Solo Pieces for Viola da Gamba from Williamsburg (Various)

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Editor Nikos Alexander Pappas (b. 1976)
Publisher. Info. Readfield, Me.: Musica Americana Arcana
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Misc. Notes Introductory Essay and Additional works paralleling the contents of these viol pieces are included in the edition.
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Work Title Solo Pieces for Viola da Gamba from Williamsburg, Virginia
Alternative. Title
Composer Various
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Virginia Historical Society Mss5:5 C6454:1
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 Suites and 2 Cibells
  • Suite in C major - A minor
  • Suite in D minor
  • Addenda: parallel sources of some movements
  • French Cæbelle, arranged from Lully
  • Addenda: parallel sources
  • Purcell's Cæbelle
  • Addenda: parallel source
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1735 ca.
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation viola da gamba (viol)
Extra Information Source for edition: "Musick Song Book 1738", a manuscript copybook located in the Library Collections of the Virginia Historical Society (Mss5:5 C6454:1)
The Almain in Suite 1 (and presumably the rest of the suite) uses scordatura tuning - "let down the 6th string one note lower" (from D to C)