Quarenghi was a cellist, composer, and pedagogue (an author, too) from Italy in the 19th C.

This episode features a biographical sketch about him from The Violoncello and Its History and Counterpoint. I introduce him and the Five Species of Counterpoint. All together I am planning 5 episodes (shorter in scope) that cover Quarenghi and his dealing with Counterpoint in the cello method. 

They are: 

1. Counterpoint: the Five Species


2. Counterpoint: Imitation


3. Counterpoint: Canon


4. Counterpoint: Fugue


5. Capriccio for cello and piano

Quarenghi seems to have been an interesting character at least in so far as he wrote an enormous Cello Method--about 500 pages--and provided ALL musical examples from his own creative output, i.e, he composed them. But what's more is that he included an entire section on counterpoint, which I never recall seeing in a cello method before. This inclusion is certainly no after thought, signifying the importance of the old form that masters such as Palestrina, Gabrieli, and Bach cultivated to the highest degree. 

If you wish to read more my blog post focuses on this topic of  counterpoint giving an overview of the forms Quarenghi showcases in Part the Third, Section 2 of his cello method. http://travelingcellojourney.com/2022/09/08/counterpoint-canon/

To watch me perform several of the forms including the 5 Species click her for my youtube channel. 

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