Giovanni Battista Fontana
Giovanni Battista Fontana is known to history for one only publication, which appears to be a posthumous collection hastily assembled from manuscript sources. It comprises six sonatas for violin and bass and six more for two violins and bass. The publication states that he was from Brescia and worked in various cities in Italy, but nothing else is known about him. The collection was published in 1641 and the 12 sonatas are among the earliest in that form and are considered important for that reason. The music is quite polyphonic in conception, with even the bass line acting more as a separate individual voice than as a true foundational bass. The sonatas are titled so that they may be performed by violin, coronet, bassoon, chitarrone, cello, or similar different instruments.
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Discography
4 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Giovanni Battista Fontana - 18 Sonate A 1. 2. 3. per il Violino, Fagotto, Chitarrone, Violoncino o simile altro Istromento. VOL II
Classical - Released by Arsis Aclass on 15 Nov 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Baroque Music for Recorder
Conrad Steinmann, Jordi Savall, Monica Huggett
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 1 Jan 1976
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Giovanni Battista Fontana - 18 Sonate A 1. 2. 3. per il Violino, Fagotto, Chitarrone, Violoncino o simile altro Istromento. VOL I
Classical - Released by Arsis Aclass on 15 Dec 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sonates sur instruments d'époque
Chamber Music - Released by Claves Records on 1 Jan 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo