Henricus Albicastro (pseudonym of Johann Heinrich Weissenburg, c.1660–1730), one of the most enigmatic yet musically capable violinist-composers of his era, succeeded in marrying the polyphonic art of the south German violin school with the melodic and structural innovations of the Italians. This four-movement sonata exemplifies the composer’s mastery of the Corellian style. The first movement is a composite (Adagio–Presto–Adagio), with an allemanda-like central section; the second, featuring suave Corellian counterpoint, is followed by a typically Albicastrian extended 3/2-time slow movement; and the final, giga-like movement is notated in common time but performed as if in compound time.

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