At first sight, this publication appears to merely be a collection of pieces due to the lack of drier technical studies that are characteristic of tutors. Yet the selection of the works, their order according to the development of ensemble playing, and the advice towards technical realization included after the foreword - these all make this publication a tutor. The works form a cross-section of a longer period of the history of chamber music and offer an insight into the different methods of composition.
Volume I contains easy chamber music from the Renaissance to Viennese Classicism for two violins and cello, in the first position. (In some works the 2nd violin part or others the cello part, respectively, can also be played on the viola.) The easier pieces can be played after two years of active instrumental study.
Contents
1. Mainerio, Don Giorgio: 4 Balli
2. 3 Songs (Henry VIII - Cornyshe - Anonymous)
3. Gastoldi, Giovanni Giacomo: 4 Balletti
4. Regnart, Jakob: 4 Villanellen
5. Monteverdi, Claudio: 4 Canzoni
6. Falconieri, Andrea: Tiple a 3. Brando d'Abril
7. Falconieri, Andrea: Bavle de los dichos Diabolos
8. Falconieri, Andrea: Sinfonia detta la Buon'hora
9. Vitali, Giovanni Battista: Sonata in sol maggiore
10. Vitali, Giovanni Battista: Sonata in do maggiore
11. Purcell, Henry: Examples of Counterpoint
12. Purcell, Henry: Adagio
13. Purcell, Henry: Grave & Canzona
14. Lully, Jean-Baptiste: Chaconne
15. Corelli, Arcangelo: Sonata in sol minore
16. Corelli, Arcangelo: Sonata in re maggiore
17. Rebel, Jean Ferry: Passacaille
18. Telemann, Georg Philipp: Grave
19. Bach, Johann Sebastian: 3 Canoni
20. Haydn, Franz Joseph: Trio in re maggiore
21. Haydn, Franz Joseph: Trio in do maggiore
22. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Divertimento in sol maggiore
23. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Ein musikalisches Würfelspiel
24. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Fuga
25. Beethoven, Ludwig van: Contretanz
26. Schubert, Franz: Menuet
27. Schubert, Franz: 3 Ländler
28. Schubert, Franz: Walzer
29. Schubert, Franz: 3 Ecossaisen
