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Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba

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author

Coprario (Coperario, Cooper, Cowper), John

1575 ca.-1626

work information

16 fantasia-suites (Fantasia - Almain or Aire - Galliard or Ayre) for Base Vyoll & Violin Organo (Charteris n° 93-108)

manuscript

scoring

vl + vb + org

where

source

GB-Ckc Rowe 112/113/113A (14 suites); Gb-Och ms. 732-734 (string parts) and GB-Lbl ms. RM 24 K.3 (organ part, 15 suites); GB-Lbl Add.ms. 23779 Lestrange (16 suites, organ only); GB-Mch ms.A.2.6 (4 pieces, viol part only); GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. C.101 (14 suites); GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. E.441/442 (9 suites incomplete, strings only); GB-Och ms. 411-413 (14 suites)

modern edition(s)

Musica Britannica IX e XLVI; Dovehouse

further information

notes

The viola da gamba part only rarely diverges from the bass part for the organ.
Of the last suite only the organ part is preserved.

RISM

GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. C.101: https://opac.rism.info/search?id=800271604&View=rism
GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. E.441/442: https://opac.rism.info/search?id=800272391&View=rism

Thematic index

http://vdgs.org.uk/thematic/Co.pdf

bibliography

Charteris R., John Coprario, A Thematic Catalogue of his music with a Biographical Introduction, New York, Pendragon Press, 1977

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