Palma de Mallorca, Spain
27 February - 5 April, 2006
Halls of the Casa de la Cultura, Palma de Mallorca
Press conference at the inauguration, 27th February
French violas da gamba (left), five-string violin by Joachim Tielke (right)
Painting by Caspar Netscher
Violone (Contrabasso di viola da gamba), Venetian, 17th C., harpsichord after G-B. Giusti
The World of the Viola da gamba
Treble viola da gamba of the Brescian School, ca. 1600 (left)
Bass viola da gamba by Ventura Linarolo, Venice, 1585 (right)
Archlute copy after Railich
Music: Capricci by Vincentino Ruffo, printed 1585
Painting by Bonifacio Veronese, Venice, ca. 1550
The Viola da gamba in England
Bass viola da gamba by Edward Lewis, London, 1697 and William Turner, London, ca. 1650 and
Edward Lewis, London, 1697, treble violas da gamba by William Turner (standing) and Henry Jaye
Lyra-viol, copy after John Rose
Bass violas da gamba by Joachim Tielke, Mchael Albanus, Nikolas leidolff, Jakob Stainer
Treble viols, anonymous, ca. 1730
Violas d'amore by Salomon, Leidolff, Hulinsky
Baryton after Simon Schodler
The World of the Viola da braccio (violin)
The violin in Italy:
Nicolo Amati, Carlo Testore and others
String Quartet from the Time of Mozart and Haydn:
Viola by Johann Christoph Leidolff, Vienna, 1719 (left, in case)
Violins by Johann Christoph Leidolff and Johann Joseph Stadlmann
Viola by Johann Joseph Stadlmann
Violoncello by Michael Ingaz Stadlmann
Violin and viola by Johann Christoph Leidolff (above)
viola by Joseph Antonius Laske (below)
Violin and viola by Johann Georg Thir‚
Violone, five strings, by Johann Georg Thir, Vienna, 1750
Violoncello, Milano, ca. 1780
The historical bow collection
Violone by Jan Udalricus Eberle
Harpsichord after Jan Ruckers, Antwerp, 1628
Violoncello, Montagnana School, ca. 1700
Visits of the School Classes of Mallorca