The solo violin sonatas of Ivan Handoshkin in the context of chamber and instrumental music оf eighteenth-century Russia

This article deals with the composer and violinist Ivan Khandoshkin. The famous Russian virtuoso had a considerable influence on the formation of a national instrumental style. The article presents a panorama of Russian music of the eighteenth century in its various forms. It defines the typical features of the nascent national style in a synthesis of European forms and genres with characteristic features of Russian music. Khandoshkin’s three violin solo sonatas - the peak of his virtuoso instrumental style - are regarded as a cycle.