CAP036
Johann Schenck (1660 -1712)
The first Sonata in this volume is an 18th century arrangement (GB-Ob ms Mus.Sch. D249) of Sonata 4 from the 1688 Tyd en Konst-Oeffeningen (opus 2). James Sherrard (1666 - 1738), who is believed to be the arranger, was an amateur musician, composer, successful London apothecary and honorary MD of Oxford University. He collected many pieces belonging to the German-Dutch virtuoso viol school, which combined the English division style with the Italian-inspired Austro-German violin school. Schenck’s luxuriant but technically demanding chordal and polyphonic writing made it apt for transcription, although Sherrard pointedly omitted the epsiodes of dramatic flourishes in his arrangement, perhaps as a concession to the intended scholarly gentlemen performers.
The second Sonata was arranged by the editor in the same vein in order to give performers another piece to play with the same combination of instruments.
Printed in 2007. Score, 2 viol parts, BC x2