Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718-1795): 2 pieces from Partita Terza
1. Minuet I in C Major
2. Minuet II in A Minor
First published in "Raccolta delle più Nuove Composizioni di Clavicembalo di Differenti Maestri ed Autori" (1757)
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg was an early classical composer and prolific author of music theory books. Most of his works date from the 1740s and 1750s, after which he was appointed Head of the Prussian State Lottery and a member of Frederick the Great's war council, which occupied most of his time.
These two minuets were originally intended for clavichord or harpsichord. My adaptation for mandolin quartet (two mandolins, GDAE mandola and mandocello) is based on an arrangement for strings by Michel Rondeau which I have found at IMSLP:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Menuets_I_%26...drich_Wilhelm)
I attach PDFs of the parts, in various clefs.
I'm not sure what the piece would sound like with strings, but on mandolin it has a distinct harpsichord feel, in particular in the dramatic trills.
1890s Umberto Ceccherini mandolin (x2)
Mid-Missouri M-111 octave mandolin
Suzuki MC-815 mandocello
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