"uno Basso e Violone"

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"uno Basso e Violone"

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This annotation appears on a number of occasions in the Cello/Double Bass part of Beethoven's "Triple Concerto" in C major for violin, cello and piano (opus 56). But the piece doesn't even call for a "Violone" (an instrument usually only found in Baroque music)! So what does it mean? The term is so ambiguous; does he just mean that one cello and one double bass are to play soli in the sections so marked?
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Re: "uno Basso e Violone"

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In p.2 of http://imslp.org/wiki/Triple_Concerto,_ ... udwig_van) the cello/basses part says un basso e vlc. So you're right. Violone meant double bass in baroque times.
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Re: "uno Basso e Violone"

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In the full score (if that is what is being discussed), the designation seems to be "uno Basso e Violonc." The abbreviation could be mistaken for "Violone", especially at the level of scanning used.
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