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THE COMPOSERS, THE MUSIC AND THEIR SOURCES Praeludium | Apollon: Thomas Baltzar (Lubeck ca.1631 - London 1663) 'A Prelude for the Violin by Sens Balshar a Germaine', in The Division Violin, London, Playford, 1684. Promenade 1 | Fortitudo: Johann Sebastian Bach (Eisenach 1685 - Leipzig 1750) 'Praeludium' BWV 926 for harpsichord, in 9 Kleine Praludien BWV 924-932 (1720), [arranged for solo violin by Enrico Gatti]. Solitudo | Ricercata: Giovanni Bassano (Venezia 1558 - Venezia 1617) 'Ricercata Prima', in Ricercate, passaggi et Cadentie, Venezia, Vincenzi & Amadino, 1585. Promenade 2 | Humilitas: Johann Sebastian Bach (Eisenach 1685 - Leipzig 1750) 'Largo' from Sonata no.3 BWV 1005, in Sei Solo a Violino senza Basso accompagnato. Libro Primo, 1720, (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung mit Mendelssohn-Archiv, Mus. Ms. Bach P.967). Terra Incognita | Pontos: Thomas Baltzar (Lubeck ca.1631 - London 1663) 'Praeludium, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande' (Oxford Bodleian Music School collection, MS Mus. Sch. F. 573). Promenade 3 | Prudentia: Johann Sebastian Bach (Eisenach 1685 - Leipzig 1750) 'Sarabanda' from Partita no.1 BWV 825 for harpsichord, in Clavier Ubung I, (1725-1730), [arranged for solo violin by Enrico Gatti). Iter unicum | Iter Italicum: Nicola Matteis (Napoli ca.1640/50 - London ca.1714) 'Passaggio rotto, Positione di voce, Andamento veloce, Fantasia', in Other Ayrs Preludes Allmands Sarabands... The Second Part, London ca. 1676. Promenade 4 | Temperantia: Philip Hacquart (Brugge 1645 - Haarlem 1691) 'Sarabande' (Oxford Bodleian Music School collection, MS Mus. Sch. F. 573). Passacalle | Passo di un pellegrino: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (Wartenberg 1644 - Salzburg 1704) 'Passagalia' in Sonatis, Praeludis, Allemands, Courants, Sarabands, Arias, Gavottes, Variationibus. & c... Haec omnia Honori XV Sacrosanctum Mysterionem (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München, Mus.Ms. 4123). Sonata overo Fabula in 4 scene: Giuseppe Tartini (Pirano d'Istria 1692 - Padova 1770) Sonata GT 2.a07 [ex Bat] (Padova, Archivio Musicale della Cappella Antoniana, MS 1888, n°VII). Promenade 5 | Charitas: Henry Purcell (London 1659 - London 1695) 'Prelude' ZN 773, in Select Preludes or Voluntaries for the Violin by the most eminent Masters in Europe, London, J. Walsh and J. Hare, 1705. Il regno oscuro del pianto | Lachrymae: Silvius Leopold Weiss (Grodkow 1687 - Dresden 1750) 'Prelude', WeissSW 20.1 (Sm 120), 1719, 'Tombeau sur la mort de M.ur Comte d'Logy arrivée 1721', WeissSW 20 (Sm 210), (London, British Library, Add. 30387).