A Ornamentação na Viola da Gamba a partir da Visão de De Machy

Abstract

In this article we investigate the ornamentation for viola da gamba from the book Pièces de Violle en Musique et en Tablature (1685) by De Machy. The work is the first book of pieces for viola da gamba bass published in France, and it contains the Avertissement, a preface where the author exposes his vision of the instrument and proposes signs of ornaments. De Machy's ornamentation will be analyzed considering the assumptions of the Avertissementand the theoretical framework of authors from the same period. With this, we seek to offer subsidies for the understanding and interpretation of his work.

Keywords

• de machy
• ornamentation
• viola da gamba
• early music