ISSN-2513-9029 The Viola da Gamba Society Journal Volume Eleven (2017) The Viola da Gamba Society of Great Britain 2016-17 PRESIDENT Alison Crum CHAIRMAN John Bryan COMMITTEE Elected Members:John Bryan, Ursula Fuller, Mary Iden, Francis Knights, Stephen Pegler Ex Officio Member: Alison Crum ADMINISTRATOR Sue Challinor, 12 Macclesfield Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport SK7 6BE tel.: 0161 456 6200
[email protected] THE VIOLA DA GAMBA SOCIETY JOURNAL General Editor: Andrew Ashbee Editor of Volume 11 (2017): Andrew Ashbee, 214, Malling Road, Snodland, Kent ME6 5EQ
[email protected] Full details of the Society’s officers and activities, and information about membership, can be obtained from the Administrator. Contributions for The Viola da Gamba Society Journal, which may be about any topic related to early bowed string instruments and their music, are always welcome, though potential authors are asked to contact the editor at an early stage in the preparation of their articles. Finished material should preferably be submitted by e-mail as well as in hard copy. A style guide is available on the vdgs web-site. ii CONTENTS Editorial iv ARTICLES The ‘British’ Saint-Colombes – FRANÇOIS-PIERRE GOY 1 Jean (-Baptiste) Cappus = the forgotten violist: an inventory of his life and works – JONATHAN DUNFORD and YVAN BEUVARD 46 ‘Perslis clocke’; or, how to break a butterfly upon a dial = DAVID PINTO 65 Charles Frederick Abel’s Viola da Gamba Music: A New Catalogue, Second Revised Version = PETER HOLMAN and GŰNTER VON ZADOW 73 BOOK AND MUSIC REVIEWS Michael Fleming and John Bryan: Early English Viols: Instruments Makers and Music – Shem Mackey 135 Philips and Dering Consort Music, ed.