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Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba

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author

Simpson (Sympson), Christopher

1605 ca. - 1669

work information

12 divisions on grounds for bass viol

manuscript

scoring

vb + gr, lv + gr

where

source

GB-Cu Hengrave Hall Dep. 77/1 (4 divisions, in tablature); GB-CHEr ms. DLT/B 31 Leycester (1 division, in tablature); GB-Lbl ms. mus. 1869 (olim GB-HAdolm ms. II.c.24; 3 divisions); GB-Lcm ms. Pr.book II.F.10/2 (C.41/2) (3 divisions); GB-Ob Pr.book 184 c.8 (1 division); GB-Ob ms.mus. c.39 (4 divisions); GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. C.71 (2 divisions); B-Bc ms.Litt XY 24,910 (1 division); US-NYp ms. Drexel 3551 (1 division)

online copy

GB-Lcm ms. C.41

ms Leycester

modern edition(s)

Charivari Agréable (3 divisions del ms. in GB-Lcm); VdGSGB Suppl. Publications (1 division)

further information

notes

2 of these divisions are known also in a version for treble and bass viol (see).

RISM

Drexel 3551: ID 101912
C.71: ID 800263062

Thematic index

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

bibliography

Andrew Ashbee and Peter Holman, British Library, MS Mus. 1869 (formerly GB-HADolmetsch MS II.c.24), The Viola da Gamba Society Journal, vol. 15 (2021), pp. 14-20

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