Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
anonymous transcriber
transcriptions of aires from operas by Giovanni Bononcini, Carlo Cesarini, Francesco Conti, Charles Dieupart, Giovannino del Violone, Francesco Gasparini, Nicola Haym, Francesco Mancini, Alessandro Scarlatti, Nicola Haym
transcriptions of aires from operas by Giovanni Bononcini, Carlo Cesarini, Francesco Conti, Charles Dieupart, Giovannino del Violone, Francesco Gasparini, Nicola Haym, Francesco Mancini, Alessandro Scarlatti, Nicola Haym
work information
Aires and Symphonys for ye Bass Viol being A Choice collection of ye most favourite Song tunes, Aires & Symphonys out of the late Operas, Curiously contriv’d & fitted to the Bass Viol by the best Masters. Also some excellent lessons made purpose for ye instruments as Almands, Corants, Sarbands & Jiggs, the whole fairly Engraven and carefully corrected
print
place (and editor)
London, J. Walsh & J. Hare
date
n. d. (ca. 1710)
scoring
vb
where
source
GB-Cfm, GB-DRc, GB-Lbl
online copy
modern edition(s)
Güntersberg, Atelier Philidor
further information
notes
In addition to these transcriptions of opera pieces for solo viola, the collection contains A suit of lessons for the Bass Viol (see there).
RISM
B/II
Thematic index
bibliography
Peter Holman, Life after Death: the Viola da Gamba in Britain from Purcell to Dolmetsch, 2010
