Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
transcription from Gaffi, Tommaso Bernardo
anonymous transcriber
5 cantatas:
«La dove anzi ò vetusto» (ff. 13-21v), for soprano, viola da gamba and bass
«Qual ogetto si palesa» (ff. 22-32), for soprano, viola da gamba and bass
«Lungi dal ben ch’adoro» (ff. 50-55v), for soprano, viola da gamba and bass
«Vendicatemi ò cieli» (ff. 61-68v), for soprano, viola da gamba and bass
«Nò che creder mai più» (ff. 87-96v), for bass, viola da gamba and bass
manuscript
The cantatas are copied from Tommaso Bernardo Gaffi, Cantate da Cammera a Voce sola Dedicate all'Illustrissimo Signor Marchese Francesco Maria Ruspoli da Bernardo Gaffi Organista della Chiesa del Giesù in Roma. Opera Prima, Roma, 1700, nn. 1, 2, 6, 8 and 12. Gaffi, in the preface to his collection, explains that the obligato part of the cantatas can be played by a violin, a violone (i. e. a violoncello in the Roman terminology of his time) or by the harpsichord.
original print: ID 990019364
Peter Holman, Life after Death: the Viola da Gamba in Britain from Purcell to Dolmetsch, Woodbridge, Boydell Press, 2010, pp. 129-131
Peter Holman, Continuity and Change in English Bass Viol Music: The Case of Fitzwilliam MU. MS 647, «The Viola da Gamba Society Journal», 1, 2007, pp. 20-50: 23-24.
