Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Poglietti, Alessandro
1630 ca.-1683
work information
Sonata à 8 instrom. | 2. viol. et | 2. viol de Gambe in Concerto | violetta, Alto Tenor Basso | per Complimento necessarii | d. A d. P.
manuscript
scoring
2 vl + 2 vb + archi + bc
where
further information
notes
While this sonata assigns some passages entirely to the two solo violas da gamba, in the ballets by Poglietti, preserved in the same library, the viola da gamba performs inner parts without any particularly soloistic passages.
RISM
bibliography
Marc Strümper, Die Viola da gamba am Wiener Kaiserhof, Tutzing, Schneider, 2004
, pp. 295-296