{"id":5449,"date":"2006-09-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesvoixhumaines.org\/the-viola-da-gamba\/"},"modified":"2017-06-10T14:41:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T19:41:26","slug":"the-viola-da-gamba","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lesvoixhumaines.org\/en\/the-viola-da-gamba\/","title":{"rendered":"The viola da gamba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_full-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_full-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '   ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-142cf19eac72af16a292cc8996599450\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-142cf19eac72af16a292cc8996599450{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-142cf19eac72af16a292cc8996599450 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-142cf19eac72af16a292cc8996599450 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-142cf19eac72af16a292cc8996599450 av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >The viola da gamba<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-396ddf1f42196ca838231e61a4602801'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7300 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/lesvoixhumaines.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/violerev.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"259\" \/>\u201c&#8230; the human Voice&#8230; never has an Instrument imitated it as well as the Viol&#8230;\u201d<br \/>\nJean Rousseau, Trait\u00e9 de la viole, 1687.<\/p>\n<p>The viol, a bowed string instrument, flourished in the courts and noble households of Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The viola da gamba family differs from the viola da braccia family (violin, viola, cello and double-bass) in several ways: all sizes of viols, from small to large, are held between the legs, fretted like the guitar and bowed \u201cunderhand\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>While the violin served to enliven plebeian street festivities, the viol was the instrument par excellence of the nobility. A chest of viols, treble, tenor and bass, was a commonly found accessory in any aristocratic household where playing in consort or improvising divisions on a bass, for the virtuosi, would be one of the most beloved forms of entertainement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7301\" src=\"https:\/\/lesvoixhumaines.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/viole.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"259\" \/>Marin Marais, famous French gambist and virtuoso appointed to the court of the Sun King, wrote over five hundred pieces for the instrument as well as chamber music and operas. He had been a student of the mysterious Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe. Both form the subject of the film Tous les matins du monde which was universally hailed by critics and public alike for the beauty of the music.<\/p>\n<p>The eighteenth century saw the rise of the middle class, popular music and the predominance of the violin. The viola da gamba gradually declined in popularity with the eclipse of the nobility and the ultimate destruction of the French court, after the revolution.<\/p>\n<p>The beauty, intimacy and refinement of the sound of the viola da gamba, contrasted with the audacious extravagance of the repertoire, seems to strike a responsive chord in the contemporary music lover. 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