Gamba Sonatas, Wq 88, 136, 137

Gamba Sonatas, Wq 88, 136, 137 (Edition for Gamba (Viola) with marked and unmarked string parts). By Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788). Edited by Ernst-Günter Heinemann and Wolfram Enlin. For Viola, Viola da gamba, Piano Accompaniment. Henle Music Folios. Softcover. 160 pages. G. Henle #HN990. Published by G. Henle.

Like his father, C.P.E. Bach wrote three sonatas for viola da gamba. The original register of the viola da gamba part permits a version for viola, a practice that has been verified in the sources of the time. A viola version is available as an alternative part in this Urtext edition.