Viola da gamba Bass

Michael Albanus (Graz, 1706)

Michael Albanus (1677-1730) descended from a dynasty of highly gifted Tyrolean masters from Bozen (now Bolzano).

An excellent violin by his father, Matthias Albanus, is in the collection. Michael emigrated to Graz, worked in the atelier of Wolfgang Sagmayr, which he took over after his death. His work reminds one of Jakob Stainer, who was the most esteemed master of the Habsburg Empire, indeed of all of Europe.

At the exhibition in Froville, France

At present this bass viola da gamba is on permanent loan to Lúcia Krommer, Pecs, Hungary, who is a principal member of the Orpheon Consort..

 

Concert in Ibiza. José Vázquez (Viola da gamba by Jakob Stainer, 1671) and Lúcia Krommer (Viola da gamba by Michael Albanus, 1706)

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Sonate in g-minor, Château de Thoiry, France, 2004

Marain Marais: Pièces en trio (1692)
Concert in St Agustin, Ibiza

 

 

 

Body length	675 mm
Upper width	322 mm
Middle width	236 mm
Lower width	396 mm
Rib height	137  mm
String length	697 mm

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