Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Marini, Biagio
1587 ca. - 1663
work information
Canzon quinta a quattro. Due Violini e Due Viole Da Gamba
in
Sonate, Symphonie, Canzoni, Pass’emezzi, Baletti, Corenti, Gagliarde, & Retornelli […] Opera Ottava
place (and editor)
Venezia, Gardano
date
1626 or 1629
scoring
2 vl + 2 vb + bc
where
source
PL-WRu (incomplete, some pages missing)
online copy
modern edition(s)
Iselin, in Biagio Marini (see bibliography); Musiche Varie
further information
notes
The same Opera Ottava also contains the sonata Sopra la Monica for two violins and Basseto ò Viola da Gamba , in which, however, the viola da gamba plays merely the role of basso continuo.
RISM
A/I: M 663/MM 663, ID 990039403
bibliography
Dora J. Iselin, Biagio Marini. Sein Leben und seine Instrumentalwerke, dissertation, Hildburghausen/Basel, Gadow, 1930
