Georg Philipp Telemann: Partita No. 5 (TWV 41:e1), Aria 4: Siciliana
First published in "Kleine Kammermusik" (1716).
I originally found this nice tune in a collection of Baroque recorder duets edited by Gertrud Keller (link). Strangely, Keller presents the solo melody only, the only solo piece in a collection of duets. I liked the melody, but it didn't sound like a solo composition to me. Telemann wrote a great number of sicilianas, but I eventually found the right one in a collection of six partitas published in 1716, for melody instrument and continuo -- the original edition says "for violin or transverse flute, or keyboard, but especially oboe". As suspected, the original had a continuo part to go with the melody.
IMSLP has two settings for Partita 5: one with just the siciliana and without continuo, and the other in a setting for trumpet and organ by Michel Rondeau. The Rondeau setting has Finale source files for further editing, so I have extracted a performing score for mandolin and mandocello (or alternatively classical guitar) from those Finale files.
https://imslp.org/wiki/Partita_No.5%...Georg_Philipp)
Since then, I have noticed that IMSLP also has the complete set of six partitas in a nice typeset PDF with figured bass, which makes my version somewhat redundant:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Kleine_Kammer...Georg_Philipp)
I attach three PDFs: my adaptations for mandocello (in bass clef) and for guitar (in octave treble clef), as well as the urtext edition with figured bass.
For my recording, I have played the continuo part on mandocello, and have overdubbed the melody line on mandolin afterwards.
Suzuki MC-815 mandocello
1915 Luigi Embergher mandolin
https://youtu.be/KxEC0WW8v4U
Martin
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