The Division Violin (Playford, John)

		First Publication 1684 Genre Categories Divisions; Grounds; For violin, continuo; Scores featuring the violin; Scores with basso continuo; For 1 player with continuo; For violin; For 1 player; For 2 violins; For 2 players; For 2 violins, continuo; For 2 players with continuo

Sheet Music

• Scores (8)

Scores

'Faronell's Division on a Ground' is another name for the Folia ground.

See: List of compositions with the theme "La Folia"

Complete

 Complete Score
*#96722 - 4.61MB, 31 (facing) pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 6432x⇩

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Fynnjamin (2011/3/20)

Editor:

2nd edition

Publisher Info.:

London: John Playford, 1685.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Complete Score
*#98668 - 6.23MB, 31 (facing) pp. -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 1854x⇩

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Fynnjamin (2011/4/8)

Editor:

3rd edition

Publisher Info.:

London: Henry Playford, 1688.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Many of the titles at the top of pages have been cropped off in this edition, presumably due to later re-binding. Refer to 2nd edition above for illegible titles. There appears to be little difference between 2nd and 3rd editions.

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 Complete Score
*#97963 - 3.99MB, 76 pp. -  8.7/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V - 3162x⇩

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Fynnjamin (2011/4/1)

 Incomplete Score
*#96721 - 4.54MB, 30 (facing) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 878x⇩

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Fynnjamin (2011/3/20)

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6th edition

Publisher Info.:

London: John Walsh, n.d.(1705)

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Title: The First Part of the Division Violin.
Issued 1705, according to the National Library of Scotland.
#96721 - Title-page too dark to read, so not included here. Last page of music missing.

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Selections

Mr. Reading's Ground

 Mr. Reading's Ground
*#203652 - 0.17MB, 2 pp. -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - !N/!N/!N - 576x⇩

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Fynnjamin (2012/4/13)

Editor:

Fynn Titford-Mock

Publisher Info.:

Norwich: Fynn Titford-Mock, 2012.

Copyright:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Written for violin tuned (scordatura) to AEac♯. Including sounding-pitch version for violin in standard tuning. The ground bass does not appear to fit the last couple of strains very well.

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Faronell's Division on a Ground

 Violin
*#282365 - 0.37MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 123x⇩

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Agarvin (2013/5/25)

 The Ground Bass
*#282366 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 73x⇩

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Agarvin (2013/5/25)

 Engraving files (Lilypond)
*#282367 - 0.01MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 28x⇩

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Agarvin (2013/5/25)

Editor:

Allen Garvin

Publisher Info.:

Dallas: Hawthorne Early Music, 2013.

Copyright:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	The Division Violin
Alternative Title	The Division Violin: Containing A Collection of Divisions upon several Grounds for the Treble-Violin. being the first Musick of this kind made publick.

Composer	Playford, John
First Publication	1684
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	violin(s), continuo
Related Works	See also The Division Flute for many of the same pieces in slightly different versions.
Extra Information	Contents differ slightly between the editions on this page.