Sonata I in F major

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Sonata I in F major is the opening work of Arcangelo Corelli’s Trio Sonatas Op. 1, exemplifying the early baroque trio sonata style for two violins and continuo.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition
trio sonata
catalogue Corelli Op. 1
composer Arcangelo Corelli
dedicatedWithOpusTo Queen Christina of Sweden
finalMovementTempoMarking Allegro
genre Baroque trio sonata
historicalSignificance exemplifies early Baroque Roman trio sonata style
instrumentation basso continuo
violin
violin (second)
key F major
movement Adagio
Allegro
Allegro (final)
Grave
nationalStyle Italian Baroque
numberOfParts 4
openingMovementTempoMarking Grave
openingWorkOf Arcangelo Corelli’s Trio Sonatas Op. 1
linked to: Trio Sonatas Op. 1
opusNumber Op. 1 No. 1
partOf Trio Sonatas Op. 1
performancePractice basso continuo realized from figured bass
positionInOpus first sonata of Op. 1
publicationPlace Rome
publicationYear 1681
publisher Giovanni Giacomo Komarek
requiresFiguredBassReading true
scoring two violins and basso continuo
stylePeriod Baroque
texture trio texture
tonalCenter F major
typicalContinuoInstruments cello
harpsichord
organ
violone
typicalPerformanceDuration approximately 6–8 minutes
usesContrapuntalWriting true
usesImitativeCounterpoint true
writtenForEnsembleType chamber ensemble

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trio Sonatas Op. 1 hasPart Sonata I in F major
Trio Sonatas Op. 2 hasPart Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 2
linked to: Sonata I in F major
Sonata II in D major relatedWork Sonata I in F major, Op. 1
linked to: Sonata I in F major