From Poet's Aid to Courtier's Pastime: An Examination of the Shift in Visual Style and Sounding Function of Italian Viols During the Renaissance
This thesis examines evidence of the earliest viols in Italy. In light of recent changes in perspective on the origins of the Italian viola da gamba, a new approach to building historical models of the instrument is necessary. By using Castiglione's description of violas as a significant signpo...
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University of Oregon
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18399 |