Biography of Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764)

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03.09.1695

Born in Bergamo

Violin player and composer, student of Corelli

Concert tour through Europa being escort to elector Friedrich August.

1729

Violin teacher in Amsterdam

30.03.1764

Dies in Amsterdam

1725

Sonata e-moll for two flutes

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Sheet music for flute:

2 Sonatas op. 4

(2 flutes (2 violins))

Schott Verlag, FTR50

Rating: mid-grade

1. Sonate d-moll (Largo - Allegro - Largo - Presto)
2. Sonate h-moll (Andante - Allegro - Largo - Vivace)

Only score. The first edition was printed 1746 in London.

Drei Sonaten

(flute, cello basso continuo, piano basso continuo)

Bärenreiter, Hortus Musicus 35

Rating: difficult

1. Sonate I, G-Dur
2. Sonate II, D-Dur
3. Sonate III, g-moll

Sonata (G-Dur)

(flute, guitar)

Verlag Doblinger, D. 11 040 b

Rating: mid-grade

1. Adagio
2. Allegro
3. Largo
4. Allegro

Sonate (B-Dur)

(flute, piano)

Schott Verlag, 5572

Rating: mid-grade

1. Andante
2. Largo
3. Presto

Sonate (e-moll)

(2 flutes)

Zimmermann, ZM 1038

Rating: mid-grade

1. Largo
2. Allegro
3. Andante
4. Presto

two scores

I like Locatelli. Not so easy to play but very beautiful music.

First edition in 1725

Zwölf Sonaten - Volume I Op. II/1-6

(flute, cello basso continuo, piano basso continuo)

Schott Verlag, ED 12652

Rating: mid-grade

1. Sonata I (Andante - Adagio - Presto)
2. Sonata II (Largo - Allegro - Andante - Presto)
3. Sonata III ( Andante - Largo - Presto - Adagio)
4. Sonata IV (Adagio - Allegro - Largo - Allegro)
5. Sonata V (Vivace - Largo - Allegro)
6. Sonata VI (Largo - Allegro - Largo - Allegro)

Baroque music at it%acute;s best. Harmonically innovative and rhythmically interesting.

First edition 1732 in Amsterdam, dedicated to his student Nicolaas Romswinkel

Literature von/über Pietro Locatelli

• Adorján, András:  Lexikon der Flöte
  Flöteninstrumente und ihre Baugeschichte - Spielpraxis - Komponisten und ihre Werke - Interpreten
  1. edition Laaber: Laaber-Verlag,
  2009. - ISBN: 978-3-89007-545-7
• Tonger, P. J.:  Conversations-Lexikon der Tonkunst
  Beilage der Neuen Musikzeitung
  Köln: Wilhelm Hassel,
  1910.