Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Finger, Gottfried (Godfrey) (attributed)
1660 ca. - 1730
work information
Lesson à 1 Violetta, Viola di Gamba con Continuo (suite in A major) (RI 196)
manuscript
scoring
vs or vla + vb + bc
where
source
GB-Ob Mus.Sch. D.249 n° 9, ff. 49r-54r
further information
notes
According to Marshall, the violetta could be a pardessus or dessus de viole; Caudle suggests performance on a violin or viola da braccio.
Thematic index
bibliography
Arthur W. Marshall, The Viola da Gamba Music of Godfrey Finger, «Chelys» 1 (1969), pp. 16-26
Robert Rawson, From Olomouc to London: the Early Music of Gottfried Finger (c.1655-1730), 2 vols., dissertation, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2002
Mark Caudle, The English Repertory for Violin, Bass Viol and Continuo, «Chelys» 6 (1975-1976), pp. 69-75
