Bettina Hoffmann
Catalogue of Solo and Chamber Music for Viola da Gamba
author
Stamitz, Carl Philipp
1745-1801
work information
Sestetto per il Viola da Gamba, Violino, Viola, 2 corni, è violoncello in E flat major
manuscript
scoring
vb + vl + vla + 2 horns + vcl
where
source
D-SWl mus. 5244; D-B (coll. Klingenberg)
further information
notes
The viola da gamba part is notated in D, one semitone below the others, probably to allow it to be played with greater string tension.
RISM
