Suite No. 2, P 138 was composed in 1923. It was based on pieces for lute, archlute, and viol by Fabritio Caroso, Jean-Baptiste Besard, Bernardo Gianoncelli, and an anonymous composer. It also includes an aria attributed to Marin Mersenne.1. Laura soave: balletto con gagliarda, saltarello e canario (Fabritio Caroso). 2. Danza rustica (Jean-Baptiste Besard). Campanae parisienses (anonymous) & Aria (attributed to Marin Mersenne). 3. Bergamasca (Bernardo Gianoncelli, 1650)4. The orchestration calls for an average-sized orchestra of 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets in A/B♭, 2 bassoons, 3 horns in D (doubling 2 horns in E/F), 2 trumpets in A/D (doubling trumpet in C), 3 trombones, 3 timpani, celesta, harpsichord 4-hands, harp and strings.