Description
Sonata in F Major, Op. 24, No. 3
for bassoon and piano (basso continuo)
by François Devienne (1759–1803) – French composer and professor of flute at the Paris Conservatoire
- I. Allegro
- II. Largo
- III. Rondeau
Devienne was much sought after as a teacher, virtuoso flautist and bassoonist, and as a composer of chamber music. His contemporaries praised the graceful, charming, melodic ingenuity of his compositions and their elegant construction. The present sonata is the third of Six Sonates pour un basson avec accompagnement de basse, œuvre 24, published by Sieber in Paris.
Edited by Klaus Hubmann. This edition comes with a solo part for bassoon, a minimally realized keyboard continuo, and a separate basso part, playable on any bass clef instrument such as cello or string bass. The deliberately simple and unpretentious realization of the unfigured bass is offered as a suggestion by the editor, and stylistic changes may be made by the continuo player.