Giovanni Battista Costanzi

Giovanni Battista Costanzi (1704-1778)

Nationality: Italian
Born: September 3, 1704, Rome Died: March 5, 1778, Rome (age 73)
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Cello Sonata in c minor

(for cello and continuo)
3:46 I. Adagio
2:33 II. Allegro
2:33 III. Grave
1:26 IV. Capricio. Allegro assai
Duration: 11 minutes (approximately)
1 recording, 4 videos
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3:46
Giovanni Sollima, Arianna Art Ensemble
I. Adagio
2:33
Giovanni Sollima, Arianna Art Ensemble
II. Allegro
2:33
Giovanni Sollima, Arianna Art Ensemble
III. Grave
1:26
Giovanni Sollima, Arianna Art Ensemble
IV. Capricio. Allegro assai

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glossary

  • adagio [It]—slow tempo, often implying a lyrical, poignant character
  • allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
  • assai—very much. Intensifies the direction of its neighboring words, e.g. "allegro assai", very fast
  • capriccio, caprice, capriccioso, capricieux, capricieuse—a short character piece, typically in a humorous, fanciful, or playful manner. The concept juxtaposes the improvisatory free-form fantasy against the more formal, "serious" and logically "worked-out" sonata forms.Within a caprice, the range of expression may well include the serious and dark as well as demanding extraordinary technical skills such as a prelude or etude.
  • chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
  • continuo, basso continuo, b.c., figured bass, thorough bass, basse chifrée—During the Baroque Era, a term for an improvised (realized) instrumental accompaniment specified by a symbolic notation for chords and a written bass line (i.e. figured bass). A continuo "part" usually implies multiple (but typically unspecified) instruments, e.g. one for a strong bass line (e.g. cello) and another for chords (e.g. lute, keyboard, organ). A continuo part may be realized by keyboard alone, and sometimes played by a bass melody instrument alone (without harmonies). wiki
  • grave [I], gravement [F]—Solemn, serious, slow, ponderous
  • sonata, sonate, suonato—a complicated term. Originally, "sounded" rather than "sung" (sonar vs. cantar), e.g. instrumental music. According to historical period, sonata began to imply a formal plan of movements as well as the structure within a single movement, e.g. sonata form. In general usage as a work title, it designates a multi-movement piece for solo or duo instruments with one of the instruments enjoying a feature role.