Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Ziani, Marc’Antonio
1653-1715
work information
Aria “Un magnanimo cor” for soprano (Sapienza umana), 2 violas da gamba and basso continuo
in
Oratorio La sapienza umana illuminata dalla Religione nella Passione del Figliuolo di Dio
manuscript
place (and editor)
Wien
date
1710
scoring
voxS + 2 vb or 2 vt + bc
where
further information
notes
The overall range (d-e’’) and some chords of the parts as a whole composed by Marc’Antonio Ziani for viola da gamba suggest that he had an alto-tenor viol in mind, even if their execution is not impossible on a bass viol.
The range of the viol parts in this aria is a-d’’.
bibliography
Marc Strümper, Die Viola da gamba am Wiener Kaiserhof, Tutzing, Schneider, 2004
, p. 209Julie Anne Sadie, Handel. In Pursuit of the Viol, «Chelys» 14 (1985), pp. 3-24
, p. 4