Re: Viola...
Re: Viola...
- Subject: Re: Viola...
- From: Giuliano Gavazzi <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:32:59 +0000
At 1:42 -0800 2002/11/22, Paul Berkowitz wrote:
On 11/23/02 10:14 AM, "Michael Cytrynowicz" <email@hidden> wrote:
Ahem, just to say that (as always) everyone is right ;-)
The best known name for the instrument _is_ "viola da gamba" (the meaning
being what Emmanuel already posted) which is its italian name.
No, that's not so. That's a different instrument.
the "modern" (i.e. since about 1600) viola, or "alto" in French, is a member
of the violin family, with curved backs. The 'viola da gamba', 'viola
d'amore', 'viola da braccia', etc., are members of the older viol ("viole"
in French) family, dating from the early Renaissance or late medieval
through early Baroque: with flat backs, played with different sorts of bows.
The "modern" double bass is a member of the viol family, but not violin,
viola or cello.
as any classification exercise, this is more of an opinion and has no
substantial value, you might say that although it was derived from
the Double Bass Viol (violone), from which it inherits the sloping
shoulders, the modern Contrabbasso has lost many of the
characteristics of that family, for instance the fretted
finger-board. Some might even say that it belongs to the cupboard
family...
"Viola" in English and Italian is "alto" in French. That was the original
question.
he was referring to:
At 22:16 +0100 2002/11/21, Emmanuel wrote:
That's "une viole". A laptop viola is "une viole de gambe" (gambe is
our ancient word for "jambe" which means lower limb).
Giuliano
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