Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Ziani, Marc’Antonio
1653 ca.-1715
work information
Alma | Alto solo, con due Viole da Gamba | Partes 7 | Del Sig.e Marco Antonio | Ziani, Maestro di Cap.la | di S. M. C.
«Alma Redemptoris mater» for alto, 2 violas da gamba and basso continuo (violoncello, violone and organ)
manuscript
place (and editor)
Wien
date
1713
scoring
voxA + 2 vb or 2 vt + bc
where
source
A-Wn mus. Hs 16321
online copy
modern edition(s)
DTÖ 101/102, Güntersberg
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.
bibliography
Marc Strümper, Die Viola da gamba am Wiener Kaiserhof, Tutzing, Schneider, 2004
, pp. 240-241