Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
Forqueray, Antoine
Pièces de viole avec la basse continuë composées, par Mr. Forqueray Le Pere […] Livre premier. Ces pièces peuvent se jouer sur le pardessus de viole [5 suites]
Paris, auteur, Vve Boivin, Le Clerc
B-Bc, B-Br, F-Pn Vm7 6295, GB-Lbl, RUS-Ml, US-NH
Broude Brothers; J. M. Fuzeau; Minkoff; Performer’s Facsimiles, Atelier Philidor
The edition, which appeared posthumously, was prepared by the composer's son Jean Baptiste Antoine, who included three pieces of his own composition (see).
The chaconne La Buisson of the second suite is also found among the pieces following the Principes du violon by L'Abbé le fils, transcribed for 2 violins or perhaps also for 2 pardessus de viole, since the Principes – according to a note on its title page – can also be used by pardessus players.
A/I: F 1524/FF 1524, ID 990018708; B/II: p. 287
