Bettina Hoffmann

Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba

author

Coprario (Coperario, Cooper, Cowper), John

1575 ca.-1626

work information

8 fantasia-suites (Fantasia - Almain or Aire - Galliard or Ayre) for 2 treble viollins ye basse violl, & ye organ (Charteris n° 109-116)

manuscript

scoring

2 vl + vb + org

where

source

Gb-Och ms. 732-734 (strings) and GB-Lbl ms. RM 24 K.3 (organ) (8 suites); GB-Lbl Add.ms. 23779 Lestrange (8 suites); F-Pn ms. Res. F.770 (8 suites, strings only); F-Pn ms. Res. 1635 a-c (8 suites, strings only); GB-Och ms. 414-416 (8 suites, strings only); GB-Och ms. 420-421 (16 pieces, violins only); GB-Och ms. 620 (10 pieces); US-NYp ms. Drexel 5624 (4 suites); US-R Sibley Music Lib. ms. ML 96 L 814 f. (8 suites, strings only); GB-Layton Ring’s ms. (8 suites, only 2° violin); GB-Ckc Rowe 114-117 (2 pieces, strings only)

modern edition(s)

Musica Britannica IX e XLVI

further information

notes

Of the fantasia-suites Charteris 110 and 111 there are alternative versions for the galliards in Och ms. 420/421; however, only the violin parts are preserved.

RISM

GB-Och ms. 420-421: https://opac.rism.info/search?id=800229514&View=rism
GB-Och ms. 414-416: https://opac.rism.info/search?id=800229430&View=rism

Thematic index

http://vdgs.org.uk/thematic/Co.pdf

bibliography

Charteris R., John Coprario, A Thematic Catalogue of his music with a Biographical Introduction, New York, Pendragon Press, 1977

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