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 ...

The viola da gamba, also known as a viol, was born towards the end of the 15th century in Spain, says Sarah Mead, an associate professor of music at Brandeis University. Hide caption ...

The 1991 film “Tous les Matins du Monde” — shown here with Anne Brochet, left, and Guillaume Depardieu — influenced a renaissance of the viola da gamba.

Although they faded from general use in the Baroque, the once-popular viola da gamba and always-obscure viola d'amore make sounds that subsequent instruments never quite matched.

A smashed viola da gamba In January 2018, musician Myrna Herzog posted images of her viola da gamba and the damage it sustained after an Alitalia flight from Rio de Janiero to Tel Aviv. The instrument ...

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Last week, musician Myrna Herzog posted images of her viola da gamba and the damage it sustained after an Alitalia flight from Rio de Janiero to Tel Aviv. After the support she received on social ...

This remarkable instrument is the viola organista - which was originally designed by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, bottom right, in the late 15th century, but never built.

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 ...

A special breed, viola da gamba players rarely meet their own kind. But once a year, they come together for an annual jam session they call a conclave.

Viola da gamba players are a special breed — a tiny subset in the already small world of early classical music. They rarely meet their own kind, but once a year they come together for a week in July ...