Johann Matthias Leffloth (1705-1731) - Sonata a Viola di Gamba et Cembalo Concertata

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Composer: Johann Matthias Leffloth (1705-1731), previously attributed to Georg Friederich Händel (1685-1759)
Work: Sonata (C-Dur) a Viola di Gamba et Cembalo Concertata
Performers: José Vázquez (1951-2021, viola da gamba); Lucia Krommеr (viola da gamba); Andrеj Hаrinеk (organ)

Sonata (C-Dur) a Viola di Gamba et Cembalo Concertata
1. Larghetto 0:00
2. Allegro 3:02
3. Adagio 6:32
4. Allegro 9:35

Painting: Gerard ter Borch II (1617-1681) - A Musical Company
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Further info: https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Leffloth,_Johann_Matthias
Listen free: https://youtu.be/dQrfK6_iTSI

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Johann Matthias (Matthäus) Leffloth [Löffeloth, Löffelloth, Löffloth]
(Nuremberg, bap. 6 February 1705 - Nuremberg, bur. 2 November 1731)

German organist and composer. Leffloth was the son of Johann Matthias Leffloth, organist at St Margaretha in Nuremberg, from whom he received his first musical training; he probably also received some instruction from W.H. Pachelbel. Some time after 1722 he became organist at St Leonhard. Schubart presents the only noteworthy biographical sketch, an extravagant account which lauds Leffloth as a genius of marked musical individuality, particularly in the Adagio, who might have changed the course of music but for his early death. Leffloth’s tonal and thematic materials are firmly rooted in Baroque tradition, but his keyboard style frequently calls for hand crossing and a degree of dexterity unusual for this period. Although he is often mentioned as a composer of keyboard concertos, only two of his works designated concerto remain, both written for solo violin and obbligato keyboard. They are more properly considered as early duo sonatas rather than as keyboard concertos in the usual sense. A sonata for viola da gamba and obbligato keyboard published in Handel’s collected works, vol.xlviii, has often been attributed to Leffloth (also ed. in HM, cxii, 1953). The title-page of the manuscript (in D-Bsb) indicates Leffloth as composer; Handel’s name has been added in pencil and then crossed out by a different hand. Einstein (‘Zum 48. Bande der Handel-Ausgabe’, SIMG, iv (1902-3), 170-72) described another manuscript in Darmstadt to which Leffloth’s name has been added below Handel’s, but he stated that this is a copy by Christoph Graupner of an original Handel sonata. #ClassicalMusic