As early as 1932, Johann Nepomuk David included the guitar in a trio with flute and viola, which bore a personal dedication to Karl Scheit. Nearly a decade later, in 1940, David wrote a sonata for the same scoring (Werk 26). This was the period in which the master began developing a fondness for old instruments. We can be grateful to this predilection for having stimulated the creation not only of the “Variations on an original Theme” for recorder (flute) and lute also of the present sonata for ...