Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Ritter, Peter
1763-1846
work information
Drei Stücke | für | Flöte, viola da Gamba und | Horn | Componirt v. P. Ritter. | Autograph, in D major
manuscript
scoring
flt + vb (vladam?, baryton?) + horn
where
source
US-Wc ML 96.R5 E14 (autograph)
further information
notes
Although the part clearly calls for "Viola da Gampa", there is some doubt as to whether the part is for viola d'amore or baryton, judging by the tuning required and the presence of left-hand pizzicati.
RISM
Thematic index
bibliography
Richard Sutcliffe, Retuning the viola da gamba in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, in Repertoire, Instrumente und Bauweise der Viola da gamba : XXXVIII. Wissenschaftliche Arbeitstagung und 31. Musikinstrumentenbau-Symposium, Michaelstein, 19. bis 21. November 2010, Augsburg, Wissner, 2016
, pp. 214-215
