Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
Finger, Gottfried (Godfrey)
16 sonatas for 2 violas da gamba:
Sonata 1 Amoena in E major, Sonata 2 Ariosa in D minor, Sonata 3 in G major, Sonata 4 in A minor, Sonata 5 in B flat major, Sonata 6 Augustiana in D minor, Sonata 7 Grandoena in D minor, Sonata 8 Jucunda in A major, Sonata 9 Suavisona in B minor, Sonata 10 Gratiosa in D major, Sonata 11 Primoena in C major, Sonata 12 Mixta in A major, Sonata 13 Furiosa in G major, Sonata 14 Selecta in D major, Sonata 15 Aureliana in G minor, Sonata 16 Furiosa 2da in D major
(RI 158-173)
manuscript
D-Sün ms. 12 n° 1-16
Sonata 5 also in GB-Ob C.93
Sonata 8 (followed by a suite) also in CZ-KRa A 4688 Balletti scordati a Violino solo e Viola di Gamba (incomplete, viol I missing), ff. 9v-10r
Walhall (choice), Güntersberg (choice)
The manuscripts in D-Sün and in CZ-KRa are anonymous; the composer has been identified thanks to the concordances with the manuscript GB-Ob C.93 (Flassig-1998).
ms. D-Sün: ID 450027687
ms. CZ-KRa: ID 550265098
Fred Flassig, Die solistische Gambenmusik in Deutschland im 18. Jahrhundert, Göttingen, Cuvillier Verlag, 1998
Arthur W. Marshall, The Viola da Gamba Music of Godfrey Finger, «Chelys» 1 (1969), pp. 16-26
Robert Rawson, From Olomouc to London: the Early Music of Gottfried Finger (c.1655-1730), 2 vols., dissertation, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2002
