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Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba

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author

Lawes, William

1602-1645

work information

30 pieces «For the Harpe, Base Viol, Violin, and theorbo» (Harp Consorts)

6 suites and 5 single movements for violin, bass viol, theorbo and harp

manuscript/print

scoring

vl + vb + hrp + thb / vs + vb

where

source

GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. D.238-240 (autograph, harp part missing); GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. D.229 (autograph, 2 suites); GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. B.3 (autograph, only the 5 single movements); GB-Och ms. 5 (5 suites).
Single movements in a 2-part version in:

Collections edited by John Playford: Banquet, 1651; Court-ayres, 1655; Courtly masquing ayres, 1662
manuscripts in GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. D.220 (bass part only); GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. D.236 + E.451; GB-Och ms. 599; GB-Mp ms. Chethams A.2.6 (treble part only)

modern edition(s)

Cunningham, Music for the privy chamber, vol. II, chap. 6 (complete); Musica Britannica XXI (1 suite e 3 pavans); Adams (pieces from Musicall Banquet)

further information

RISM

GB-Ob D.238-240: ID 800273324

GB-Ob D.229: ID 800273359

GB-Ob B.3: ID 800273385

Court-ayres : B/I 1655/5, ID 993121841
Courtly masquing ayres : B/I 1662/8, ID 993121888

Thematic index

http://vdgs.org.uk/thematic/La.pdf (Lawes-12-13)

bibliography

John Patrick Cunningham, Music for the privy chamber: studies in the consort music of William Lawes (1602-45), PhD thesis, University of Leeds, 2007

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