Viola d'Amore

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[Video] Introducing the Viola d’Amore - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
[Video] An Introduction to the Viola d’Amore - Academy of Ancient Music
Hidden World of the Viola d’Amore - Music & Instruments
The Stradivari Viola d’Amore, Part 1 - Dipper Restorations

The Stradivari Viola d’Amore, Part 2 - Dipper Restorations
The Stradivari Viola d’Amore, Part 3 - Dipper Restorations

[English, German] Der Moderne Viole d'Amourspieler: Systematisch Geordnetes Uebungsmaterial zur Erlernung des Viole d'Amorspieles für Violinspieler (The Modern Viole d’Amore Player: Systematically Arranged Material for he Studie of the Viole d’Amore for Violinplayer) - Walter Voigtlander. Unknown, 1914
[German] Zur Scordatura der Streichinstrumente, Mit Besonderer Berücksichtigung der Viola d’Amore (Schluß) (On the Scordatura of the String Instruments, With Special Emphasis on the Viola d’Amore (Conclusion)) - Elisabeth Lesser. Acta Musicologica, Vol. 4, Fasc. 4, pp. 148-160, 1932
Ariosti’s Lessons for Viola d’Amore - David D. Boyden. The Musical Quarterly, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 545-563, 1946
The Viola d’Amore - Harry Danks. Music & Letters, vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 14-20, 1957A New Viola d’Amore - Montagu Cleeve. The Musical Times, Vol. 103, No. 1430, pp. 233-234, 1962
The Viola d’Amore: Its Construction, History, and Performance Practices - Joseph Ceo. American String Teacher, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 7-17, 1972
Discovering the Viola d’Amore - Jennie Hansen. American String Teacher, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 51-54, 1995
Viola d’Amore Congress - Carlos María Solare. Early Music, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 542-543, 2012
Viola d’Amore: The Violin With Extras - Maureen Buja. Interlude, July 2024