Edition for Gamba (Viola). Composed by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Edited by Erns...(+)
Edition for Gamba
(Viola). Composed by Carl
Philipp Emanuel Bach.
Edited by Ernst-Gunter
Heinemann and Wolfram
Ensslin. Strings,
Repertoire, Collections.
Gamba Sonatas Wq 88, 136,
137. Baroque, Classical.
Softcover Book. 104
pages. G. Henle #HN990.
Published by G. Henle
(HU.HN990).
12.2 x 9.3 x 0.3 inches.
Like his father, Carl
Philipp Emanuel Bach
wrote three sonatas for
violada gamba. They were
written during his time
at the Berlin court of
Fred erick the Great and
gave the excellent viola
da gamba player in the
court orchestra an
opportunity to show his
virtuosic ability. While
the two Sonatas Wq 136
and 137 have a basso
continuo, Bach followed
his fathersexample as far
as the Sonata in g minor
Wq 88 was concerned: the
right and left hands of
the harpsichord compete
with the solo instrument
in three equal parts. The
original register of the
viola da gamba part also
permits a version for
viola, a practice that
has been verified in the
sources of the time. This
version is available in
our Urtext edition as an
alternative part.
