Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Bassani, Orazio (Orazio della Viola)
1540/’50 ca. - 1615
work information
2 toccatas for viola da gamba and bass:
Tocata del Sig.r Oratio bassani
Tocata per b.quadro del sud.[det]to
manuscript
date
1621 circa
scoring
vb + b, vcb + b
where
source
I-Bc C.85, fol. 10v-11r
online copy
modern edition(s)
Indiana University Press, Septenary Editions
further information
notes
The manuscript was copied by Francesco Maria Bassani, nephew of Orazio.
The two toccatas have two different ranges: C-c’’ the first, AA-a’ the second. They might be intended for two instruments with different tunings (one in D, the other in AA) or for a transposed execution.
bibliography
Joëlle Morton, Redefining the Viola Bastarda: A Most Spurious Subject, «The Viola da Gamba Society Journal», 8, 2014, pp. 1-64.
