Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
Weckmann (Weckman), Matthias
Wenn der Herr die Gefangnen zu Zion erlösen wird, for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, 2 violins, 2 violas and basso continuo
manuscript
D-B Mus.ms. 30293 (olim 157, 7680, 22.220), f. 79r-85v (no. olim 925)
Seiffert (in the edition DDT) reports moreover about a copy in D-Dlb (ms. mus. part. A 570).
Cassola-Roth consort collection
Denkmäler Deutscher Tonkunst VI (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1901), no. 7, https://mdz-nbn-resolving.de/details:bsb00023115
Organum, 1st series, II, Leipzig, 1924 (incorrectly attributed to Jacob Weckmann)
The two parts are labelled simply «Viola», without further specification. The second «viola» reaches sometimes a H which would require - if not a viola da gamba - a tenor viola da braccio. The intention to viols is inferred by a confrontation with other cantatas by the same author.
Max Seiffert, Matthias Weckmann und das Collegium Musicum in Hamburg, Sammelbände der IMG II, pp. 76-132
