Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Legrenzi, Giovanni
1626-1690
work information
Sonata Quinta a quattro viole da gamba, ò come piace
Sonata Sesta a quattro viole da gamba, ò come piace
in
La Cetra [...] libro quarto di sonate a due, tre e quattro stromenti, opera decima
place (and editor)
Venezia, Francesco Magni detto Gardano
date
1673 (reprint: 1682)
scoring
4 vg + bc
where
source
I-Baf; reprint: D-MÜs, I-Bc
online copy
modern edition(s)
Cassola-Roth consort collection; Musedita; Harvard Publications (Bonta), Güntersberg
further information
notes
The two sonatas have double sets of clefs; the lower version is probably intended for the violas da gamba, the higher for an alternative instrumentation with da-braccio instruments.
RISM
first print: A/I L 1625
reprint: A/I L 1626
