Fantasia No. 1 for viols

Composer: BASSANO, Hieronymus
  • Bassano composed at least five fantasias for viols. Four are five-part works and one is composed for six instruments.
  • Bassano’s fantasias probably date from approximately 1550-1575.
  • Bassano appears to have been a member of a viol consort among his duties for the royal English court, so that might be where he performed this work. 1

Sources

  1. David, Lasocki, Denis Arnold, and Fabio Ferraccioli, “Bassano family,” Grove Music Online (Oxford University Press, 2001), accessed July 18, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000053233.

Cut IDs

49756