There is interesting information on this subjet at
<http://www.earlybass.com/borgin.htm>
Godofredo
Johannes Gebauer wrote:
I am by no means an expert, but the term violone is used for various
instruments, including the cello itself (see for instance Corelli's
violin sonatas original title), but was also in wide use for a double
bass instrument. A violone could be an 8' or 16' instrument, or a
mixture of both (the "G-violone").
Johannes
David W. Fenton wrote:
On 4 Mar 2005 at 17:25, Godofredo Romero wrote:
Taken from Cecil Forsyth' book on orchestration "The name Violone, i.e
"big Viola, was given to the Double-Bass, and in accordance with the
accurate if somewhat limited principles of the Italian laguage, the
intermediate instrument was christened, Red-Indian-fashion, "little
big Viola, " Violoncello". It's a four stringed instrument.
Eh?
A violone is a member of the *viol* family, not part of the violin
family, and has a variable number of strings.
Certainly the instrument NYU is acquiring will have gut strings, a
flat back, C holes and frets, which means it has nothing to do with
the modern double bass nor with the cello.
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