Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
work information
Six sonates en duo, pour le tambourin avec un violon seul […] on peut exécuter ces sonates sur le haut-bois, flûte, violon et pardessus de viole […]
print
place (and editor)
Paris, Le Clerc
scoring
flûtet + pv + tambourin, vl + pv, 2 pv (?)
where
source
F-Pn Vm7 6686
online copy
further information
notes
The sonatas are composed for flûtet (three-hole pipe) with tambourin à cordes and violin. It’s not easy to deduce which part should be assigned to the pardessus de viole: It might replace the violin or the flûtet, but a performance with two pardessus could be considered as well.
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