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Gérard Catalog
The following is a complete list of compositions of classical composer Luigi Boccherini. 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 9: Cello Sonata in F 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 56 ... [...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 European 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 librettos for Antonio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Far Side Of The World
''The Far Side of the World'' is the tenth historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1984. The story is set during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The story from ''Treason's Harbour'' has several points resolved, as to the success of Maturin's work identifying the French spies, the trap that Aubrey sailed out of but HMS ''Pollux'' did not, and Aubrey resolving the tension between him and Lieutenant Fielding, who escaped the worst French prisoner-of-war facility. In Gibraltar, Captain Aubrey receives another mission, to sail HMS ''Surprise'' to protect British whalers in the Pacific Ocean from USS ''Norfolk'', for his first voyage around Cape Horn. Dr Maturin has not yet identified the high-level spy who got away. Unaware, he sends the letter to his own wife explaining his protection of the Navy wife via that very villain. The Pacific Ocean is full of wonders, and prizes, once the Jonah is off the ship. One review considered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
