More published collections of trio sonatas followed in 1685, 1689, and 1694, and his opus five of twelve sonatas for solo violin and accompaniment was published in 1700. All these publications constituted carefully prepared and edited versions of works covering the course of his career. The late seventeenth century was a pivotal period in the development of instrumental music, as the concept of the orchestra was beginning to take definite shape, and instrumental writing was becoming more independent from vocal music. There was not, as yet, a definite concept of large-scale orchestra scoring as differentiated from chamber
More published collections of trio sonatas followed in 1685, 1689, and 1694, and his opus five of twelve sonatas for solo violin and accompaniment was published in 1700. All these publications constituted carefully prepared and edited versions of works covering the course of his career. The late seventeenth century was a pivotal period in the development of instrumental music, as the concept of the orchestra was beginning to take definite shape, and instrumental writing was becoming more independent from vocal music. There was not, as yet, a definite concept of large-scale orchestra scoring as differentiated from chamber