Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
Hotman (Hautemand, Hauttement), Nicholas
46 pieces for bass viol solo, some with a second viol or bass part (Preludes, Allemandes, Courantes, Sarbandes, Gigues, Ballets, Bouré, Boutade etc., mostly organized in suites)
manuscript/print
A-ETgoëss A, B, C (26 pieces); D-B 30401 (5 pieces); D-DS ms. 1655 (1 piece); D-Kl 4° Ms. Mus. 108, voll. 2-4 (5 pieces); D-Kl 4° Ms. Mus. 185/16, fol. 3r (Allem[ande], bass part); GB-Lbl ms. mus. 249 (1 Allemande); GB-Lbl ms. mus. 1869 (olim GB-HAdolm ms. II.c.24; 4 pieces); F-Pn ms. Rés 1111 (10 pieces and 4 contreparties to pieces by Hotman); GB-Ob Mus.Sch. F.574 (9 pieces); PL-Wtm ms. In 377 n° 221 Krakow (19 pieces); S-SK 468 Hedevig Mörner (Gavotte, Ballet de Hautemand in D minor, pp. 11 and 16)
print: 1 piece (Ayre) in T[homas] B[rowne], The compleat musick-master, London, Pearson, 1704-1722, p. 31
A-ET Goëss: Tree Edition (Goess A_1.pdf, Goess A_2.pdf, Goess B.pdf, Goess 2.pdf)
D-Kl 4° Ms. Mus. 185/16, fol. 3r
Dovehouse (3 suites); Minkoff (ms. Krakow); Seicento ed. (Goëss B); VdGSGB Suppl. Publications (“Skolding Wife”); Tourdion (ms. Paris); Tree Edition (ms. Goëss); Güntersberg (ms. Krakow); Atelier Philidor (ms. Krakow)
Part of the manuscripts is in staff notation, the other in tablature.
By far the most widespread piece in these sources consists of a series of variations on a theme (called in some English sources “Skolding wife” or “Schoole ground”), sometimes entitled “Ballet”, “Prelude” or “Allemande”. In only two sources (PL-Wtm Krakow and S-SK Mörner) the piece is explicitly attributed to Hotman, but in many other manuscripts it is found close to others by the same author.
D-B 30401: ID 455039176
S-Ska, ms. Mörner: ID 190009187
ms. Lbl 249: Robert Smith, British Library MS Mus 249, «The Viola da Gamba Society Journal», vol. VII, 2013, pp. 20-44.
Ms. Mörner: Hedevig Mörner music book, contents and concordances, compiled by the facebook group Viola da gamba,
ms. Lbl 1869: Andrew Ashbee and Peter Holman, British Library, MS Mus. 1869 (formerly GB-HADolmetsch MS II.c.24), The Viola da Gamba Society Journal, vol. XV, 2021, pp. 14-20.
Stuart Cheney, Hotman and Dubuisson, in: A Viola da Gamba Miscellanea, edited by Christophe Coin and Susan Orlando, Collection Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, Pulim, Limoges, 2005, pp. 43-61.
