Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Johnson, Robert
work information
For the Tenor violl (piece for lyra viol and bass)
manuscript
scoring
lv + b
where
source
GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. D.245-246 Merro (245: p. 213, 246: p. 230)
online copy
modern edition(s)
further information
notes
The piece is an arrangement of a pavan for lute by Johnson, surviving in GB-Lbl Add. ms 38539 and GB-Cfm Ms 689. The demand for the tenor viol should therefore be due to the identical tuning, which keeps the piece in the same tone.
RISM
bibliography
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
