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viola da gamba

  • Portrait of Carl Friedrich Abel by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1777
    Abel at 300
    Sarah Huebsch Schilling
    Carl Friedrich Abel performed on and wrote for the viola da gamba in a time when its popularity was declining. This week on Harmonia, we’ll explore Abel’s life and legacy at 300. Plus, our featured release is John Coprario: Parrot or Ingenious Parrodist?
  • Dutch painter Gerard van Honthorst's depiction of "King David Playing the Harp," looking toward the heavens, 1622.
    Tune Your Harps
    Sarah Huebsch Schilling
    On this edition of Harmonia, we tune up strings of the violin, cello, viola da gamba, and lute, with music in scordatura, or alternate tunings, of strange and familiar instruments.