Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
anonymous (Gottfried Finger?)
Two fragments: Sonata in E minor and an unnamed movement
manuscript
CZ-KRa A 4688 Balletti scordati a Violino solo e Viola di Gamba, fol. 13-14 (incomplete)
The hypothesis of attribution is based on the presence in the same manuscript of a sonata, here anonymous but attributed to Gottfried Finger with the help of other sources (see) and a certain conformity to his violistic language.
Only the viola da gamba part is preserved, but given the many rests in this part it is likely that the Sonata included not only basso continuo, but also other solo instruments.
The unnamed movement (fol. 14) is notated with two sharps in clef and requires an unmarked scordatura (D)-A-d-f#-a-d'; it is likely part of a different piece.
Marc Strümper, Die Viola da gamba am Wiener Kaiserhof, Tutzing, Schneider, 2004
, pp. 169-171
