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Gérard Catalog
The following is a complete list of compositions of classical composer Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805). Boccherini's works were catalogued by the French musicologist Yves Gérard (1932–2020) in the ''Gérard catalog'', published in London (1969), hence the "G" numbers for his output. Cello sonatas *G 1: Cello Sonata in F major *G 2a: Cello Sonata in C minor *G 2b: Cello Sonata in C minor *G 3: Cello Sonata in C major *G 4a: Cello Sonata in A major *G 4b: Cello Sonata in A major *G 5: Cello Sonata in G major *G 6: Cello Sonata in C major *G 7: Cello Sonata in C major *G 8: Cello Sonata in B-flat major *G 10: Cello Sonata in E-flat major *G 11: Cello Sonata in E-flat major *G 12: Cello Sonata in B-flat major *G 13: Cello Sonata in A major *G 14: Cello Sonata in E-flat major *G 15: Cello Sonata in G major *G 16: Cello Sonata in E-flat major *G 17: Cello Sonata in C major *G 18: Cello Sonata in C minor (may also be for viola) *G 19: Cello Sonata in F major *G 562: Cello Sonata in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Boccherini
Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (, also , ; 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and '' galante'' style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major classical musical centers. He is best known for a minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 ( G 275), and the Cello Concerto in B flat major (G 482). The latter work was long known in the heavily altered version by German cellist and prolific arranger Friedrich Grützmacher, but has recently been restored to its original version. Boccherini's output also includes several guitar quintets. The final movement of the Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D (G 448) is a fandango, a lively Spanish dance. Biography Boccherini was born into a musical family in Lucca, Italy in 1743. He was the third child of Leopoldo Boccherini, a cellist and double-bass player, and the brother of Giovanni Gastone Boccherini, a poet and dancer who wrote libretti for Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
