The viola da gamba music of the Berlin school

"This study shows how the unique situation in Berlin produced the last major corpus of music written for the viola da gamba, and how the more virtuosic works were probably the result of close collaboration between Hesse and the Berlin School composers. The reader is also introduced to the more approachable pieces which were written and arranged for amateur viol players, including the king's nephew and ultimate successor, Frederick William II. The book will appeal to professional and amateur viola da gamba players as well as to scholars of eighteenth-century German music."--BOOK JACKET.