Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
anonymous
work information
A suit of lessons for the Bass Viol
in: Aires and Symphonys for ye Bass Viol being A Choice collection of ye most favourite Song tunes, Aires & Symphonys out of the late Operas, Curiously contriv’d & fitted to the Bass Viol by the best Masters. Also some excellent lessons made purpose for ye instruments as Almands, Corants, Sarbands & Jiggs, the whole fairly Engraven and carefully corrected
place (and editor)
London, J. Walsh & J. Hare
date
n. d. (ca. 1710)
scoring
vb
where
source
GB-Cfm, GB-DRc, GB-Lbl
online copy
modern edition(s)
Güntersberg, Atelier Philidor
further information
notes
In addition to this suite, the edition contains transcriptions of aires from Italian operas (see).
RISM
B II, p. 77
Thematic index
bibliography
Peter Holman, Life after Death: the Viola da Gamba in Britain from Purcell to Dolmetsch, 2010
