Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
anonymous
Fantasia without title and author, for an unspecified bass instrument.
manuscript
The piece is without indication of instrumentation, but the range (D-b') and the final chord make it likely to be for bass viol. It is the last of a group of six pieces (D.246, pp. 107-118), the first five of which are for an unspecified treble instrument.
It is the low octave paraphrase of the Fantasia in the manuscript D-B ms. mus. 114 (olim PL-WRu 114), pp. 28v-29r, probably for violin. The first piece in the same group (D.246, pp. 107) also paraphrases a Fantasia in the manuscript D-B 114, p. 8v-9r.
http://vdgs.org.uk/thematic/02-ANON-STAFF.pdf (A-BA-1, no. 366)
Ashbee, Andrew, John Merro’s Manuscripts Revisited, «The Viola da Gamba Society Journal», 2013, vol 7, pp 1-19. http://vdgs.org.uk/journal/Vol-07.pdf
