Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
anonymous
Untitled piece (fantasia or diminutions on a polyphonic piece?) for an unspecified bass instrument
manuscript
The piece, notated entirely in bariton (F3) clef, is without indication of instrumentation, but the final chord make it likely to be for bass viol.
http://vdgs.org.uk/thematic/02-ANON-STAFF.pdf (A-BA-1)
Ashbee, Andrew, John Merro’s Manuscripts Revisited, «The Viola da Gamba Society Journal», 2013, vol 7, pp 1-19. http://vdgs.org.uk/journal/Vol-07.pdf
Morton, Joëlle, Redefining the Viola Bastarda: A Most Spurious Subject, «The Viola da Gamba Society Journal», 8, 2014, pp. 1-64. http://vdgs.org.uk/journal/Vol-08.pdf
Caroline Ritchie, The pieces for viola bastarda in John Merro’s partbooks, Gb-Ob Ms Mus Sch D.245-7. A preliminary investigation, Masterarbeit, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, 2011
