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Domenico Galli, Trattenimento musicale sopra il violoncello a’ solo (Modena 1691).

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From The New Grove Online:
Galli’s only known music is Trattenimento musicale sopra il violoncello a’ solo (Modena, 1691), a set of 12 sonatas for solo cello (like his contemporaries at the Este court, G.B. Vitali and Giuseppe Colombi, he was himself a cellist). Precedents for his sonatas can be found in various works for solo cello by Colombi. Others by the two Bolognese composers G.B. Degli Antoni and Domenico Gabrielli probably influenced him still more: Degli Antoni’s set of 12 Ricercate appeared in 1687, and Gabrielli published a similar set of seven Ricercary in January 1689, shortly after spending a year at the Este court. The appearance of Galli’s sonatas in 1691 seems more than just coincidental: they could well have been inspired by his close contact with Gabrielli.
1. Sonata I in D minor
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2. Sonata II in A minor
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3. Sonata III in A minor
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4. Sonata IV in G minor
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5. Sonata V in D minor
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6. Sonata VI in F major
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7. Sonata VII in D minor
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8. Sonata VIII in F major
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9. Sonata IX in D minor
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10. Sonata X in Bb major
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