Re: Strange "d.g." notation

[Simon Albrecht]

Am 16.02.2015 22:55, schrieb Brian Barker:
> At 18:00 16/02/2015 +0100, Jacques Menu wrote:
> > In the viola score of a Telemann quartet in G minor, I find this 
> > notation [d.g. 8va bassa]. Does anyone know what it means?
>
> One clue is the end of the 8va bassa in the middle of bar 73.
This is certainly meant to apply in bar 73 only to the first five notes, 
which gives a leap of a sixth perfectly alright.
> If this had the usual meaning, it would suggest a somewhat strange run 
> with a leap of a seventh at one point.
>
> The German for "double stopping" appears to be Doppelgriffe. Could 
> this therefore be a German-Italian composite meaning "col 8va bassa"?
In a viola part? With that fast notes? Certainly not.

Yours, Simon Albrecht