Sunday 25 February 2024
Tune of the Day: Concerto by Braun
from “Pièces sans basse”
This is the twelfth of Jean-Daniel Braun's Pièces sans basse for flute or bassoon, published in Paris in 1740 together with Braun's Flute Sonata in E minor. These solo pieces are usually attributed to Braun, even though the front page states that they are “by the same author as well as by various others”.
Despite being called a “Concerto”, this piece is most definitely not a concerto in the classical (or even baroque!) sense of the term, not only because it is just a single movement, but also, and more importantly, because it does not have any form of accompaniment.