Dal Barba's musical style avoids counterpoint and instead blends the Neapolitan galant style with the typical language of central-northern Italy.
Compositional Technique
All six of Dal Barba's Sonatas are composed exclusively in major keys and have three movements, with four of them concluding in a variation form.
Compositional Technique
Dal Barba's Sonatas show a close kinship with the violin writing of Carlo Tessarini (1690-after 1766), a composer to whom Brilliant Classics has dedicated two albums.
Composition History
Dal Barba's 'Sonate dodeci' manuscript, dedicated to Venetian nobleman Girolamo Lioni Cavazza, is undated but likely predates his appointment as Maestro di Cappella in 1762.
Composer Biography
Daniel Pio Dal Barba (1715-1801) was known as a composer of sacred music, a composer of operas, a singer, and an appreciated violinist.
Interpretation
The natural singing quality of the melodic expressions in Dal Barba's fast movements suggests a performance with rather moderate metronome tempos.
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