Bassus

Bassus is a guidebook for advanced and less-advanced players of 16th—and 17th-century bass instruments, such as the dulcian, the sackbut, the viola da gamba, and the violone. During my years as a teacher, I encountered the problem of a lack of bass repertoire from the 16th and 17th centuries. It is sometimes challenging to locate extant repertoire/ literature. Therefore, this book is a selection of sources from the 16th and 17th centuries, a choice of repertoire, and my own additions.