| Work Title
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Solo Pieces for Viola da Gamba from Williamsburg, Virginia
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Various
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Virginia Historical Society Mss5:5 C6454:1
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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None [force assignment]
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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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
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1735 ca.
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| Piece Style
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Baroque
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| Instrumentation
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viola da gamba (viol)
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| Extra Information
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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)
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