Torelli's 1TS Works - problems of chronology
This table helps illustrate why dating these pieces has defied the attempts of scholars. After decades of debate, no consensus has ever been reached as to how, or if, Torelli distinguished between his so-called Sonatas and Sinfonias, and whether this could be related to his first and second Bolognese periods. Giegling and Paganelli have both divided Torelli's works into an early and later period. Paganelli's premise was his handwriting analysis, which has gained some credence among scholars, but has been emphatically rejected by Smithers. The present author, having read Paganelli's rationale in detail and examined Torelli's 'two handwritings', concurs with Smithers.
| Piece★ | Full Title | Period (Giegling)☆ | Hand (Paganelli) | Date | Range▲ |
| G01 | Suonata con Strom. ti è Tromba di Giuseppe Torelli. 1690. | I | copyist | 1690 | 6th-16th |
| G02 | Sinfonia con Tromba. | I | I | c1690 (mvts III and IV same as G01) |
6th-13th |
| G03 | Sonata à 5 con Tromba. di G.e Torelli. | I | I and II | -- | 6th-15th |
| G04 | Sinf. à 4-con Tromba, e Violini Unissoni, del Sig.r Giuseppe Torelli. 1693 | I | copyist | 1693 | 6th-13th |
| G05 | Sonata à 5 con Tromba. Torelli. | I | I | -- | 6th-13th |
| G06 | Sonata à 5. con Tromba. Di Giuseppe Torelli. | I | I | -- | 6th-13th |
| G07 | Sonata à 5 con Tromba. di Giuseppe Torelli. | I | I | -- | 8th-16th |
| G08 | Sinfonia con Tromba. Torelli. | I | II | -- | 4th-13th |
| G09 | Sinfonia Con Tromba è Violini Unissoni Di Giuseppe Torelli. | I | II | -- | 6th-13th |
| G10 | Sinfonia con Tromba Di Giuseppe Torelli. | II | II | -- | 6th-13th |
| G11 | Sinfonia Con Tromba. | II | II | -- | 5th-16th |
| G12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| G13 | Sonata à 5 con Tromba. Di G.e Torelli. | -- | I | -- | 4th-13th |
| G14* | Sinfonia avanti l'opera con Tromba [disputed] | -- | I | -- | 6th-16th |
| G16 | Sinfonia Con Tromba è Violini Del Sig.r Gioseppe Torellei. | I | I | -- | 8th-13th |
| ROGER | Concerts à 5, 6 & 7. Instruments, dont il y en a in pour la trompette ou le Haubois | -- | c1715 (posthumous) | 4th-13th |
★ It should be reiterated here that these numbers are in no way indicative of chronological order.
☆ Giegling uses I to denote works 1695 or earlier, and II for works between 1696 and 1708.
▲ Range is given in partials of the overtone series; e.g. for a D-pitched trumpet the 4th partial = d' , the 13th = a'', etc.
* The authenticity of G14, a piece not intended for performance in Bsp, remains in dispute.
