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From: mf@cornell.UUCP (mf)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: La Follia
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Date: Sun, 13-Jan-85 01:02:35 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 13 01:02:35 1985
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Keywords: Corelli, Vivaldi, Geminiani, La Follia


	Corelli's Op. 5 #12 is a set of variations for violin & continuo
on ``La Follia.''  The other day, I heard the last few bars of a piece which
sounded very much like it (and I know it pretty well, having played it),
but the speaker anounced it was a Vivaldi sonata (and I couldn't catch more
info)...  Now my questions are:

1.   Does anybody know if Vivaldi (and other composers) wrote variations
     on this theme?

2.   Where does the theme originally come from?

I'd prefer responses by mail.

That's what I remember of the Corelli theme (key: D minor):

     |  |  |`    |   |     |  |  |=|   |    |  |  |`   |  |   |   |` |-|    |
3/4  o  o. o  | #O   o  |  o  o. o o | O. | o  o. o |  O  o | o. #o  o o | #O. |
     D  D  E    #C   C     D  D  C D   E    F  F  G    E  F   D  #C  D E   #C

As an aside:  Geminiani orchestrated the whole set of 12 sonatas into concerti
grossi.