Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
anonymous
3 pieces in viola bastarda style:
- Piece without title (D. 246, pp. 138-140)
- Vidi Pianger Madona, diminutions on Alfonso Ferrabosco I, «Vidi pianger madonna» (D. 246, pp. 247-249)
- O sacrum Convivium, diminutions on Thomas Tallis, «O Sacrum Convivium» (D.246, pp. 253-256 in staff notation; D.247, pp. 69v-71 in tablature)
manuscript
GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. D.246-247 Merro
The first piece (D. 246, pp. 138-140) appears on the pages following Sound out my voice Alfonso, see; and is concluded by the word «fine». It might be hypothesised that the two pieces are connected and that Alfonso Ferrabosco II is the author of these diminutions as well.
ID 800271631 (mss. Merro)
ID 800271804 (piece without title)
ID 800272103 (Vidi pianger Madonna)
ID 800272108 (O sacrum convivium, staff notation)
http://vdgs.org.uk/thematic/02-ANON-STAFF.pdf (A-BA-1, no. 368, 370, 371)
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
Joëlle Morton, Redefining the Viola Bastarda: A Most Spurious Subject, «The Viola da Gamba Society Journal», 8, 2014, pp. 1-64. http://vdgs.org.uk/journal/Vol-08.pdf
