John Jenkins: Fantasia Suites: String Ensemble: Score and Parts

Edited by Richard CharterisProbably written for Charles I when Prince of Wales Coprario's fantasia suites -16 for viol bass viol and organ eight for two violins bass viol and organ - established a texture that was developed without interruption in the works of Lawes Jenkins Gibbons and Locke and culminated in Purcell's 12 Sonatas of 1683. First published in 1980.

Par HOLMAN PETER. Music for three violins and bass formed a small yet distinctive corpus of instrumental music at the Restoration court of Charles II and in the Catholic chapel of James II. Introduced to England by the German violinist Thomas Baltzar, the genre was adopted by John Jenkins, whose ten late fantasia-suites for three violins, bass viol and continuo, together with Gottfried Finger’s five sonatas for the same group of instruments, constitute the bulk of this volume. Other representative works include Baltzar’s own Suite in C major and Bartholomew Isaack’s Ground in A minor, all fascinating progenitors of Purcell’s crowning contributions to the repertoire, his Pavan in G minor and ‘Three Parts upon a Ground’. / Date parution : 1905-07-10/ Répertoire / 3 Violons, Bas Viol et Basse Continue