Sarah Mead discovered her sound at a young age through a unique instrument — the viola da gamba. Familiarly known as the ‘viol’ with a similar appearance to a cello, this instrument has six strings, ...

Last Sunday, music lovers of Mulund were treated to some rare '˜ragas' on the viola instrument by well known violinist and viola player S V Ramchandran.According to SV Ramchandran, "Viola is an ...

Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Cembalo Obbligato. Vittorio Ghielmi, Lorenzo Ghielmi. Ars Musici. $16.99. "Felix Austria": Works for Viola da Gamba Consort. Klaus Mertens, Simone Eckert.

If you caught any of the charming, underrated series Da Vinci’s Demons on Starz—or, I guess, if you are familiar with a more realistic historical accounting—you’ll know that Leonardo Da Vinci designed ...

Leonardo da Vinci invented numerous devices that he never built, including the viola organista -- a machine-like instrument that combines a harpsichord, an organ and a viola da gamba. This ...

Leonardo da Vinci—artist, scientist, brilliant polymath, budding super villain—dreamt up a staggeringly long list of crazy contraptions and useful devices. Many of those inventions were captured in a ...

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There are more jokes about the viola, perhaps, than any other member of the violin family, but there are also exquisitely written pieces of music that in the hands of virtuosos come alive with vivid ...

A German violist has had his entire collection of string instruments and bows stolen from his home in Gröbenzell, near Munich in Germany. Norbert Merkl’s collection consisted of one viola, two violins ...