Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Tozzi, Antonio
1736 circa-post 1812
work information
Aria «Quante volte in dolci accenti», Lento assai
in
Cantata Didone abbandonata («Dunque il perfido Enea») in F major (Cantata | Per il Soprano | Violino 1mo | Violino 2do | Viola da Gamba | Viola | e | Basso | Del Signe: Tozzi)
manuscript
place (and editor)
München
date
1774-1775
scoring
voxS + vb + str + bc
where
source
D-Dl Mus.1-I-7,1, pp. 12-27
online copy
modern edition(s)
Libroforte (Casonato, in preparation)
further information
notes
The composition of the cantata must date back to the years 1774-1775 when Tozzi was Hofkapellmeister of the Elector of Bavaria Maximilian III Joseph, a viola da gamba player. The libretto is by Maximilian's sister, Maria Antonia Walpurgis, wife of Elector Frederick Christian of Saxony.
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