Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine
1643-1704
work information
Ritornelles pour la p[remiè]re leçon de ténèbres du Vendredi s[ain]t (Hitchcock 100)
manuscript
date
1679-1680 ca.
scoring
2 vb + bc
where
source
F-Pn Rés Vm1-259 (Mélanges autographes), vol. IV, ff. 22v-23v
online copy
modern edition(s)
Minkoff
further information
notes
These instrumental ritornellos are partly for 2 violins and bc, partly for 2 bass viols (in alto and tenor clef) and bc. They are to be inserted in the Première leçon du Vendredi saint (Hitchcock 105)
RISM
bibliography
Shirley Thompson, The Autograph Manuscripts of Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Clues to Performance, thesis, University of Hull, 1997
Shirley Thompson, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and the viol, «Early Music», 2004, pp. 497-510: 503
Hugh Wiley Hitchcock, Les Œuvres de / The works of / Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Paris, Picard, 1982
