The sound of a viol is quite distinct from a contemporary string instrument—more nasal and less sonorous, but immensely popular. During the Renaissance and into the next period of music, the viols ...

A musician has completed a 10-week cycling tour of Great Britain with her beloved viola de gamba strapped to the back. Sarah ...

Most commonly found in households were lutes and keyboard instruments – harpsichords and spinets, where the strings are plucked, and clavichords, where the strings are struck by small metal blades.

Instruments in regular use during the Renaissance with the obvious exceptions of voice were a curious collection compared to what we are accustomed to seeing and hearing today. The Viol family ...

Tod Hedrick played the viola da gamba, a popular Renaissance and Baroque period instrument, with his ensemble as part of the Sunday Afternoons Live concert series at First Congregational Church of ...

On May 19, the museum hosts early music consort, Vancouver Viols in a program entitled Viol Works for Three: Viola da gamba music of the Renaissance and Baroque. Players include local favourites ...

Leonardo’s organ-viola-harpsichord is an instrument of genius. Introducing the viola organista, an incredible instrument conceived by Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci. Designs for the instrument ...

The viol became one of the most popular Renaissance and Baroque instrument before being supplanted by the larger, more resonant sound of the violin during the 17th century.

Alan Simcoe is building time-travel machines. The island musician and teacher is crafting a lute and a viola da gamba in his workshop – two Renaissance instruments that, Simcoe says, are guaranteed to ...

Dowland: Lachrimae The Parley of Instruments Renaissance Violin Consort with Paul O’Dette, lute; Peter Holman, director; Hyperion. The seven “passionate pavans” in John Dowland&#8… ...

Against the cold metal interior of the Harvard Art Museums echoed the distinct noise of Renaissance-era viol music — a blend of old and the new sounds. The Pop-Up Renaissance Concert was organized by ...

The Pop-Up Renaissance Concert was organized by the course Music 181R: “Performance and Culture: Renaissance Music'' on Nov. 16 in the Calderwood Courtyard of the Harvard Art Museums.