Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba

author

Bassani, Orazio (Orazio della Viola)

1540?/’50? - ante 1609

work information

2 diminutions for viola bastarda on:

Orlando di Lasso, «Susanne un jour» (Susanna un giorno di Oratio per la viola bastarda)

Giaches de Wert, «Cara la mia vita» (with the indication «viola bastarda» in the tavola)

manuscript

scoring

vbast (+ madr)

where

source

GB-Lbl Add.Ms. 30491

modern edition(s)

Indiana University Press, Septenary Editions

further information

RISM

bibliography

Joëlle Morton, Redefining the Viola Bastarda: A Most Spurious Subject, «The Viola da Gamba Society Journal», 8, 2014, pp. 1-64.

Joëlle Morton, Will wonders never cease? The viola bastarda at the Ferrarese court, «Early Music», 50/2, 2022, pp. 155–168