Taylor: Chamber Music

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Rayner Taylor
Chamber Music
Six Sonatas for Harpsichord or Piano Forte with an Accompaniment for a Violin, Op. 2; Six Sonatas for Violoncello (with Keyboard Accompaniment)

Edited by John Metz, Barbara Bailey-Metz

A043 Taylor: Chamber Music
978-0-89579-485-7 Full Score (2001) 9x12, xiii + 117 pp.
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This edition presents the six sonatas for harpsichord or piano forte with violin accompaniment, op. 2, and the six sonatas for violoncello with keyboard accompaniment by the early-American composer Rayner Taylor. The keyboard sonatas, published in London around 1781, have a violin part that is more prominent and independent than generally found in the “accompanied” genre. In the cello sonatas, published here for the first time, Taylor makes idiomatic use of the more resonant tenor register of the instrument, unlike Graziani or Boccherini, who principally explored the cello's higher range. The basso continuo part seems to call for an extensive realization, producing an idiomatic ensemble sonata and a unique contribution to the cello sonata literature. This edition is based on a manuscript copy of the cello sonatas in the Library of Congress.
Six Sonatas for Harpsichord or Piano Forte with an Accompaniment for a Violin, op. 2
Sonata No. 1 in C Major
Sonata No. 2 in F Major
Sonata No. 3 in B-flat Major
Sonata No. 4 in D Major
Sonata No. 5 in G Major
Sonata No. 6 in E-flat Major
 
Six Sonatas for Violoncello (with Keyboard Accompaniment)
Sonata No. 1 in A Major
Sonata No. 2 in D Major
Sonata No. 3 in A Major
Sonata No. 4 in D Major
Sonata No. 5 in G Major
Sonata No. 6 in C Major
Joanne Swenson-Eldridge, American Music Research Center Journal, Volume 12, 2002; Huguette Brassine, Music & Letters, 54:2