Luigi Boccherini

19 feb 1743 (Lucca) - 28 may 1805 (Madrid)

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 - Sonata in C Major for Two Cellos (No. 1448) - International Music Co.

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

Music Minus One Guitar: Boccherini Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D 'Fandango' (Book & CD) - Music Minus One

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

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

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