Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
Schütz, Heinrich
Historia, | der Freuden- und Gnadenreichen | Geburth Gottes und | Marien Sohnes, | Jesu Christi […], SWV 435 and 435b
Items with «violette»:
Intermedium I «Fürchtet euch nicht»
Intermedium VII «Stehe auf Joseph»
Intermedium VIII «Stehe auf Joseph»
for soprano, two violette and bc
manuscript/print
Dresden, Hering, Seyffert
manuscripts:
S-Uu Vok. mus. i hs. 71 (version SWV 435a)
S-Uu Vok. mus. i hs. 41:13 (copy Düben)
D-B SA 4661-12 (version SWV 435b)
print:
D-B Mus.ant.pract. S 820
manuscript S-Uu, SWV 435
Intermedium I, copy Düben; Intermedium VII; Intermedium VIII
manuscript D-B, SWV 435b
https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de
The instrumental indication «violetta», used for the three intermediums, could designate either a da braccio or a da gamba instrument, but once - in the separate part of the Canto in l'intermedium I - the title specifies Canto solo con due Viole di gamba.
The two «violette» are notated in mezzosoprano clef.
In several separate parts one finds the indication «con 3 viole», «cum tribus violis» or «con tre stromenti», even though there are only two obbligato parts, for two violette. Evidently the viola, which doubles the bc throughout the piece, is also counted. (See the separate part https://www2.musik.uu.se/duben/browsePart.php?indx=2&Select_Dnr=1538)
The printed editions contains only the part of the Evangelist and the bc.
manuscripts in S-Uu, SWV 435:
Intermedium I: ID 190025686, ID 190025687
Intermedium VII: ID 190025693
Intermedium VIII: ID 190025694
manuscript in D-B, SWV 435b:
print:
