Tag Archives: Viola da Gamba

A Chest of Viols: A Brief Introduction to English Viol Consort Music

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Daniel

As a cellist and guitarist I have always thought the perfect instrument to be the Viola da Gama, a gut-fretted instrument tuned like a guitar but played like a cello. As with most aficionados my introduction to the instrument came … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Uncategorized | Tagged 15th Century, 16th Century, Britain, Christopher Tye, classical, classical music, Elizabeth I, Elizabethan, England, English history, Fretwork, Henry VIII, John Jenkins, Matthew Locke, music, Orlando Gibbons, Renaissance, Tudor, Viol, Viol Consort, Viola da Gamba, William Byrd, WIlliam Lawes | Leave a comment

My Ongoing Obsession with the Bach Cello Suites

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Daniel

At the tail end of 2014 I came across a book I had been previously been unaware of at a library liquidation sale and bought it for less than the price of a cup of coffee. That the book aroused … Continue reading →

Posted in British History, Essays, Music, Recommended reads, Reviews | Tagged alchemy, Anner Bylsma, Bach, Bach Cello Suites, Baroque, Catalan, cello, Cello Suites, classical music, Composer, Compositions, double bass, Elgar, Eric Siblin, German Composer, German Music, guitar, Heinrich Schiff, Hungary, J.S. Bach, jacqueline du pre, János Starker, Mischa Maisky, Mstislav Rostropovich, music, Nature, Pablo Casals, Paolo Pandolfo, Paul Tortelier, Pierre Fournier, Pieter Wispelwey, Ralph Kirshbaum, Shakespeare, Spain, Steven Isserlis, Suites for solo cello, The Cello Suites, Truls Mork, viola, Viola da Gamba, xylophone, Yo Yo Ma | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: Viola da Gamba

A Chest of Viols: A Brief Introduction to English Viol Consort Music

My Ongoing Obsession with the Bach Cello Suites

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