Collection of late 18th- and early 19th century keyboard manuscripts, ca. 1797-1805. Of Italian provenance

by Domenico fl. ca. 1797 Casalis

$375 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

Sonatina Per Piano Forte. i title , 11, i blank pp. Casalis's sonata in D major the first ten pp. consists of an allegro followed by a Finale un poco presto. It is a sophisticated essay in late 18th century keyboard sonata form, incorporating varied figurations, articulation, chromatics, flashes of bravura, fermatas that invite cadenza improvisation and, in the finale, a whimsical passage of alternating triads and diminished chords marked ritardando, preceding a fermata, then

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