dutch Issue), “1746” [= 1747], Single Print Run
Paper with Vertical Chain Lines, No Watermark
NL-Lu, 545 B 29
30 x 23.5 cm
Leiden University Deposit Copy.
14A2a. Second Issue (First British Issue), [1747], Single Print Run
Paper with Horizontal Chain Lines, Watermark STRASBOURG LILY 1C
GB-Lbl, g.240.f.
31.5 x 22 cm
GB-SA, Fin M231 .G25
33 x 24 cm
Alfred Moffat (1863-1950)
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
14A3a. Third Issue (Second British Issue), [1748], Single Print Run
Paper with Horizontal Chain Lines, Watermark STRASBOURG LILY 1C
GB-Mp, BR 612 Gg 87
34 x 24 cm
US-BLu, M231 .G322
39 x 27.5 cm
14A4a. Fourth Issue (Johnson Issue), [c. 1760?]
S-Skma, Mazer Saml. B:13
US-NH, M231 .G322 op. 5 1740+
32.5 x 24 cm
33 x 23 cm
Johan Mazer (1790-1837)
Godfrey Arkwright (1864-1944)
Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911-1984)
14B1a. French Edition, Single Issue, [1747], Single Print Run
Paper by Jean-Joseph Dupuy, Horizontal Chain Lines, 32 mm Apart, Watermark JESUS 2B
F-Pn, Vm7 5320
33 x 25 cm cm
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TABLE 14.5.
CADENZAS IN MODERN EDITIONS OF THE CELLO SONATAS OPUS 5
TABLE 14.5.1
IVOR JAMES (1959)
Francesco Geminiani, Sonata in D Minor for Violoncello and Piano Op. 5 No. 2, Edited with realisation of
the Figured Bass by Frank Merrick, Bowing and phrasing of the Violoncello Part by Ivor James (London:
Schott & Co., 6099, 1959).
Francesco Geminiani, Sonata in A Minor for Violoncello and Piano Op. 5 No. 6, Edited with realisation of
the Figured Bass by Frank Merrick, Bowing and phrasing of the Violoncello Part by Ivor James (London:
Schott & Co., 6100, 1959).
Sonata
Cadence
Sonata II/i/21
Sonata II/ii/76
Sonata VI/i/6
Sonata VI/ii/86
Sonata VI/ii/87
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TABLE 14.5.2
WALTER SCHULZ (1964)
Francesco Geminiani, Sechs Sonaten für Violoncello und Basso continuo, Nach dem Erstdruck von 1747 für
Violoncello und Cembalo (Klavier) mit Violoncello II ad libitum, Herausgegeben von Walter Kolneder,
Violoncellostimme bezeichnet von Walter Schulz (Frankfurt/Main: Edition Peters, 1964).
Sonata
Cadence
Sonata I/i/15
Sonata I/ii/
Sonata II/i/21
Sonata IV/ii/36
Sonata V/i/4
none
Sonata V/iii/9
Sonata V/iii/24
Sonata VI/i/6
none
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TABLE 14.6.
TEMPOS IN RECORDINGS OF THE CELLO SONATAS OPUS 5
TABLE 14.6.1
DURATIONS OF MOVEMENTS
BBR = Bars x Beats x Repetition
Movement
BBR
Pleeth
Suzuki
Nasillo
McGilli
vray
Ter
Linden
Cocset
Bronzi
O’Sulli
van
I/i Andante 3/4
i/15 Cadenza
i/24 Cadenza
105
102
98
137
99
100
112
117
142
ii/Allegro C
336
205
226
221
228
215
192
195
249
iii Andante 3/4
42
49
52
68
49
45
41
46
53
iv Allegro C
353
217
239
241
260
236
195
239
270
II/i Andante C
i/21 Cadenza
84
151
152
137
159
147
138
148
161
ii Presto C
313
150
150
161
153
147
149
148
174
iii Adagio 3/2
36
48
48
78
57
42
46
48
52
iv Allegro 3/8
636
283
228
276
298
272
254
297
298
III/i Andante C
76
108
119
129
102
107
114
108
117
ii Allegro C
416
245
195
259
257
267
259
329
300
iii Affettuoso 3/4
228
159
206
180
184
187
182
208
226
iv Allegro C/
232
163
171
165
195
165
157
157
188
IV/i Andante
16
23
26
28
25
28
23
26
28
ii Allegro mod. C
ii/26 Fantasia
236
171
180
217
(30)
196
193
177
185
120
132
iii Grave 3/4 3/2
36
45
64
57
63
48
42
50
52
iv Allegro 3/8
108
56
62
59
63
51
54
60
62
V/i Adagio C
i/4 Cadenza
16
31
40
48
41
37
37
44
41
ii Allegro mod. C/
116
79
60
81
83
86
79
71
94
iii Adagio C
Cadenza
Cadenza
100
177
203
254
147
163
194
177
187
iv Allegro 6/8
308
154
198
163
171
184
104
163
184
VI/i Adagio C
i/6 Cadenza
24
46
47
57
44
41
41
52
47
ii Allegro assai 3/4
462
207
*253
172
215
188
187
197
219
Grave C
16
24
33
30
29
28
30
37
iii Allegro 3/8
294
128
132
131
139
138
138
*277
Non tanto 3/4
156
73
112
95
137
106
114
*
(35)
*280
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14.6.2
METRONOME VALUES OF MOVEMENTS
Durations (see previosu table) are (most often) from specifications in CD booklets, which often include a few
seconds of silence. Short cadenzas were ignored in the calculations. For these reasons some metronome
values may be somewhat lower than actually played.
Movement
Pleeth
Suzuki
Nasillo
McGillivray
Ter
Linden
Cocset
Bronzi
I/i Andante 3/4
62
46
63
56
59
ii/Allegro C
98
91
94
105
103
iii Andante 3/4
51
37
56
61
55
iv Allegro C
98
88
90
109
89
II/i Andante C
33
37
34
37
34
ii Presto C
125
117
128
126
127
iii Adagio 3/2
45
28
51
47
45
iv Allegro 3/8
135
138
140
150
128
III/i Andante C
42
25
43
40
42
ii Allegro C
102
96
93
96
76
iii Affettuoso 3/4
86
76
73
75
66
iv Allegro C/
85
84
84
89
89
IV/i Andante
42
34
34
42
37
ii Allegro mod. C
83
76
73
80
77
iii Grave 3/4 3/2
48
38
45
51
54
iv Allegro 3/8
116
110
127
120
108
V/i Adagio C
31
20
26
26
22
ii Allegro mod. C/
88
86
81
88
98
iii Adagio C
34
24
37
38
34
iv Allegro 6/8
120
113
100
112
113
VI/i Adagio C
31
25
35
35
28
ii Allegro assai 3/4
134
161
147
148
141
Grave C
40
29
33
34
32
iii Allegro 3/8
138
134
127
128
128
Non tanto 3/4
128
84
68
88
82
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TABLE 14.7.
CADENZAS IN RECORDINGS OF THE CELLO SONATAS OPUS 5
TABLE 14.7.1.
ANTHONY PLEETH (1976)
Geminiani, Cello Sonatas, Op. 5. Decca L’Oiseau-Lyre, 1976, CD L’Oiseau-Lyre 433 192-2, 1992.
Sonata
Cadence
Sonata I/i/15
Sonata I/i/35
Sonata II/i/21
Sonata IV/ii/36
Sonata V/i/4
none
Sonata V/iii/9
Sonata V/iii/24
Sonata VI/i/6
none
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TABLE 14.7.2.
GAETANO NASILLO (2001)
Geminiani, Cello Sonatas. Pan Classics PC 10232. 2001, 2011.
Sonata
Cadence
Sonata I/i/15
Sonata I/i/35
none
Sonata II/i/21
Sonata IV/ii/36
Sonata V/i/4
none
Sonata V/iii/9
Sonata V/iii/24
Sonata VI/i/6
none
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TABLE 14.7.3.
JAAP TER LINDEN (2007)
Geminiani, Cello Sonatas Op. 5. Brilliant Classic 93636. 2007.
Sonata
Cadence
Sonata I/i/15
Sonata I/i/35
none
Sonata II/i/21
Sonata IV/ii/36
Sonata V/i/4
none
Sonata V/iii/9
Sonata V/iii/24
Sonata VI/i/6
none
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TABLE 14.7.4.
BRUNO COCSET (2008)
Francesco Geminiani, Sonates pour violoncelle avec la basse continue. Alpha 123. 2008.
Sonata
Cadence
Sonata I/i/15
Sonata I/i/35
Sonata II/i/21
Sonata IV/ii/36
Sonata V/i/4
none
Sonata V/iii/9
Sonata V/iii/24
(35 sec)
Sonata VI/i/6
none
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TABLE 14.7.5.
ENRICO BRONZI (2010)
Francesco Geminiani, 6 Sonate Op. 5. Concerto CD 2061. 2010.
Sonata
Cadence
Sonata I/i/15
Sonata I/i/35
Sonata II/i/21
Sonata IV/ii/36
Sonata V/i/4
none
Sonata V/iii/9
Sonata V/iii/24
Sonata VI/i/6
none
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