%0 Journal Article
%T Bernardo Pasquini’s Sonate per uno o due Cembali con il basso cifrato: Simple Entertainment or an Elaborate Charade?  
%A Solecka, Joanna
%J Kwartalnik Młodych Muzykologów UJ
%V English Issues
%R 10.4467/23537094KMMUJ.20.042.13915
%N Issue 47 (4/2020)
%P 25-68
%K Bernardo Pasquini, partimento, basso continuo, harpsichord, fugue
%@ 2956-4107
%D 2020
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/kmmuj/artykul/bernardo-pasquinis-sonate-per-uno-o-due-cembali-con-il-basso-cifrato-simple-entertainment-or-an-elaborate-charade
%X 
	The fourteen sonatas for two harpsichords from the collection Sonate per uno o due Cembali con il basso cifrato by Bernardo Pasquini (British Library of London, shelf mark: Ms. Add. 31501, I) are unique examples of double partimento. Few performers have taken up these works so far; they deserve much more attention. Employing contrapuntal techniques in their execution offers very interesting possibilities. The author describes and presents her own polyphonic interpretations of selected pieces from this collection: Sonata II mm. I, II, III; Sonata V m. II; Sonata VII a due m. I; Sonata X a 2 m. II; Sonata XIII a 2 mm. I and II. This material may serve as encouragement for further studies and performance of these works. They are worthy of becoming part of staple concert repertoires.