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    The viola d'amore (pronounced [ˈvjɔːla daˈmoːre]; Italian for "viol of love") is a 7- or 6-stringed musical instrument with additional sympathetic strings...
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    making this attribution false. Scordatura was much used by composers for viola d'amore, violin and cello, including J. S. Bach, Biber, Vivaldi, Ariosti, Vilsmayr...
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    The viola (/viˈoʊlə/ vee-OH-lə, Italian: [ˈvjɔːla, viˈɔːla]) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are...
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  • Virginia Majewski (August 30, 1907 – October 9, 1995) was an American viola and viola d’amore player. Virginia Majewski was born August 30, 1907, in Norfolk...
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    trumpets (these may have been violini in tromba marina), six small violas, two viola d’amore, two mandolines, two lutes, one theorbo, four hunting horns with...
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  • with viola specifically in mind as solo instrument, and many of these, like those of the Stamitz family, may have been written for the viola d'amore, like...
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    guitar (7 mins.; Schott) Four medieval french songs for voice, viola d’amore (or viola), viola da gamba (or violoncello) and guitar (Schott) Petőfi Songs...
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    Paul Hindemith (category Composers for viola)
    1920s, with compositions such as Kammermusik, including works with viola and viola d'amore as solo instruments in a neo-Bachian spirit. Other notable compositions...
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    bassoon, basset horn, violin, viola, viola d'amore and different combinations of these instruments. Some of his clarinet and viola concertos are particularly...
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  • Vadim Borisovsky (category Russian classical viola d'amore players)
    Borisovsky was also a viola d'amore player. He arranged, transcribed and edited more than 250 compositions for viola and viola d'amore. He died in Moscow...
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