Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Cutting, Francis
fl 1583-1603 ca.
work information
For the tenor and violle, for tenor viol in tablature and bass viol
manuscript
scoring
vt (lv) + vb
where
source
GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. D.245-246 Merro (tenor viol: D.245, pp. 212-213; bass viol: D.246, p. 230)
online copy
modern edition(s)
VdGSGB Suppl. Publication
further information
notes
The tenor viol is notated in tablature, the bass viol in staff notation.
The piece is an arrangement of a composition for lute by Cutting, surviving in several manuscripts (see VdGS index). The demand for the tenor viol should therefore be due to the identical tuning, which keeps the piece in the same tone.
RISM
Thematic index
bibliography
Andrew Ashbee, John Merro’s Manuscripts Revisited, «The Viola da Gamba Society Journal», 2013, vol 7, pp 1-19. http://vdgs.org.uk/journal/Vol-07.pdf
