VIOL

The viol is a bowed string instrument family closely tied to Renaissance and Baroque chamber music. Held between the legs and built with frets, it differs in sound, technique, and social history from the violin family. Consorts, solo bass viol pieces, and continuo writing made the instrument a central voice of early European domestic and court repertory.

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The early collaboration of flute and viol in the court of Versailles

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Bach and Abel: a collaboration that lived in two generations of composers

The prominent German composer and multi-instrumentalist Carl Friedrich Abel was born into an extraordinary musical... 1 comment
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Exceptional sensibility of consort music from the traveling maestro of the Stuart era

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Authentic recreation of Alfonso X El Sabio's medieval works

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