Canzona per sonare IV

Giovanni Gabrieli

Subtitle: From Canzoni per sonori con ogni sorte di stromenti, Venice, 1608

General Info

Year: 1608 / 1957
Duration: c. 2:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Robert King Music, through Alphonse Leduc
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $18.10

Instrumentation

Full Score
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F (or Trombone)
Euphonium (or Tuba)
Tuba

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Transcribed by popular brass arranger Robert King, this edition of Giovanni Gabrieli's Canzona per Sonare No. 4 from Canzoni per sonare con ogni sorte di stromenti provides an exciting performance piece for a large brass ensemble. Being one of the most influential musicians during the shift from the Renaissance to the Baroque era, it is no secret that the composer lent himself primarily to vocal and sacred works. However, his Canzona per Sonare No. 4 represents an important turn, not only in the composer's career but in musical history. Composed in 1608, this piece helped pave the way to what would soon become the new Baroque concerto style, which remains popular to this day. King's arrangement of this historical work is indispensable for brass ensembles.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

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State Ratings

Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
Missouri: Brass.Quartet.Grade.B
Ohio: 572 – 2 TRT 2 TBN QUARTET B
Ohio: 571 – 2 TRT HORN TBN B
Texas: Brass Quartet Class 2

Performances

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Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Symphony Band Brass Ensemble - 6 October 2020
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.) Wind Ensemble (Frederick Harris, Jr., conductor) – 6 December 2019

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Canzon per Sonare No. 4 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Marlatt) (c. 1597/2012)

All Wind Works

Canzon Duodecimi Toni (arr. Bryan) (1597/2021)
Canzon Duodecimi Toni (ed.King) (1597/1958)
Canzon in Double Echo (ed. King) (/1973)
Canzon Noni Toni (arr. King) (1597/19--?)
Canzon per Sonar Primi Toni, no. 1 (arr. Higgins) (1597/2014)
Canzon per Sonare No. 4 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Marlatt) (c. 1597/2012)
Canzon pian’ e forte (arr. Taillard) (1597/2002)
Canzon primi toni
Canzon primi toni a 8 (1597/2007)
Canzon Quarta (arr. Hautvast) (1608/2011)
Canzon quarti toni (adapt. King) (1597/1959)
Canzon septimi toni 8, no. 2 (ed. Block) (1597/1972)
Canzon septimi toni No 1
Canzon septimi toni No 2 (1597/1958)
Canzon septimi toni no. 2 (ed. Crees) (1597/1996)
Canzona No. 1 (arr. Margolis) (1597/1985)
Canzon VI á 7 (arr. Magatagan) (<1612/2013)
Canzona VI (arr. Salfelder) (<1612/2020?)
Canzona per sonare No. 2 (ed. King) (1608/1959)
Canzona per sonare No. 4 (ed. King) (1608/1957)
Canzoni XVI & XVII (arr. Salfelder and Peltz) (1608/2021)
Canzoni 27 & 28 for 4 Trumpets and 4 Trombones (ed. Lumsden) (1608/1967)
Jubilate Deo (tr. Mathie) (1597/2008)
O Magnum Mysterium (arr. Higgins) (1587/2015)
Sonata Octavi Toni (ed. King) (1597/1957)
Sonata Octavi Toni (ed. Sherman) (1597/2021)
Sonata Pian' E Forte
Sonata Pian'e Forte (ed. Higgins)
Sonata Pian'e Forte (ed. King) (1958)
Sonata Pian’ e forte a 8 (orch. Stokowski) (1597)
Sonata XIX a 15 (ed. Smith) (<1612/1970)
Sonata XX a 22 (tr. Scatterday) (1615)
Two Canzonas

Resources

Gabrieli, G.; King, R. (1957). Canzona per sonare No. 4 from Canzoni per sonare (1608) for 4-pt brass choir or brass quartet [score]. Robert King: [s.l.].