Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
Du Buisson (Doubisson, Dubuisson, Dubis etc)
circa 108 pieces for viola da gamba solo (Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue, Bourré, Gavotte, Aria, Ballet)
manuscript
PL-Wtm ms. In 377 n° 221 Krakow (93 pieces); US-Wc M2.1.T2.17C (4 suites and 2 preludi; dated 1666); D-Kl 4° Ms. Mus. 108, voll. 2-4 (9 pieces); F-Pn ms. Rés 1111 (6 pieces); GB-DRc A.27 Falle, ff.130-131 (Suite in E minor: Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue)
Dovehouse; Minkoff (mss. Krakow and US-Wc); Seicento ed. (from ms. Krakow); Tourdion (ms. Paris); Güntersberg (ms. A.27 and ms. Krakow) , Atelier Philidor (ms. US-Wc and ms. Krakow); Le Babillard
The manuscript Rés 1111 contains 5 pieces with the name of the author “Mons. Dubuisson”: on pp. 184v-185v (Allemand) and 193v-197r (Preludium, Alemand, Courant, Saraband). Moreover the Ballet at pp. 190v–191r can be attributed to Dubuisson thanks to a concordance in the manuscript PL-Wtm R 221, PL-Wtm R 221, f. 36r. The 8 pieces on the pages in between (pp. 185v-193r) have also sometimes been attributed to Dubuisson, but concordances reveal that a Courant (pp. 185v-186r) is by François Dufaut, and a Courant and a Saraband by Nicolas Hotman (pp. 191v-193r). Given this situation, it is therefore not at all obvious that the remaining four unnamed pieces (pp. 187v-190r) are also by Dubuisson. (Private comunication François Goy).
GB-DRc A. 27: ID 806907103
