Trois pièces de société, op. 36

These Trois Pièces de Société op. 36 by Sor were first published in Paris in 1828. They are another set of three Pièces de Société, like op. 33, each consisting of two linked pieces. The first is a minuet followed by an allemande; the second, Lento cantabile and minuet; and the third, Andantino and Chasse. The pairs of pieces are not joined without a break, as they were in op. 33; nevertheless, it is clear that each pair should be performed together, because of the contrasting nature of the two pieces in each case. The third pair has the scordatura of the sixth string to F, a rather archaic practice at this date, suggesting, though it is only a possibility, that this work may date in some form from Sor’s Spanish period. No, 1, Minuet, 63: the first note in the original is on the sixth string, but this appears to be an error for the fifth string and has here been corrected. No. 1, Allemande, bar 71: the first bass note is D in the original. No. 2 Lento cantabile: the repeat mark at the end of the first section (bar 8) is editorial. No. 3: from bar 64: in the original edition, some of the numbers indicating the harmonics have lines above or below them supposedly indicating whether the harmonic in question should be played slightly above or below the fret, as a note in the original edition explains. However, the lines do not make good sense and are here omitted. They can be consulted in the Tecla facsimile edition. No. 3: bars 46-47 are corrupt in the original and have here been restored on the analogy of bars 14-15. Bar 131: the natural is editorial. Chasse: bars 102 and 104 have a strange rhythm in the original, and have here been restored to the rhythm of bar 100. The indication fr occurs here on the last page (it is also found in op. 28 in variation 3, and in op. 37 in each of the two allegrettos). This could perhaps stand for French friser or frisé, friser here meaning to brush, so it could be a brushing movement with the right hand fingers, like a stroke of rasgueado. This edition comes from the new 2019 second edition of Sor’s New Complete Works for Guitar edited by Brian Jeffery. The Introduction and Index to the entire series are here in nkoda. This new edition is copyright © by Brian Jeffery 2019. Your cooperation is requested in not making illegal copies for other people. Brian Jeffery