It was a rare viola de gamba built in the 17th century. Sadly, the instrument was crushed after being forced into checked luggage by Alitalia Airlines. We’ve heard of airlines destroying guitars and ...
In 1789, founding father Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to a colleague based in London and asked him to find an instrument he called the “Viol de Gambo.” The ardent music lover and statesman was ...
Sarah Small cycled all around the UK with a 4ft viola da gamba on the back of her bike A musician has completed a 10-week cycling tour of Great Britain with her beloved viola de gamba strapped to the ...
The dry viol tones float like gondolas over the tinkling harpsichord, and yet are suitably dark and rich in the tomb-like Concerto funebre. Savall leads with solemnity through his curling lines. The ...
The gamba or viola de gamba is one of a family of bowed, fretted and stringed instruments that emerged originally in 15th century Spain and was popular during the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
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 ...
The San Francisco Early Music Society presents the Yukimi Kambe Viol Consort, a quartet of Japanese women who play the viola da gamba, a 16th and 17th century European stringed instrument. There will ...
A musician has completed a 10-week cycling tour of Great Britain with her beloved viola de gamba strapped to the back. Sarah Small, from Brixworth, Northamptonshire, plays the viola da gamba - or viol ...
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