Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
Ives, Simon
46 pieces for 2 and for 3 lyra viols (Pavins, Almains, Corantos, Sarabandes, Fancies, Ayres etc.)
manuscript
IRL-Dm ms. Z3.4.13 (24 pieces à 2 and 3, one part only); GB-HAdolm ms. II.B.3 (15 pieces à 3, one part only); GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. D.221 (1 piece à 2, one part only); GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. D.245-246 Merro (5 pieces à 2); GB-Lbl Add.ms. 10444 Lestrange (1 piece for treble and bass); GB-Och ms. 725-727 (10 pieces à 3, two parts only); GB-Cu Add ms 9284, olim Robert Spencer private collection (5 pieces: no. 3, 4, 8, 9 (?), 10; one part only)
Kelly, Simon Ives, vol. II.
pieces from GB-Och ms. 725-727: Cunningham, William Lawes, pp. 422-431
In the manuscripts EIRE-Dm ms Z3.4.13, GB-HAdolm ms.II.B.3, GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. D.221 and GB-Cu 9284 only one lyra viol part is preserved. In four of the pieces in GB-Och ms. 725-727 the third part is missing.
For a detailed discussion of concordances and attributions see VdGS Index.
ms. Merro : ID 800271701
Andrew Ashbee, 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
John Cunningham, Lyra Viol Ecclesiastica: A Neglected Manuscript Source in Archbishop Marsh’s Library, Dublin, «The Viola da Gamba Society Journal», 2009, vol. 3/1, pp. 1-54. http://vdgs.org.uk/journal/Vol-03-1.pdf
