Violoncello da Spalla

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Revival of viola pomposa in Italian opera in the beginning of the 20th century.
Research does not always get you where you’d hoped for!
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Updated book on Violoncello da Spalla is out!
The third edition of our book on Violoncello da Spalla is now available on Amazon!
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Leopold Mozart on Violoncello da Spalla
Or better say Tiny-Hand-Bass
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Short visit at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Pics of the 3 big violas in the Ashmolean collection
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A first Renaissance of the pomposa
A firm from Markneukirchen offered pomposas in the late 1930s!
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Modern Violoncello da Spalla from 1900 Markneukirchen
The pomposa by E. R. Schmidt.
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Discant gamba played da spalla?
In Markneukirchen museum!
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Big viola in original conditions
In Lübeck’s museum!
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At st. Anne Lübeck museum
The Wagner five strings cello, our second visit.
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The C. G. Klinger small cello
Another masterpiece from the Leipzig museum!
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Violoncello da Spalla at its wildest!
A closer look at the Arcangioli in Leipzig museum.
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A small cello in Markneukirchen museum
The instruments we studied in Markneukirchen.
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