The lyra viol is a small bass viol, used primarily in England in the seventeenth century. Described as "the smallest of the bass viols", one should consider...

division viols, and the still-smaller Lyra viol. The viola bastarda was a similar type of viol used in Italy for a virtuosic style of viol repertoire...

members of the viol family include Baryton Division viol Lirone Lyra viol Pardessus de viol Vihuela de arco Violone Viola d'amore Byzantine lyra Calabrian...

most remembered today for his sublime viol consort suites for between three and six players and his lyra viol music. His use of counterpoint and fugue...

mentions the division viol in his A Brief Introduction of 1667, describing it as smaller than a consort bass viol, but larger than a lyra viol. As suggested by...

John Playford (1623-1686) - Parthenia, No. 7, Musicks Recreation on the Viol, Lyra-Way, 1669 Performed by Phillip W. Serna Problems playing this file? See...

Ayres & Lessons for the Lyra Viol ARION 2015: Marin Marais, Suites à Deux Violes (1686) Musica Ficta 2015 : Music for the Viol Lyra-Way - Musique inédite...

lutes. For example: The Byzantine lyra, the Calabrian lira, the Cretan lyra, the lira da braccio, and the lyra viol. "Yoke lutes or lyres". Musical Instrument...

Russian armies. His published music includes pieces for viols (including many solo works for the lyra viol) and songs. They were gathered in two collections...

solo, in lyra-viol style, or for a consort of viols. One of the many lyra-viol tunings takes its name from him. This suggests that he was a lyra-violist...