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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
viola da gamba see viol . Author not available, VIOLA DA GAMBA., The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008... Read more
viol
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia or viola da gamba Bowed stringed instrument of the 16th–18th centuries. The viols are distinguished from the violin family particularly by a ... Read more
cello
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ... tuned an octave below those of the viola . The cello was developed in the ... century along with the violin and viola; later innovations increased its power. It gradually displaced the bass viola da gamba in the 18th century, especially as ... Read more

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A Viola da gamba Miscellanea: Articles From and Inspired by Viol Symposiums Organized by the Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, France / Christophe Coin, director.(Book review)
Notes; 9/1/2006; Wissick, Brent; 1107 words ; A Viola da gamba Miscellanea: Articles From and Inspired ... examples. Scholarship related to the viola da gamba is not exactly a hot item these days. The journal of the Viola da Gamba Society (Great Britain), Chelys folded ... Read more
Johannespassion: Passio secundum Joannem, Fassung II (1725), BWV 245/BC D 2b, fur Soli (SATBB), Chor (SATB), 2 Traversfloten, 2 Oboen/Oboen da caccia, Oboe d'amore, Viola da gamba, 2 Violinen, Viola und Basso continuo.(Johannespassion: Passio secundum Joannem, Fassung IV)(Matthaus-Passion: Fruhfassungen)(Lateinische Kirchenmusik, Passionen: Werke zweifelhafter Echtheit, Bearbeitungen fremder Kompositionen)(Passio secundum Marcum: Markuspassion, fur Soli)(Markus-Passion)(Messe in h-Moll fur Soli)(Fruhfassungen zur H-Moll-Messe: Missa)(Book review)
Notes; 3/1/2007; Boomhower, Daniel F.; 4200 words ; ... caccia, Oboe d'amore, Viola da gamba, 2 Violinen, Viola und Basso continuo ... Oboen d'amore, Oboe da caccia, Viola da gamba, 2 Violinen, Viola und Basso continuo ... Oboen d'amore, 2 Violen da gamba, 2 Violinen, Viola, 2 Lauten und Basso ... Read more
Viola da Gamba Society
The Washington Post; 6/14/1988; Norman Middleton; 202 words ; ... family, including its most recognizable member, the viola da gamba, is enjoying a resurgence in popularity thanks to a ... in the Renaissance and early baroque periods, and the Viola da Gamba Society of Washington represented both in a concert ... Read more
The Kansas City Star, Mo., Paul Horsley column: Viola da gamba master Jordi Savall performs in KC.(Concert review)(Column)
Kansas City Star (Kansas City, MO); 5/12/2007; 414 words ; ... Horsley May 12--Baroque music for viola da gamba is a refined and sometimes esoteric ... aid us in being able to hear the gamba, an instrument probably never intended ... Humors by Tobias Hume, in which the gamba was called on to evoke a martial ... Read more
The Gentle Viola da Gamba
The Washington Post; 5/16/1989; Joseph McLellan; 263 words ; ... Instruments before sitting down with his viola da gamba and launching into a Suite in D ... pounding; the slightly ungainly viola da gamba was gradually eased out of the spotlight ... the deep, growling music of the gamba that works its charm whether the ... Read more
THE VIOLA DA GAMBA-- EVERYBODY'S FRIEND
The Boston Globe; 9/26/1989; Richard Buell, Special to the Globe; 504 words ; ... Douglass (violin), Alice Robbins (viola da gamba) and William Porter (organ), when ... Stepner, violin; Laura Jeppesen, viola gamba; John Gibbons, harpsichord) are ... which -- and this can hardly be news -- is one of many manners that ... Read more
Seligman offers rare chance to hear a viola da gamba artist.
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI); 5/10/2007; Stryker, Mark; 547 words ; ... music in Detroit that the appearance by Spanish-born viola da gamba virtuoso Jordi Savall and his trio is truly a special ... before the mid-18th Century. His major instrument, the viola da gamba, is a cello-like instrument that grew to prominence ... Read more
Trio Sonatas: in g; in B[musical flat]. Duetto for Cello and Harpsichord in C. Oboe Sonata in d. Viola da gamba Sonata in G
Fanfare; 3/1/2007; Robins, Brian; 597 words ; SCHAFFRATH Trio Sonatas: in g; in B[musical flat]. Duetto for Cello and Harpsichord in C. Oboe Sonata in d. Viola da gamba Sonata in G * Epoca Barocca (period instruments) * cpo 777116 (69:49) Christoph Schaffrath was one of a number of musicians ... Read more
Gamba Sonatas: in g, BWV 1027; in D, BWV 1028; in g, BWV 1029. Violin Partita in d: Chaconne (trans. Inoue)
Fanfare; 5/1/2008; Dubins, Jerry; 599 words ; ... Bach wrote his three sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord as early as 1717-17 ... firmly ensconced in Leipzig. The viola da gamba was one of a family of viols dating ... these works is either an authentic viola da gamba or a modern viola, I've already ... Read more
Talk of the Town: Freaky fretted number I should gamba
The Independent on Sunday; 4/24/2005; Aline Nassif; 438 words ; The viola da gamba is like musical Marmite: you either love ... stubbornly archaic stringed instrument. The gamba fans turned out in force: a clique of elderly ... Monde. I had bought the soundtrack to this gamba movie " inspired less, perhaps, by the ... Read more

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