Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
Notari, Angelo
Madrigale à 4 voci di Cipriano di Rore (diminutions on «Ben qui si mostra il ciel» by Cipriano de Rore)
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Prime musiche nuove di Angelo Notari à una, due, et tre voci, per cantare con la tiorba, et altri strumenti, novamente poste in luce, p. 21
London, William Hole
DK-Kk, GB-Lbl
Indiana University Press
In the bilingual Advertissements upon the Compositions following / Auertimento sopra le seguenti musiche it is specified that these diminutions can be performed either by a bass singer or a «Violl» / «Viola».
Of the 4-part madrigal by Cipriano de Rore only one part - a basso seguente - is given.
The diminutions develop around this basso seguente, thus also touching the tenor and alto parts of the madrigal. The piece can therefore be classified as 'bastarda' genre even though the 'viola bastarda' is not mentioned.
A/I: N 797, ID 990047334
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
