Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
Simpson (Sympson), Christopher
11 preludes for bass viol solo, 11 divisions for the practice of Learners
in The Division-Violist: or, an introduction to the playing upon a ground […] To which are added some divisions made upon grounds for the practice of learners
Title of 2. edition: Chelys | minuritiorum artificio exornata | sive | minuritiones ad basin, etiam ex tempore modulandi ratio. | in tres partes distribuita . | The Division Viol, | or, | The Art of Playing Ex tempore upon a Ground. | Devided into three Parts. […]
London, William Godbid (John Playford)
print: B-Br, GB-Cu, GB-DU, GB-Lbl, GB-Lcm, GB-Ob, GB-Ouf, US-Cu, US-CAh, US-LAuc, US-NH, US-SM, US-Wc
ms. copies of some divisions and preludes: GB-Cfm MU ms. 645; GB-Cfm MU ms. 647; GB-DRc A.27 Falle; GB-Ob ms.mus. c.39; GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. C.61; GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. F.574
Broude Brothers; Curwen ed.; Dovehouse (1 division); Hofmeister; Katzbichler; King’s Music; Les Cahiers du Tourdion; Schirmer; Güntersberg (ms. A.27), Atelier Philidor , Ut Orpheus
The first edition (1659) contained only 3 preludes , in the 1665 edition 8 more were added.
The pages with the 3 preludes and the subsequent divisions of the first edition were reprinted in 1665 from the same plates as can be inferred from the inconsistent page numbering.
The book also contains numerous musical examples in the text, some with a certain musical autonomy, including in particular a division An Example for carrying on a point upon a Ground .
A/I: S 3493, https://opac.rism.info/search?id=990059853&View=rism
ms. Falle : https://opac.rism.info/search?id=806931276&View=rism
Peter Holman, Continuity and Change in English Bass Viol Music: The Case of Fitzwilliam MU. MS 647, «The Viola da Gamba Society Journal», 1, 2007, pp. 20-50. http://vdgs.org.uk/journal/Vol-01.pdf
