Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
Haym Nicola Francesco (Haim)
Sonate a tre, cioè violini flauti, violoncello e basso continuo per il cembalo [...] opera seconda
Amsterdam, Roger
B-Bc, GB-Ob, US-Wc
A-R Editions
The edition contains 2 sonatas for violin, violoncello and basso continuo (no. X and XI). The obligato bass part is labelled «Violoncello» and is characterised by some cello idiomatic chords and arpeggios, leaving no doubt on the intention of the composer, a cellist himself. But in an advertisement of 1712, repeated as late as in 1735, Le Cène advertises the collection with these words: «Opera seconda, ou il y a trois [sic] Sonates à un Violon, une Basse de Viole ou de Violon et une Basse Continue», thus also admitting a performance on the viola da gamba.
A/I H 4919, ID 990029051
Rudolf Rasch, The Music Publishing House of Estienne Roger and Michel-Charles Le Cène, https://roger.sites.uu.nl/, with facsimiles of catalogue 1712, p. 17 and catalogue 1735, p. 14
