Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
Finger, Gottfried (Godfrey) (attributed)
Pastorella risp. Pastoralle, sonata in A major for 2 viols or for 3 viols with basso continuo (RI 57 and 173)
manuscript
D-SÜN ms. 12 n° [17] Pastorella
GB-Ob Mus.Sch. D.249 n° 17, ff. 96-103, Pastoralle
Walhall
The Sünching manuscript calls for two violas da gamba without bass, while the Oxford manuscript is written for three violas and basso continuo, where the third viola doubles the b. c with minor variations; this is a shorter and technically slightly simplified version of the same piece.
A/II ID 450027688
Fred Flassig, Die solistische Gambenmusik in Deutschland im 18. Jahrhundert, Göttingen, Cuvillier Verlag, 1998
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
