Luigi Boccherini

Books about Luigi Boccherini and his music

Elisabeth Le Guin Boccherini's Body : An Essay in Carnal Musicology University of California Press, 2005; ISBN 0520240170; 374 pages In this elegant study of the works of the undeservedly neglected composer Luigi Boccherini, Elisabeth Le Guin uses knowledge gleaned from her own playing of the cello as the keystone of her original approach to the relationship between music and embodiment. In analyzing the striking qualities of Boccherini's music--its virtuosity, repetitiveness, obsessively nuanced dynamics, delicate sonorities, and rich palette of melancholy affects--Le Guin develops a historicized critical method based on the embodied experience of the performer. In the process, she redefines the temperament of the musical Enlightenment as one characterized by urgent, volatile inquiries into the nature of the self. A CD of sound examples, performed by the author and her string quartet, is included with the book. Price indication: $ 39.95

Luigi Boccherini Boccherini: Three Sonatas for Cello and Piano Warner Brothers Publications, 2000; ISBN 0769296831; 60 pages A new title in the Kalmus catalog in a cleanly printed edition. Includes both cello and piano parts. Price indication: $ 9.95

Matanya Ophee Luigi Boccherini's Guitar Quintets Editions Orphee, 1982; ISBN 0936186062; 87 pages Price indication: $ 15.95

Germa De Rothschild Luigi Boccherini His Life Work OXFORD UNIV + PRESS, 1965-01-01; ISBN 0197116124; 174 pages Price indication: $ 116.18

Sheet music, libretti, etc.

Boccherini:Six Sonatas for Violoncello and Piano (Library of Musical Classics) - G. Schirmer

Music Minus One Cello: Boccherini Violoncello Concerto No. 9 in B-flat major, G482; Bruch Kol Nidrei (Adagio on Hebrew Melodies), op. 47 (Sheet Music & CD) - Music Minus One
Perform timeless Cello works with The Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra! Perfect for practice, rehearsal, auditions, contest solos, performances, and more! We bring you on this MMO album two pieces from diverse ends of the repertoire: Boccherini's beautiful D-major concerto for violoncello, with its Baroque themes; and Bruch's famous 'Kol Nidrei' with its melding of late Romantic and traditional Hebrew melodies. A great album filled with music to test your abilities in technique and in interpretation. <P>Includes a high-quality printed music score and a compact disc containing a complete performance with soloist; then a second version with the orchestral accompaniment, minus you, the soloist. <P>MMO CD 3703 <BR>Performed by Marcy Chanteaux, violoncello <BR>Accompaniment: Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra <BR>Conductor: Emil Kahn

Music Minus One Guitar: Boccherini Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D 'Fandango' (Book & CD) - Music Minus One
Perform timeless Guitar works with a full orchestra! Perfect for practice, rehearsal, auditions, contest solos, performances, and more! <P>Boccherini was one of the great masters of the Italian Baroque guitar and this quintet demonstrates that fact perfectly. As its title implies, it is famous for its dance-like qualities. Great fun and rewarding to any player of the Baroque and Classical guitar repertoire. <P>Includes a high-quality printed music score and a compact disc containing a complete performance with soloist; then a second version with accompaniment, minus the soloist.

Quintet g Major Opus 21 no. 5 for Flute (oboe) & Strings - London Musica Rara
Sheet Music

Quintetto in C. For flute, oboe, violin, viola and cello. < [Edited by] Kurt Janetzky. > [Score and parts.] - Musica rara