Sonata in D minor (Speer)

The Sonata in D minor is a sonata for brass quintet (2 cornetts, 3 trombones and continuo) by the Baroque composer Georg Daniel Speer (1636–1709) Speer was born in current day Wrocław, Poland (formerly Breslau) and died in Göppingen, Germany.

As a composer, he wrote sonatas for trombones (formerly known as sackbuts) and cornetti with basso continuo.

[1] Speer was also a prolific writer with three or four autobiographical novels that shed light on the music scene of his era.

Aside from the autobiographies, Speer wrote a musical treatise that is considered very useful in understanding Middle Baroque music (the time period in which he composed).

This specific sonata is written for six voices: 2 cornetti, 3 trombones, and basso continuo.