Boccherini - Sinfonia in C maj, G.523, 1799

[aulos43]

Hi David

Certainly a challenge you've given yourself -- transcribing an entire symphony.

Been at it since 2010. Several are posted in this forum. But the Boccherini is the largest and most modern.

It's interesting to see the "chitarra" as an instrument in the orchestra. I think the gut-string guitar of the day would have a hard time being heard above the horns and brass.

Only horns in this sinfonia, but yeah, it's not a concerto, so I had questions about how to balance the levels. Here's a version on "authentic" instruments, coincidentally posted recently on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/r28FRXOuSg8

I noted also that, at bar 50, the cello line goes from bass clef to tenor clef for three bars. Was that in the original?

Yep. And there's another c-clef used that's not in NC's menu, a soprano clef. There's a pointer to a pdf image of the manuscript at the bottom of my original post.

I'm curious as to your feeling that 300 bars is "pushing the limits" of Composer. I have any number of long pieces (up to a half hour in length) and haven't noticed any particular problems associated with length. Have you?

Well, my 2004 XP box only has 2GB memory and a Pentium 4 processor, so that's part of the picture -- the two symptoms I've noticed are 1) slow update on the 300 bar movement when in full score, and 2) inability to export to pdf for even modest-sized scores (even on my 8GB Windows 10 box). Glad to hear you've had success in the half hour range -- encouraging.

By the way, I applaud your take (and accomplishment) on Twain's "Adam and Eve." Longtime Twain fan myself.

Walt
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[aulos43]

I figured out what was going on with the sound on my Windows 10 rig: the soundfont had changed, probably somewhere along the way to NC v 3.1.1. I restored it to TimGM6mb.sf2 and the sounds are much better now.

Found some informative posts on this forum re soundfont in the process.

Cheers

Walt
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[aulos43]

I've finished data-entry on all four movements and am largely done with proof-reading, so I thought I'd post them (including the latest version of mvt iii, posted earlier). I am at the beginning of audio production using LP and GPO/JABB, so I don't have any mp3's to share yet.

Be warned, mvt ii is over 12 min long at the tempo I've chosen.

dj - at some point I'll post a description of how I handle slurs -- I assure you, it's nothing special.


Walt
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[aulos43]

Here's the score for the two shorter movements -- the other two failed upload for violation of size limit . I've made an effort to adhere to the autograph version linked-to earlier in this thread. One exception is the use of the soprano clef, already noted.

Walt
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[aulos43]

The audio renderings have gotten to a point that I feel I can publish them. They have more to be done, according to my project, but I think the present result is entertaining.

Enjoy.

https://soundcloud.com/aulos43/sets/...-in-c-maj-1799

Walt
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[aulos43]

Bernhard Köpfer has edited a full score of this work and posted it at IMSLP:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_in_C...herini,_Luigi)

Very nice job, too.

Walt
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[Jeffrey610]

I have not heard of Luigi Boccherini, until now! What a wonderful (and might I say 'a wonder filled' piece. My Horizons have expanded and the space around me has increased with you transcription. I've listened to the whole Sinfonia. . .Enraptured Serenity. Good Job!

Jeffrey610 B-)