Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Bach, Johann Christian
1735-1782
work information
5 quartets for oboe, violin, viola da gamba and bass, in C maj., D maj., G maj., B maj., F maj.
Title of the single quartets: Quartetto | a | Oboè | Violino | Viola da Gamba | e | Basso. Del Sigr: G. C. Bach.
manuscript
Title of the single quartets: Quartetto | a | Oboè | Violino | Viola da Gamba | e | Basso. Del Sigr: G. C. Bach.
manuscript
scoring
ob + vl + vb + b
where
source
US-NY, Kulukundis collection, depositum in D-LEb Kulukundis II.5 (incomplete, vdg part missing)
modern edition(s)
Güntersberg
further information
notes
A version for oboe / flute / violin, violin, viola and bass or cello was edited in a collection of 6 quartets as op. 8 (London, Stechwey, n. d. (1772); London, Welcker, n. d. (1772) and subsequent editions (see RISM A/1 B 308-312). These sources permit a reconstruction of the missing viol part.
RISM
