tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post6890403885296872270..comments2024-03-27T23:45:06.093+01:00Comments on Renewable Music: A Golden AgeDaniel Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-62990232900691142322010-01-31T22:36:16.191+01:002010-01-31T22:36:16.191+01:00I would also like to arrange them for the harpsich...I would also like to arrange them for the harpsichord. But this 'viola di spalla' looks and sounds like a non-starter: strings either too loose or too thick to speak, or both, and body too small for the low notes and too large for the top note. <br /><br />Not astonishing, just one of the many more strangely-proportioned instruments that were always being put together - and mostly died out.Thomas Denthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16355010444546331416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-90283439448095514482009-11-30T21:26:30.289+01:002009-11-30T21:26:30.289+01:00Nifty! With this instrument violin players and vi...Nifty! With this instrument violin players and violists can play in the cello register without having to acquire a new bow arm.<br /><br />Actually many of the Bach cello suites were not written for the cello. #6 was written for the viola pomposa, #4 was written for the viola da gamba, and #5 was first written for the lute.<br /><br />The remaining suites lie so well on the viola that I imagine Bach, who played the viola, used the viola to write them.<br /><br />Thanks for posting this. Kuijken plays beautifully.Elaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.com