Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
Vivaldi, Antonio
Recitativo “Summe Astrorum Creator”, and aria “In somno profundo”, for alto (Juditha), 5 violas da gamba (Con[cer]to de’ Viole all’Inglese) and violone
in
Juditha Triumphans, oratorio, RV 644
manuscript
Venezia
I-Tn, Foà 28, cc. 283v-289r
Ricordi
Clefs and ranges of the 5 viole all’inglese:
I: treble clef, range f’-d’’’
II: recitative in soprano clef, aria in treble clef, overall range a’-g’’
III: alto clef, range d’-c’’
IV: tenor clef, range b-a’
V: bass clef, range D-g
For a discussion of the possible sizes of these viols see Hoffmann-2020, pp. 272-275.
The bass line is played moreover by a «Violone Solo», which is Vivaldi’s usual name for the normal orchestral double bass.
Michael Talbot, Vivaldi and the English Viol, «Early Music», 30, 2002, pp. 381-394
Bettina Hoffmann, I bassi d'arco di Antonio Vivaldi. Violoncello, contrabbasso e viola da gamba al suo tempo e nelle sue opere, Firenze, Olschki, 2020
, pp. 453-456