Violin Sonata No. 5 (Ries)

Ferdinand Ries composed the Violin Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 10 in 1808, while he was in Paris. During the same period he also composed his Op. 20 & Op. 21 cello sonatas and a D-minor violin sonata that remained unpublished until 1818. The B-flat major sonata was first published in 1810 by both Breitkopf & Härtel and Simrock with a dedication to a "Monsieur Eichhof, directeur Général de l'Octroi de Navigation du Rhein". Subsequent editions were published in the 1820s.^[a] ^[1]

Composition History[edit]

As with many of Ries's compositions, there is little to go on beyond the manuscript evidence itself, in this case, the manuscript survives in the Berlin State Library, while a copy of the published score kept in the Royal College of Music, London contains a number of interpolated manuscript sheets in the composers handwriting showing that at a later point he was reworking the sonata so that could be performed by a piano soloist without the accompaniment of the violin. Cecil Hill speculates that this may have been intended for an English publisher, but no print edition of this version has been located.^[1]

Structure[edit]

The sonata is in two movements:

Allegro ma non troppo
Rondo Pastorale: Allegretto ^[b]

References[edit]

Notes

^ The IMSLP score notes that a Breitkopf & Härtel edition was advertised in an 1810 edition of AmZ.
^ Cecil Hill gives the tempo for this movement as simply Allegretto, the additional indications are from the published score.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Hill 1977, p. 10

Sources

Hill, Cecil (1977). Ferdinand Ries: A Thematic Catalogue. Armidale, New South Wales: University of New England. ISBN 0-85834-156-5.
Hill, Cecil (1982). "Ferdinand Ries. A Study and Addenda". Occasional Paper. Armidale, New South Wales: University of New England. ISSN 0314-5999.

External links[edit]

Violin Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 10: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

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[1] The IMSLP score notes that a Breitkopf & Härtel edition was advertised in an 1810 edition of AmZ.

[3] Cecil Hill gives the tempo for this movement as simply Allegretto, the additional indications are from the published score.^[1]

[HillP10-2] Hill 1977, p. 10

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v t e Duo sonatas by Ferdinand Ries
Violin	Violin Sonatas, Op. 3, Nºs. 1-2 Violin Sonatas, Op. 8, Nºs. 1-2 Violin Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 10 Violin Sonatas, Op. 16, Nºs. 1-3 Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18 Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 19 Violin Sonatas, Op. 30, Nºs. 1-3 Violin Sonatas, Op. 38, Nºs. 1-3 Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 69 Violin Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 71 Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 83 Violin Sonatas, Op. 86, Nºs. 1-3 Variations for Violin and Piano in A minor, Op. 111 Violin Sonata in A-flat major, WoO. 5 Violin Sonata in E-flat major, WoO. 7 (fragmentary work)
Viola	Variations for Viola and Piano in A minor, WoO. 3
Cello	Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 20 Cello Sonata in A major, Op. 21 Cello Sonata in G major, Op. 125 Cello Sonata in C minor, WoO. 2
Clarinet	Clarinet Sonata in G minor, Op. 29
Horn	Horn Sonata in F major, Op. 34
Flute	Flute Sonata in G major, Op. 48 Flute Sonatas, Op. 76, Nºs. 1-2 Flute Sonata in G major, Op. 87 Flute Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 169
Harp	Introduction and Rondo for Harp and Piano in B-flat major, Op. 57 Polonaise for Harp and Piano in B-flat major, op. 79