The viola bastarda was a style of improvisation that would decorate different parts of a model in turn, rather than sticking to one part. Works by Girolamo Dalla Casa.
These five madrigal settings are taken from Girolamo Dalla Casa’s Il Vero Modo di diminuir con tute el sorti di stromenti di fiato, e corda, e di voce humana. published in Venice in 1584. The second part of Dalla Casa’s collection contains ten pieces da sonar con al Viola bastarda.
Related: (REP14a ↣)
