Violin Sonatas (selected)

Franz Benda · 1709–1786

Level 4 · Early advanced — about ABRSM 7 · RCM 8

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Type: Sonata
Setting: Keyboard / basso continuo
Length: —
Era: Classical
Nationality: Czech-German
Exam lists: RCM, Henle

Notes

ornamentation practice (Benda's own embellishments)

Exam & syllabus listings

RCM 7 (mvt) · Henle 5–6

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A step before · level 3

Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G major, BWV 1021

Johann Sebastian Bach

SonataWith continuo

10 min

MajorLyricalWell-known

Sonata No. 8 in E minor, Op. 5 No. 8

Arcangelo Corelli

SonataWith continuo

9 min

MinorDanceWell-known

Sonata in G minor

Henry Eccles

SonataWith continuo

MinorDramaticWell-known

Sonata in A major, HWV 361 (Op. 1 No. 3)

George Frideric Handel

SonataWith continuo

8 min

MajorLyricalWell-known

A step after · level 5

Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Keyboard in B minor, BWV 1014

Johann Sebastian Bach

SonataWith continuo

15 min

MinorLyricalWell-known

Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Keyboard in A major, BWV 1015

Johann Sebastian Bach

SonataWith continuo

14 min

MajorLyricalWell-known

La Folia in D minor, Op. 5 No. 12 (Sonata No. 12)

Arcangelo Corelli

SonataWith continuo

11 min

MinorVirtuosicWell-known

Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 5 No. 1

Arcangelo Corelli

SonataWith continuo

11 min

MajorDanceWell-known