The viola da gamba, or viol, or informally gamba, is a bowed and fretted string instrument that is played da gamba (on the leg; Italian: [ˈvjɔːla da (ɡ)ˈɡamba])...

The sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord, BWV 1027–1029, are three sonatas composed by Johann Sebastian Bach for viola da gamba and harpsichord...

family, in distinction to the viola da gamba ("leg viola") and the viol family to which the latter belongs. At first "da braccio" seems to encompass the...

Alto viol (alto viola da gamba) Bass viol (bass viola da gamba) Tenor viol (tenor viola da gamba) Treble viol (treble viola da gamba) Variants on the...

for Viola da Gamba Solo, TWV 40:26–37, was published in Hamburg in 1735, titled Fantaisies pour la Basse de Violle. The fantasias for viola da gamba were...

basses. Figured bass music of the Baroque era typically assumes a cello, viola da gamba or bassoon as part of the basso continuo group alongside chordal instruments...

instruments such as the viola da gamba or cello, which are held in a vertical position fixed between legs. The violoncello da spalla is held on the shoulder...

or viol (viola da gamba). It was used in italian operas and oratoriums to accompany the human voice, especially the gods. Because the lira da gambe can...

fiddle." The instrument differed from the violone of the viol, or "viola da gamba" family in that like the other violins it had at first three, and later...

composer of the pre-Classical era. He was a renowned player of the viola da gamba, and produced significant compositions for that instrument. He was director...

works written for the viola da gamba, including sonatas (the most famous being Johann Sebastian Bach's Three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord, now...

fällt, BWV 18. Viola da braccio means the normal viola, and is used here to distinguish it from the viola da gamba. The viola da gamba was already an...

1028 – Sonata No. 2 in D major for viola da gamba and harpsichord BWV 1029 – Sonata No. 3 in G minor for viola da gamba and harpsichord BWV 1030 – Sonata...

Dreyfus, FBA (born 1952) is an American musicologist and player of the viola da gamba who was University Lecturer and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford....

quinton, viola d'amore, viola da gamba, basse de viole Henri Casadesus (1879–1947) Concerto for viola d'amore and strings 24 Préludes for viola d'amore...

an Italian virtuoso player, composer, and teacher of music for the viola da gamba, born on January 31, 1964. He began his studies as a double bass and...

Sonata in F major for violin, viola da gamba and basso continuo BuxWV 253 – Sonata in G major for violin, viola da gamba and basso continuo BuxWV 254 –...

at composing and performing, teaching himself flute, oboe, violin, viola da gamba, recorder, double bass, and other instruments. In 1701 he graduated...

viola da gamba and lirone. Her father Helmut Perl was an organist, musicologist and author who specialized in Mozart. She decided to play the viola da...

responsible for popularizing the viol family of instruments (notably the viola da gamba) in contemporary performance and recording. As a historian of early...

compositions he used instruments that had become old-fashioned, such as viola da gamba and violone. The basso continuo, or short: continuo, the typical bass...

Sonata IV for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba from the Vienna Manuscript, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Wien, Codex Mus.Hs.16598 (ca.1695) Performed...

harpsichords, two lute-harpsichords, three violins, three violas, two cellos, a viola da gamba, a lute, a spinet, and 52 "sacred books", including works...

the staff is called the alto or viola clef. It is currently used for viola, viola d'amore, alto trombone, viola da gamba, and mandola. It is also associated...

by Wasner of Tyrolean folk tunes, and a Trio for two recorders and viola da gamba composed by "Werner von Trapp." In spite of their instrumental accomplishments...

Myriam Rignol is a French musician and viola da gamba player. Rignol began her viola da gamba studies at the Regional Conservatory of Music in Perpignan...

was a French composer and violist. He was a celebrated master of the viola da gamba and was credited (by Jean Rousseau in his Traité de la viole (1687))...

Philippe Pierlot (born 1958) is a Belgian viola da gamba player and a conductor in historically informed performance. He is also an academic teacher at...

French conductor, choral conductor and viola da gamba player. Born near Paris in 1996, he started the viola da gamba at the age of 5 following the shock...

intended for the lute or theorbo, 5 for the baroque guitar, 7 for the viola da gamba and 3 for harpsichord. The earliest example of this genre seems to be...