Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine
1643-1704
work information
Caecilia virgo et martyr (Hitchcock 413)
manuscript
scoring
5 voxS + voxA + voxT + voxB + voxCh + 2 vs + bc
where
source
F-Pn Rés Vm1-259, vol 6, fol. 77-89
online copy
modern edition(s)
Minkoff
further information
notes
The two high-pitched instrumental parts do not bear an explicit instrument designation at the beginning of the piece, but are referred to several times within the score as «violes».
RISM
bibliography
Shirley Thompson, The Autograph Manuscripts of Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Clues to Performance, Thesis, University of Hull, 1997, pp. 64ff.
Shirley Thompson, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and the viol, «Early Music», 2004, pp. 497-510
Hugh Wiley Hitchcock, Les Œuvres de / The works of / Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Paris, Picard, 1982
