Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era

Nicola Francesco Haym (Rome 1678–London 1729) was a cellist and disciple of Corelli who emigrated to London in 1701. His patrons included the dukes of Bedford and Chandos. Later, he established himself as an adaptor of opera librettos (for Handel and others) and produced volumes of historical and literary scholarship. Opus 2, published in Amsterdam in 1704, begins with five sonate da chiesa for two violins and continuo, followed by six “airs,” four for two violins or flutes (either recorder or transverse flute) and continuo and two for violin, violoncello, and continuo. It ends with a ciaccona for two flutes and continuo. Haym’s two solos for violoncello, written about 1694, appear in a manuscript with a solo for violoncello by Colombani, which is also edited in this volume. A trio with archlute by Antonio Haym, Nicola’s brother, is also included in the edition.

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Sonate a tre, Op. 2

Sonata No. 1 in C Major for Two Violins and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 2 in D Major for Two Violins and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 3 in G Minor for Two Violins and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 4 in A Major for Two Violins and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 5 in A Minor for Two Violins and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 6 in G Minor for Two Violins or Two Flutes and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 7 in C Major for Two Violins or Two Flutes and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 8 in F Major for Two Violins or Two Flutes and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 9 in E Minor for Two Violins or Two Flutes and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 10 in A Minor for a Violin and a Violoncello with Basso continuo

Sonata No. 11 in G Major for a Violin and a Violoncello with Basso continuo

Sonata No. 12 in G Major: Partite di Ciaccona for Two Flutes and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata[?] in A Minor/E Minor for Violoncello and Basso continuo

Sonata in G Major for Violoncello and Basso continuo

Sonata[?] in G Minor for Violoncello and Basso continuo, Quirino [Colombani]

Sonata in C Major for Two Violins, Archlute, and Basso continuo, [Giovanni] Antonio Haim