Renaissance viol in Guitar Form

viola da gamba, description, history, museum of historical musical instruments, Jose Vazquez, Orpheon Consort

Gaudenzio Ferrari: Duomo di Saronno, 1535


viola da gamba, description, history, museum of historical musical instruments, Jose Vazquez, Orpheon Consort

Gaudenzio Ferrari: Domo di Saronno, 1535


viola da gamba, description, history, museum of historical musical instruments, Jose Vazquez, Orpheon Consort

Ludovico Gambara, ca. 1560



Bass viola da gamba by Giuseppe Antonio Testore
Milano, 1717


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Bass viola da gamba by Gasparo da Salò
Brescia, ca. 1580

The Viola da gamba in Italy

The Italian Renaissance viols:
Music for Charles V and Philip II

The Viola da gamba in England

The Viola da gamba in Austria

The Viola da gamba in Germany

The Viola da gamba in France


THE VIOLA DA GAMBA: RESOURCES INDEX

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updated 18.06.2011