Viols

Viols and violins evolved in parallel to one another, not one from the other, and the same is true for flutes and recorders (both of which continue to develop in interesting ways).

Key indicators Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  I looked at the books on the shelves, which I still shared with my father: my music books, of which I was still very fond, among them Twenty Royal Phantasies for Three Viols;  my books on painting, one of which, a translation of Lomazzo's delightful A tracte containing the Artes of curious Paintinge, had shepherded my own earliest assays at drawing; and my parents 'volumes of works by the most noble Sir Philip Sidney.

The Stream and The Torrent 2009

  I looked at the books on the shelves, which I still shared with my father: my music books, of which I was still very fond, among them Twenty Royal Phantasies for Three Viols;  my books on painting, one of which, a translation of Lomazzo's delightful A tracte containing the Artes of curious Paintinge, had shepherded my own earliest assays at drawing; and my parents 'volumes of works by the most noble Sir Philip Sidney.

The Stream and The Torrent 2009

The poet's mention of persons meeting and performing on their Viols, thus making

The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart

It is this order of Viols to which reference is made in the work of Ganassi del Fontego, and they are, therefore, distinct from the four-stringed Viols made at Brescia and Mantua.

The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart

Gambas, Viols d 'Orchestre, Dulcianas, etc.; "brass" -- this contains the

The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments George Laing Miller

His delicate Viols are of exceedingly small scale (some examples measuring only 1 1/8 inches in diameter at the 8-foot note).

The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments George Laing Miller

Viols in connection with Madrigal and with Church Service.

The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart

During his early years he was much esteemed as a maker of Viols, many of which have all the marks of careful work upon them.

The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart

Italian Viols, the Tenors of which were strung with six strings, and the Violono, or Bass, with six or seven.

The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart