Baroque Instruments
Catherine Bott explores some of the more curious instruments of the baroque era.
The Early Music Show · BBC Radio 3
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Show Notes
The Baroque era saw some of the most significant developments in the history of western musical instruments, not least the appearance of the modern violin family which superseded the viols as the dominant string group. Not all the developments were as long lasting as the violin though. Catherine Bott looks back on the story and the music of the viola d'amore - or the "love viol" - an instrument much loved in the baroque for its distinctive tonal colours.