At 3:06 PM +0100 3/5/05, 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
John Howell wrote:
Once again, terminology can be a trap. Corelli's church sonatas--at
least some of the published ones, I believe--specify violone OR organ,
if memory serves. I believe he distinguished carefully between 8' and
16' instruments, but I also believe that he would have worked
