Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
Purcell, Henry
Sonata in G minor for violin and basso continuo, Z 780, with a part for viol reconstructed by Thurston Dart
manuscript
A supposed version for violin, bass viol and b. c. is lost. A version for violin and b. c. is preserved in the so-called “Armstrong-Finch manuscript” (private collection).
The Works of Henry Purcell, Purcell Society, vol. 31
Dart’s reconstruction of the viol part was based on editions for violin and piano by Alfred Moffat, Berlin, 1899, and Frederick Bridge, 1903.
Thurston Dart, Purcell’s chamber music, Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, vol LXXXV (1958-1959), pp. 81–93
Robert Illing, Henry Purcell, Sonata in G minor for violin and continuo, an account of its survival from both the historical and technical points of view, Adelaide, 1975
Peter Holman, A Purcell manuscript lost and found, Early Music, vol. 40/3, 2012, pp. 469–487
