viola bastarda
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian viola bastarda (literally “bastard viol”).
Noun[edit]
viola bastarda (plural viola bastardas)
- (music) An altered viol maximizing players’ ability to play in a highly virtuosic style of composition or extemporaneous performance.
- 1910, The Strad, page 125:
- Two more Viola Bastardas from the same collection are by “Batista fiel (son) d’Anto. Cicilian in Venetia.”
- 1943, Violins and Violinists Magazine, page 368:
- In 1672 he visited Salzburg to make delivery to the court of a viola da gamba and two viola bastardas; […]
- 2002, James Bates, “Monteverdi, the Viola Bastarda Player”, in Susan Orlando, editor, The Italian Viola da Gamba: Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Italian Viola da Gamba, Edition Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, →ISBN, page 54:
- Another reference to Claudio Monteverdi’s court duties as a viola bastarda player is found at the end of his Scherzi Musicali, published in 1607.
Further reading[edit]
Viola bastarda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
