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Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era

Tommaso Giordani
Three Quintets for Keyboard and Strings
Edited by Nicholas Temperley
 
C 25 ISBN 0-89579-214-1 (1987) xv+128 pp. $47.00
  ISBN 978-0-89579-214-3 (13-digit)
C 25P Parts $27.00
Giordani's Opus 1 quintets, published at London in 1771, are believed to have been the first pieces of their kind. They catered to a lively interest in new instrumental combinations displayed by royal and aristocratic amateurs in England at this time. In addition to their historical value, they extend the repertory of keyboard-and-strings quintets backwards by approximately 50 years. These fine examples of the galant style are equally suited to harpsichord or pianoforte.

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Contents
Quintet No. 1 in E-flat Major; Quintet No. 3 in A Major; Quintet No. 5 in C Major
 

 

Parts 
vn. 1; vn. 2; va.; vc.