World Première Recording 1) Allemand: 00:00 2) Giga: 4:25 In his teens, Thomas Vincent began studying in London under the well-known Italian composer Giuseppe Sammartini, who was a master of the oboe, and whose works were very popular. Indeed: Vincent was primarily an oboist, and is still remembered as being one of the very best of his time. He soon became Maestro Sammartini’s favorite English pupil, a fact that contributed significantly to the spread of Vincent’s fame. In 1748, Vincent published his opus 1, a set of six oboe sonatas, which soon became well-known. Yet like so many non-keyboard specialists, Vincent also played the harpsichord, and in order to please the music-loving public, he composed a set of six short suites (which he, like so many other English composers, called “lessons”) for harpsichord; he published them in 1755. The complete title of the publication is “A Sett of Familiar Lessons for the Harpsichord”. The pieces, mostly typical baroque suite movements, show that Vincent was not just a great oboist, but also a very skilled keyboard composer. - David Bolton, “The Digital Harpsichordist” Is it possible that you still haven’t seen my books?! Please do check them out at Amazon! How to Memorize Music – A Practical Approach for Non-Geniuses https://amzn.to/2ElbmKp How to overcome Stage Fright − The ultimate Guide for performing Musicians https://amzn.to/2ScII1J Play it with Feeling! - Expressing Emotion in Musical Performance https://amzn.to/2Sf61bc All available at Amazon.com Please subscribe to my channel! P.S. You might want to join my Facebook Group: "The Digital Harpsichordist": https://www.facebook.com/groups/33804732681244