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bass viol

bass viol (bās vī'ul) [key], properly, the largest instrument of the viol family. The term now refers most often to the double bass.

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William Cranford: Six Fantasias for Six Viols (2 Trebles, 2 Tenors, 2 Basses).(Review) (Notes)

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Spanish Friar: Whilst I with grief.1 What a sad fate is mine.1 Come, ye sons of art: Strike the viol.1 Love, thou can'st hear, though thou art blind.3 Fairy Queen: Hark! The echoing air; Turn then thine eyes; Ye gentle spirits of the air.3 Prophetess: Let us dance, let us sing.3 Tyrannic Love: Ah, how sweet it is to love.3 Sylvia, now your scorn give over.3 I love and I must.3 Fly swift, ye hours.3 Oedipus: Music for a while.3 Pausanias: Sweeter than roses.3 Lovely Albina's come ashore.3 Now that the sun hath veiled its light.3; Ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell1,2 (Fanfare)

Augusto Kuhnel.(Critical Essay) (Notes)

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Pilgrim's Pride (Strings)

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