Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Leclair, Jean Marie l'ainé
1697-1764
work information
Second livre de sonates à deux violons sans basse […] on peu jouer ces sonates à deux violes, op. XII
print
place (and editor)
Paris, auteur, Vve Boivin, Le Clerc, Mlle Castagnery, Vve Roussel
date
n. d. (ca. 1747-49)
scoring
2 vs / 2 vb
where
source
A-Wn (incomplete), F-Pa, F-Pn, GB-HAdolm, GB-Lbl, NL-DHgm, US-CHH (incomplete), US-Wc
online copy
modern edition(s)
Broude Brothers; J. M. Fuzeau
further information
notes
The sonatas have nothing to make them particularly suitable for the viola da gamba, be it the dessus or basse de viole; they are on the contrary very violinistic, with numerous chords and passages that would require extensive adaptions for a performance on both bass and soprano viola da gamba. One has the impression that the indication for viol of these sonatas is the result of purely commercial needs.
RISM
A/I: L 1333, https://opac.rism.info/search?id=990037113&View=rism
