Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Theile, Johann
1646-1724
work information
aria “So lob ich nun ein frey gemühte” for soprano, 2 violas da braccio, 2 violas da gamba and basso continuo (with violone)
in Weltlicher Arien und Canzonetten dritte Zehen (nr. 1)
print/manuscript
place (and editor)
Leipzig, Christian Meissner & Johann Kluge
scoring
voxS + 2 vla + 2 vb + bc
where
source
print: S-Uu Carolina Rediviva Uvmtr 459-465
ms: S-Uu Vok. mus. i hs. 86:75 (score in German tablature and incomplete parts)
online copy
further information
notes
The separate parts of the bow instruments are labelled in the print “Viola dabraccio 1”, “Viola dabraccio 2”, “Viola degamba 1”, “Viola degamba 2”, “Violono”.
RISM
bibliography
Ares Rolf, Die Besetzung des sechsten Brandenburgischen Konzerts, in: Bach Jahrbuch 84, 1998, pp. 171-181