Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739) published his flute sonatas Op. 2 in 1712 in venice. This was the first printed sheet music in italy to prescribe explicity and exclusively the use of the flauto. Marcello may have modelled his work on the sonata-cycle op. 5 by Corelli, which appeared in 1700. In this cycle Corelli summed up the possibilities of violin technique and the related compositional technique of his age. For his part, Marcello did the same for flautists. The flute sonatas soon became popular and have remained so ever since: three different editions have survived from the 18th century. The present edition (Z. 13476, Z. 13477) was produced by collating the three 18th-century sources

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1. SONATA VII IN B FLAT MAJOR
2. SONATA VIII IN D MINOR
3. SONATA IX IN C MINOR
4. SONATA X IN A MINOR
5. SONATA XI IN G MINOR
6. SONATA XII IN F MAJOR

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Flute / Grade 3 / List B

• Allegro 2nd movement from Sonata No 10 in A minor from 12 Sonatas Op. 2

Flute / Grade 4 / List B

• Largo 1st movement and Allegro 2nd movement from Sonata in Bb major Op. 2 No 7 SF 775
• Largo 1st movement and Gavotta 4th movement from Sonata in Bb major Op. 2 No 7 SF 775

Flute / Grade 5 / List B

• Largo 3rd movement and Allegro 4th movement from Sonata in C major Op. 2 No 9