Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Clamer, Andreas Christophorus
1630 circa - post 1682
work information
Mensa Harmonica. XLII Rarioribus Sonatinis instructa septem in partes seu tonos distributa quatuor aut duabus vocibus ad libitum producenda […]. (7 suites for 2 violins, “Viola di Gamba” and “Violone”)
place (and editor)
Salzburg, Johann Baptist Mayr
date
1682
scoring
2 vl + vb + b
where
source
F-Pn VM7-1474 (incomplete, some page missing)
online copy
modern edition(s)
Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich, Band 129, 1979
further information
notes
The part named “Violone” on the frontespice has the indication “Violono, ò Viola di Gamba” on the first inner page.
The part for “Viola di Gamba” is distinguished from the “Violone” part mostly by some idiomatic viol chords and double stops.
RISM
A/1 C 2556
Thematic index
bibliography
Marc Strümper, Die Viola da gamba am Wiener Kaiserhof, Tutzing, Schneider, 2004, pp. 319-320
