This work has been questionably attributed to Dietrich Buxtehude; see below, Comments |
Genre Categories | Sonatas; For violin, viol, continuo; Scores featuring the violin; |
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Work Title | Sonata à 2 in D minor |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Nicolai, Johann Michael |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | BuxWV Anh.5 (as Buxtehude) |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IJN 3 |
Key | D minor |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Baroque |
Piece Style | Baroque |
Instrumentation | violin, viola da gamba, continuo |
The attribution to Buxtehude originates from a manuscript in New Haven, CT, Yale University, Music Library, where the work appears in an arrangement for organ ("Sonata â 2 Clavir Pedal"), even though the second stave is labelled "Viol d Gamb:" There, the composer is given as "Box de Hou".