Nicola Matteis 3 movements from Ayrs for the Violin 1st Part 1676

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3 movements from Ayrs for the Violin • 0:06 Alemanda (violin, cello, harpsichord) • 4:02 Aria: Allegro (violin, cello, chitarrone) • 5:20 Aria: Gavotta (violin, cello, chitarrone) • Nicola Matteis was one of the earliest Italian violinists to have made a career in London. On the cover page of one of his published works, he describes himself as the Neapolitan ( Napolitano ). Some scholars regard him as the composer who shifted the English school away from the formal, French style of the Versailles court towards a more casual and free style of Italian chamber music. These short pieces are similar to the later, more developed, trio sonatas of Arcangelo Corelli and Antonio Vivaldi. The four volumes of the Ayrs for Violin are as much a compilation of music as it is a pedagogical tool for informing the public about performance practices of the period. For example, the dynamics, trills and slurs are all precisely notated. • I obtained the original MIDI files from Bojopigeon's uploads at Musescore.com. I adjusted some of the trills and added additional continuo instruments. • Descriptions of the photos: • 1. Violin score from Alemanda, Nicola Matteis, Ayrs for the Violin, London, 1676 • 2. An English or German violin, Metropolitan Museum NY, c1625 • 3. Matteis cover page from Book 1 the Ayrs, 1676 • 4. English harpsichord, built in 1623 and refurbished in 1720 • 5. View of London, Johannes Vorsterman, c1680 • 6. English viol, c1640 • 7. View of London, c1650 • 8. Cupid and the musician, Anon. Italian, 17th Century • 9. Violin score from Allegro and Gavotta, Nicola Matteis, Ayrs for the Violin, London, 1676 • 10. Musicians at the Medici Court, Antonio Domenico Gabbiani c1687 • 11. Ole Bull violin, Antonio Stradivari, 1687 • 12. Terpsichore with a chitarrone, Giovanni Baglione, 1620 • 13. Portrait of Nicola Matteis by Godfrey Kneller, 1682

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