| 单词 | viol |
| 例句 | He spent a great deal of time with Adam Bowyer shooting at a mark, and was already at work again in the carpentry shop making a viol such as Piers Nitingale used. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z By seven o'clock the orchestra has arrived--no thin five-piece affair but a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos and low and high drums. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The musicians, with strange orchestras of bells, large horns, harps, viols, zithers and organs, were playing as the people ate. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Many aristocrats and wealthy merchants themselves played viols at home, too, sometimes combined in a duet with a plucked lute. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z This folds two poems by Shakespeare and one by Robert Frost into a shapely sequence that's couched in a music language whose modal reinventions seem for once, in the soundworlds of the viols, entirely idiomatic. Benjamin and Goehr – review 2013-03-22T16:52:00Z Setting sail in 1577, he pushed across the Atlantic to Brazil, bellowing psalms into the wind and dining to airs played on viols. How Sir Francis Drake and Queen Elizabeth I Made England a Global Power 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Danielle Svonavec lends her soprano to the consort’s lute, cittern, viols and flute as they play songs from the plays of William Shakespeare. 5 don’t-miss classical-music events around Seattle, March 31-April 7 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z The painting is divided down the center by the back of a youthful male angel, who plays what appears to be a small viol while an elderly Joseph holds a book of music. ‘Picturing Mary’: Filled with highlights but flawed in its omissions In the 17th century, English composers wrote music "apt for voices and viols"; if you were short of voices you could replace them with instruments, or vice versa. Rivers of babble on: how word became the servant to music 2013-06-28T17:59:00Z The early-music ensemble brings Yuletide cheer — and instruments, such as the viol, crumhorn and cittern — from a much earlier time in “Wassail, Wassail!” presented by the Early Music Guild. Arts and entertainment highlights for the week beginning Dec. 9 2012-12-07T22:56:59Z Groups of audience members moved from house to house, up wonky staircases, past family photos and eccentric art collections, to rooms where members of the Sixteen performed lute songs, medieval airs and viol music. The Sixteen 2010-06-15T21:20:00Z Saturday for players of recorder, viol, Baroque flute and other early instruments. A busy weekend for Seattle Baroque fans, with Handel Festival 2011-03-17T20:02:07Z “It’s a little bit of a joke among viol players in my generation,” he said. How a Movie Helped Fuel a Viola da Gamba Revival 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z The instrumental selections were actually composed for viol consort. Review | Countertenor Iestyn Davies and Fretwork revive music old and new at Library of Congress 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Two violas, with cello, are pitted against two viols, with violone. There’s More Religion Than You Think in Bach’s ‘Brandenburgs’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Benjamin has used viols and mandolin in previous works but never, as far as I know, the eerie yawl of a glass harmonica. Los Angeles Philharmonic/Dudamel; Written on Skin – review 2013-03-17T00:06:26Z He soon began taking viol lessons, went on to study the instrument at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. How a Movie Helped Fuel a Viola da Gamba Revival 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z The viol group Fretwork remain supreme interpreters of Dowland, his work central to their repertoire. Scottish Opera: The Flying Dutchman; Fretwork – review 2013-04-13T23:07:47Z Three of them were for viola d’amore, a member of the viol family that was largely superseded in the classical period by the violin and its relatives. At Seattle Baroque Orchestra, virtuosity of a collegial kind 2014-01-19T18:23:06Z The first of them, the traditional Scottish “Regents Rant,” Savall dispatched — solo — with dazzling virtuosity on the bass viol. Brilliance from Jordi Savall, Hesperion XXI 2014-03-01T18:10:04Z This, in turn, led to a performance by the combined ensembles — with the sarod’s metallic twang offering a captivating contrast to the timbres of Hespèrion’s harp and viols — that drew ecstatic applause. Review: The White Light Festival Opens With a Journey to the East 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z But there was no lack of vibrancy here: Switching between the treble viol and the larger, deeper lyra viol, Mr. Savall produced a kaleidoscopic sound. Critic?s Notebook: A Festival Brings the Obscure to the Fore, With a Global Touch 2011-06-20T21:59:21Z Curvaceous Strads and voluptuous viols seem to rest seductively against the walls. Metropolitan Museum?s Western Instruments, in a Shinier Home 2010-03-11T23:20:00Z The falling tear motif, probably not Dowland's own idea, given the fashion for musical displays of sorrow and weeping at the time, occurs repeatedly in the sequence for five viols and single lute. Scottish Opera: The Flying Dutchman; Fretwork – review 2013-04-13T23:07:47Z Asked why he thought the viol music struck such a nerve, Mr. Savall quoted the composer Couperin, who said that he preferred music that touched him to music that surprised him. How a Movie Helped Fuel a Viola da Gamba Revival 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z The viol consort and the countertenor voice were once relics of the past. Review | Countertenor Iestyn Davies and Fretwork revive music old and new at Library of Congress 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z But it’s a big step forward from Hannibal Lecter, who, one of these days, is going to be eaten alive by an exasperated viol consort. Finally, A Non-Embarrassing Classical-Music Scene in a Blockbuster Movie 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z The program also included elegant interpretations of four of Purcell’s wistful Fantasias, initially composed for ensembles of three to seven viols. Music Review: Brentano String Quartet Plays Hadyn, Mozart and Bartok 2012-12-17T22:55:08Z Groups constituted like Fretwork, a quintet that plays viols of different sizes and ranges, were more to his taste. Music Review: Fretwork Performs at Weill Recital Hall 2012-02-11T01:03:17Z The Baltimore Consort The early-music ensemble brings Yuletide cheer -- and instruments, such as the viol, crumhorn and cittern -- from a much earlier time in "Wassail, Wassail!" presented by the Early Music Guild. A 'Portlandia' peek, plus 15 other things to do this week 2012-12-10T15:01:07Z The viols's misty aura was magic and underlined the potent resonance of early English composers for those later. Iestyn Davies & Fretwork/New London Chamber Choir 2010-07-13T21:15:00Z Two songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams worked surprisingly well accompanied by viols, creating a folk-music-like air in “The Sky Above the Roof,” for example. Review | Countertenor Iestyn Davies and Fretwork revive music old and new at Library of Congress 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Now, in the lustrous acoustics of First Baptist Church on Harvard Avenue, it was the turn of the viola da gamba, the viol family’s forerunner of the cello. Music that speaks, thanks to Pacific MusicWorks 2014-04-11T18:02:17Z The others were Parthenia, a viol consort, and the Four Nations Ensemble. Music Review: Sounds Both Skin Deep and Soul-Piercing 2010-09-24T21:57:00Z MacMillan — like Byrd, a committed Catholic — recently wrote “Ye Sacred Muses” for the King’s Singers and Fretwork, the viol consort. How William Byrd Influences Music, 400 Years After His Death 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Far from my dictionary’s fling, “unrestrained pleasures or dissipation,” this was a genteel affair, as you would ordinarily expect of an evening of violin, two viols and harpsichord. Music Review: Repast Baroque Ensemble at the Baruch Performing Arts Center 2013-05-24T21:17:11Z From a broad opening theme that sounded like a viol consort, then a wheezy harmonium, the work slowly moved through sequences of development and contrast, its complexities thoroughly disguised by affectless surfaces. | American Composers Orchestra: Louis Andriessen and Orchestra Underground at Zankel Hall 2010-04-11T21:04:00Z According to his friend and fellow Rhymer, Arthur Symons, Ernest Dowson's favourite line of was Poe's, "The viol, the violet and the vine." Poem of the week: Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae by Ernest Dowson 2011-03-14T11:48:11Z Except when it slices through the humidity with finger-blurring yet lucid bursts of brashness, like the duo’s version of a Forqueray viol piece called “Jupiter.” The Gentle, Brilliant Bros of French Baroque Music 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z The viol is far from showy by nature, yet in the right hands it speaks with rare eloquence. Jordi Savall Evokes the Past by Hearing Its Music 2010-04-30T20:35:00Z The second was a discussion of musical rhetoric, concentrating more on words, delivered by the mezzo-soprano Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek and the actor Paul Hecht, than on the contributions of the viol consort Parthenia. Music Review: At the Met, Dance, Chant and Song Span the Centuries 2010-03-15T21:48:00Z Bach reversed these roles, such that the violas perform virtuosic solo lines while the viols amble along in repeated eighth notes. There’s More Religion Than You Think in Bach’s ‘Brandenburgs’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z But the work’s steadier pace and pure, plaintive sonorities, reminiscent of Renaissance viol music, fared better in the space. Music Review: Look & Listen?s Informal Feel at Chelsea Art Museum 2010-05-09T22:21:00Z And the climax, in classic Savall style, was a playful, gently swaying improvisation on a Renaissance “canario” dance melody, building into flurries of notes frizzling off Mr. Savall’s tiny treble viol. A Musical Handshake Spanning Centuries: Venice in New York 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The concert also included three works by Marin Marais, a French composer who in 1676 was appointed a musician to the court of Versailles, where he composed many works for viol. Music Review: Tenet Performs Couperin?s Lessons for Lent 2012-03-11T22:13:39Z Gallery Concerts presents two concerts of English music this weekend dedicated to the memory of the late Margriet Tindemans, a viol player and tremendous force in Seattle for early music. Gallery Concerts’ ‘Strike the Viol’ presents two concerts of English music from the 1580s to the 1680s 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z He is currently training on the viol at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore as a part-time student. Maker to Know: A Ceramist Creating Insect-Adorned Plates 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Enjoy concert pieces by Vivaldi, Handel and Telemann and dance music from the court of King Louis XIV, featuring the baroque cello, viol, theorbo and harpsichord. Celebrate Christmas with these merry events, plus other festive things to do around Seattle 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z “I just feel like viol — I feel taken advantage of.” The Protector 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z There is marvelous invention in the part writing, but even here, the counterpoint between these quite similar-sounding viols requires considerable concentration to grasp. Why do we feel better after a good cry? In John Dowland's music, tears open the soul 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Sunday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Catalan viol virtuoso and conductor Jordi Savall brought instrumentalists and singers to dig deeper into an Iberian Baroque thus all but unknown. Review: At Disney Hall, early music legend Jordi Savall shows how his Catalan roots may be ours 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z The first piece he wrote after “Antara” was a consort for viols and voice, intimate and modest in scale. How the Composer George Benjamin Finally Found His Voice 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The Georgetown University Chamber Singers join its choristers with Modern Musick, a Baroque period instrument ensemble, in a program of viols and voices performing English music from the 17th century. Washington area religion events 2014-01-25T06:02:51Z Take away from me the clamour of your songs; and the music of your viols I will not hear. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z An excellent recent recording of the seven “Lachrimae” by the young French viol consort Sit Fast pairs a slow, illuminating performance with a work by the contemporary British composer George Benjamin. Why do we feel better after a good cry? In John Dowland's music, tears open the soul 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z He was passionately fond of music, and his own hymns were written to the accompaniment of his lute or viol. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Hither flock the jocund burgesses, and dance to the sound of harp and viol. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z A dictionary instance is “violin,” that is, a little viol, a fiddle of four strings, instead of six. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z With the strident boom of the bass viol came the rank smell of the dog-fennel that hurrying feet had left bruised and wilting in the sun. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z The man, too, who had played on the Italian viol brought it in, that she might see and examine it more closely. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z The birds, which had shown joy on his arrival, filled the woods with their sweetest song while the angels visited him, sometimes playing such beautiful music on the viol that "his soul almost melted away." The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z Gambist, gam′bist, n. a player on the gamba or viol da gamba. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z If one makes viols of a piece of wood by means of a curv�d knife, who would say on seeing it that a flute could be fashioned by the same means? The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z And then as if for my still further pleasure There came a flood of sweetest melody,— But whence I knew not flowed the wondrous measure, For neither flute nor viol could I see. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z My lady sat almost silent under the steady shower of words, listening and thinking, and now and then touching the strings of the viol which lay forgotten on her lap. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z All at once Ulenspiegel heard a soft noise of tambourines and viols, and beheld a great troop of women dancing, and among them a comely matron with a gold chain about her neck. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z In the Western gallery, three fiddles, two hautboys, and a bass viol squeaked and groaned with much fervour. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The wood-wind and viol follow Orpheus in his solitary plaint that again reminds us of the voice of nature. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z My tall sunflowers love the sun, Love the burning August noons When the locust tunes its viol, And the cricket croons. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z She rose with a grand gesture, and set the little viol back on the table. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z In the morning, the bladder, being dried, gave the sound of a tambourine when it was struck, and if the straw of the instrument was rubbed it hummed better than a viol. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Mandern, in playing the viol, the flute, the guitar, and she enjoyed a happy life. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z Since he had borne off all the prizes of the tourney, he bade a minstrel to his hall, and sang joyously to the playing of the viol. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Hell answered ‘Vanity!’ when I asked for the Jewel; the leviathans roared ‘Vanity!’; the chimeras hissed ‘Vanity!’; the spirits cried ‘Vanity!’; and the whole plaintive viol trilled: “‘Vanity!’ Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z He played on a new instrument, shaped somewhat like a viol, but smaller and more roundly framed. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z All this while there rose to heaven the groans of pilgrims, the sounds of fifes, viols, rebecks, and bagpipes, and, like a pure incense, the savour of frying. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z By Artevelde! what are drums, cymbals, fifes, viols, and bagpipes worth? Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z Then, taking her viol, she sought out a sailor, and persuaded him sweetly to grant her a passage in his ship. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Round her the viol of joy played its joyous notes, as if all the spheres rejoiced together. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z Yet he was somewhat saucy with his viol; What! put young maids to that unnat'ral trial! Three Hours after Marriage 2011-10-10T02:00:20.823Z On the edge of the highway, to the sound of rebecks, viols, and bagpipes, more than one pilgrim was holding a frying feast and junketing of bruinbier. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z His first published composition “Fantasies in three parts, composed for viols,” appeared in 1610. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Sweeter was his tune than harp or viol, and gayer than the country dance. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Sounds soft and low, like the plaintive strains of a viol, rose up from afar, like music of the sea, the plaint of a thousand voices which never became melody. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z A musician, with fiddle, pipe, or viol, sits on a barrel, while each youth produces his coloured handkerchief, and, holding it by one corner, presents the other to the girl at his side. Turkey Peeps at Many Lands 2011-09-21T02:00:31.190Z The rebecks, fifes, viols, and bagpipes, and the groans of the pilgrims made the music for the dance. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z She volunteered this information much as a man might seek to excuse his inability to play the French horn by explaining that he is addicted to bass viol. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z Then there entered to his eyes Nicolette, in minstrel guise, Touched the viol with the bow, Sang as I will let you know. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Then she heard the soft, low sounds, the plaintive viols swell, till they became a dull, continuous soughing. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z Dubourg describes it as "less soft than that of a Stradiuarius, and less potent than a Guarnerius, approaching that of a viol, and has in it a touch of melancholy." Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z Among them were some that played the fife, the rebeck, the viol, and the bagpipe with a mighty din. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Rapper T.I. released from federal prison 1 month early after serving weapons viol Researcher discusses recent military divorce study and ways to keep marital connection strong through deployment. Inspectors check Virginia nuclear plant for earthquake damage 2011-08-31T00:00:00Z The Chaplain enters with Pages carrying a harpsichord, which they place upon the table; also two Musicians with theorb and viol. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z The plaintive viol kept trembling, and the same sound sounded ever, the unchangeable answer. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z A maker of viols, viols da gamba, &c. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z He is most passionately fond of music, plays fairly on the viol, and takes quite a childish pleasure in making me sing and play. Penelope Brandling A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century 2011-08-25T02:00:27.073Z "And the harp and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine are in their feasts." House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z The declamation becomes more melodic, though still unrhythmical, and is accompanied by a rapid and passionate tremolo of violins and viols. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z The hurricane kept blowing, the plaintive viol kept trembling, and ever sounded the same note, the unchangeable answer. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z This may be a celebrated maker of viols, &c., mentioned by Mace, 1676, as one of the best then known. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z So he went singing through the house, and he made a minstrel play new songs upon the viol; full of joy and mirth he was, for furthermore, he had won every prize at the tourney. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z The horn rang out the joy of happy souls; The viol screamed and laughed in scorn, and groans Rose dread and deep from under gulfs of night. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z She speaks in an irregular recitative, sustained by chords on the viols and harpsichord. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z Oh! it was always the plaintive viol, but the too poignant grief was tempered with melancholy; the plaintive sea became like a sea of melancholy; the thousands of voices were full of melancholy. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z A claim has been made for this maker that he was the first to give the name of violino to the reduced viol. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z And it was so ready with refrains and lays and songs and new tunes, that harp, or viol, or rebec were as nought beside it. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z Sometimes at twilight, or beneath the soft evening air of summer, we mingled in the dance, to the music of our flute and viol. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z The Bacchantes and Satyrs sing a Latin ode in praise of Wine, in four parts, with accompaniment of bass viols and lutes, and exeunt with BACCHUS. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z “Vanity, vanity!” sang the shades softly and quietly, and in the answer, calm and assuring, of the expectant penitents, vibrated the great viol with a sound like a soft jubilant trill. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z Trance me with thy fleshless eyeholes— But I move to other viols Than the rattling of thy bones, As we tread the crazy stones, For I see the risen sun. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z He lives on the shield of Achilles, singing, accompanied by a viol, to the grape-pickers; he is crowned with flowers in the golden age of Lucretius as he raises his sweet song at the festa. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z The Book of Poems, the one brave string in her viol of hope, had been lost. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z A flute rises in the orchestra, with viols accompanying, pizzicati, and plays three or four bars of intricate mazy passages, very sweet and poignant, stopping on a high note, with imperfect close. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z And what is the viol that is playing? Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z The flowers evaporate like an incense urn, The viol vibrates like the wailing of souls that repine. The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z The water, glassy an hour before, thrilled and swelled in answer to the fingers of the wind, as a viol to the touch of its bow, and wavelets widened, shimmered as they ran. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z She was talking, meanwhile, of the day and its buoyant air and of the tapestries hung in the woodlands, in a voice deep with rare intimations of viol chords. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z Some time ago Sir Frederick Bridge unearthed in the Pepys Library at Cambridge a strange setting of the soliloquy "To be, or not to be," for bass voice, viol de gamba, and lute. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z They tuned up their bass viols and played their dead march. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z The viol vibrates like the wailing of souls that repine; Sweet souls that shrink from chaos vast and etern, The skies like a mosque are beautiful and stern, The sunset drowns within its blood-red brine. The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z Also, it is stated by some, the finer strings for viols were made from the cat. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z And God knows, if it isn't the lute and the viol, and the tinkling feet of the foolish maidens, it is the trumpet, and the sword, and the hell of the battlefield. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z The viol passed into strange hands and wandered down the centuries, but its olden echoes linger still. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z It was the famous Gnat Quartette, two gnats playing violins, a small cicada, the cello and a wood-bee, the bass viol. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z When I behold thee wander by, my languorous love, To songs of viols which throughout the dome resound, Harmonious and stately as thy footsteps move, Bestowing forth the languor of thy glance profound. The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z He brought not a lady, but a double-bass viol. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z I loved th’ enchanting viol’s sound, I loved the sprightly dance, And all the dear, delightful scenes Of nature’s wild romance. Poems With a Sketch of the Life and Experience of Annie R. Smith 2010-12-26T03:00:20.460Z Within weeks, Lanier had located "a consort of six old viols, the most excellent one could possibly find", and recommended them. 2010-02-12T17:08:00Z Lift up your viols, maidens of my train, And work such havoc on this mortal's brain That for a moment he may touch and know Immortal things, and be full Pierrot. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors The girl who showed us over the place quite correctly played the kettledrum, the viol and the lute. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster The frets, or horizontal strings or wires which make cross ridges on the neck of lutes, viols, etc., Springtime and Other Essays That far-off bell, it may be took for viol at a feast: I only walk among the fields, beneath the autumn-sun, With my dead father, hand in hand, as I have often done. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II Would Huygens please send the hat as soon as the viols had arrived, and he judged them to be to his satisfaction? 2010-02-12T17:08:00Z The sound of the music could be heard from afar, and the tones of tailor Schneck's bass viol were heard over all. On the Heights A Novel Here a kettledrum; there Polish viols, elsewhere lutes, harps, zithers, hautboys, bassoons, Swiss fifes, etc. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster The bass viol was also known as the Viola da Gamba, and this was Sir Andrew Aguecheek’s instrument, who was said to play on the “Viol de Gamboys.” Springtime and Other Essays There was only one painting, a lovely Luini angel with a viol. Shadows of Flames A Novel Duty?—Comfort of the sinner And the saint!—when grief and trial Weigh us, and within our inner Selves,—responsive to love's viol,— Hope's soft voice grows thin and thinner, It is kin to self-denial. One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue Dost call the bowl, the viol, and the dance, Loud mirth, mad laughter? Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes A curious sound of bells, which tingled to a great distance, whistles and viols sounded horribly exciting in the still night air. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle He claims also that in the viol “the manner of holding the bow and ordering its strokes . . . prevents the strong accents characteristic” of the violin, and facilitates “an even and sustained tone.” Springtime and Other Essays Obediently she began to sing in her rich contralto that was like the flutes and viols of love, tempered to the inanity of the nursery rhyme. Shadows of Flames A Novel One of the large doors toward the farther end of the hall was thrown open, and through this there came a surge of music—hautboys, viols, and flutes. The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium The double bass was formerly made with a flat back—another characteristic of the viol family—whereas now the back is as often found arched as flat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Let cease from me the noise of thy songs: to the playing of thy viols I will not listen. The Bible Story He wanted to live in a city and teach school, play his bass viol, and belong to musical or singing clubs. The Child's Book of American Biography The music of the violins with the deep note of the bass viol sounded almost as plainly in her ears as they had in the Hall of Burgesses. Maid Sally Two resembled an old Indian man and woman who fought for the possession of a base viol. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 Sometimes the lady gave audience to a poet, who read his latest idyll, a minstrel, to the accompaniment of his viol, singing the interspersed lyrics. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens Then Gaston would bring his viol and, sitting near her window in the twilight, would sing to his own accompaniment. Francezka When he spoke it sounded like the bass viol section of the Los Angeles Symphony tuning up. Jimsy and the Monsters This so alarmed the maid that she hid far behind Master Clinton's bass viol. Maid Sally The voice of the bass viol and the clarionet resounded in my ears from the banqueting-room, and the noise and uproar of the guests also. Eyes Like the Sea Meanwhile the music of trumpets, drums, viols, and flutes resounds from the minstrels’ gallery. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens Here they were joined by Mr. Woolaston and his friends, and also by a Mr. Franckville, a fine performer on the viol de Gamba. Old and New London Volume I Her voice was so sweet and tender that it seemed as though the old viol had caught the notes. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time Violin, flute, also viol, All these parts are well supported And the contrabass is perfect. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. The woman playing a bass viol in the Berlin gallery and a certain interior in the National Gallery display the art of representation raised to the highest pitch; realism can go no further. Ivory Apes and Peacocks The murmur of rich viols and the call of flutes soft as distant bird-song speak to his very soul. Legends & Romances of Brittany And the while that I do rest, Trumpets, viols, and other harmony Shall bless the waking of my majesty. Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse “She don’t know it’s for her, but the old viol and old Strings know.” Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time Suddenly there appeared to him an angel in a great radiance, which angel held a viol in his left hand and a bow in his right. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion So one of the boys ran away to a house in the village and came back presently with an old viol and a bow. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales No tune of harp or viol can compare with it, and I may not close my eyes so long as his song continues in the night.” Legends & Romances of Brittany Nay, Didymus, what faint sweet din Of viol and flute and violin Makes all the forest round thee spin, The Night-Wind or the Devil? Collected Poems Volume Two From afar the rumors of revelry, the brouhaha of a mad population, saluted his deaf ears, the distant music of lutes and viols. Dreamers of the Ghetto The suggestive imagination is wandering vaguely, dreaming; fumbling at random sweet, strange chords out of its viol, like those young men and maidens. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion Between the verses the children, holding hands, danced in a ring around Fra Angelo, while he played upon the old viol. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales A bass viol is considerably larger than a violin. Common Science A hollow groan, like a bass viol, Resounded thro' the room. Collected Poems Volume Two Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs, for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. Dreamers of the Ghetto "She doesn't know a fugue from a bass viol, and she never hesitates to say so." The Dominant Strain Now on the stage throne lolled the bass viol player, even as Jacques assumed the raiment of the Duke of Aranza, reclining the while in his chair of state. The Strollers He scorned the new invention but warmly upheld the lute and viol. How the Piano Came to Be Oft with rapt eye, and skill profound, He woke the entrancing viol's sound, Or touched the sweet guitar. Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 Of the Treble Viols very little is said on the subject of bowing, the most complete instructions on that head being given for the viol par excellence, the viola da gamba. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. His face lighted, and his tongue fell into his beloved German idioms, as he went up the stairs with a bass viol and a bassoon on either hand. The Dominant Strain Then there came another sound, a single resonant note like that given when a string of a bass viol is violently plucked—and the tinkling melody abruptly died. Devil Crystals of Arret Flowers of the different species should not be put in the same viol. Movement of the International Literary Exchanges, between France and North America from January 1845 to May, 1846 With Instructions for Collecting, Preparing, and Forwarding Objects of Natural History Written by The Professors Administrators of The Museum Of Natural History At Paris. And Instructions Relative to Anthropology and Zoology Still it floats, As when thy congregated harps and viols Beat slow harmonious progress, light on light, Across our stainless canopy of heaven. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy I cannot think it likely that the sculptor saw anyone playing a bass viol in this manner. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. I will order bagpipes, a bass viol, and two fiddles; and Pan Maciek, my friend, likes old July mead and a new mazurka. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 Then there came a sudden twang, as of a violently plucked string on a bass viol, and the amber egg dropped from the faceted side. Devil Crystals of Arret He was so pleased to find I still studied! observing that many married ladies relinquished it soon; and he praised my husband's execution on the viol in no small degree. The Buccaneer A Tale The English queen Elizabeth was quite fond of music, and was somewhat accomplished in the art, performing upon the lute, virginals, and viol. Music and Some Highly Musical People My own personal belief in the extreme antiquity of the bow is such as almost to justify the quaint statement of Jean Jacques Rousseau that Adam played the viol in Paradise. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. The viols end, and two by two they pass Out of this blaze into the leafy dark, Too ghostly and too dim across the grass, Too soon obscured and blotted, all,—till Hark! Ships in Harbour Meantime Sir Roger de Mortimer played first viol in the Court minstrelsy. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers A spinet, inlaid with ebony and ivory, formed a centre for the arrangement of many other musical instruments—a viol, mandolins gay with ribbons, a theorbo, flutes and clarinets. The Rough Road His first acquaintance with melodious art was made at Cambridge, where in his undergraduate days he took lessons on the viol. A Book About Lawyers It was made in sections after the manner of a fishing-rod, and the hair was tightened by the finger of the player, as in some of the early viol bows of Europe. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. The flowers themselves seemed to have vanished from the parterres, or, like the Cereus, bloomed only at night, plainly visible under the luminous sky, when the nightingales vied with the viols of the serenaders. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) Thy pomp is brought down to hell, And the noise of thy viols: The worm is spread under thee, And worms cover thee. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature William soon learned all that his master could teach him in the ordinary branches of knowledge, and by the age of fourteen he was already a competent performer on the oboe and the viol. The Story of the Heavens Swift and startling answer came from deep within the heart of the cliff, a mighty note of sonorous beauty like the violent plucking of a string on some colossal bass viol. The Cavern of the Shining Ones The long sweet-sloping Rise and fall of far viol notes,� The mad Nirvana, The faint and spectral Dream-music Of my heart's desire. Spectra A Book of Poetic Experiments The artist is seen in the foreground playing a viol: Titian a bass viol. The Story of Paris "All right—it's all right," he assured, his voice still low, but so resonant and harsh that it sounded like the thrumming of a viol string. No Clue A Mystery Story One placed between the fore and main masts, serving to stretch a rope, heave upon the jeers, and take the viol to. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. A bass viol generally hung in a drawing-room for the visitors to play; but the few ladies who used this instrument were thought masculine. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot They learnt to play the viol and lute, and sang canzoni and sonnets to the accompaniment of these instruments. Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 A small upright piano manipulated by an elderly female in glasses; a tremendous bass viol in charge of a small man, and a violin played by a large man represented the orchestra. The Adventures of Bobby Orde “And I might take my viol over, and play to them a little.” The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War We are playing the same melody with many more violins, flutes, harps, violoncellos, and bass viols; with electric light, decorations, choirs, beautiful costumes, and with the first singers of their day. The Jewish State They did not so much resemble the viol, as the neck of that instrument gives it peculiar advantages, of which the Ancients seem to have been wholly ignorant. An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients Their instruments of music are all lutes and viols, flutes, cymbals, drums, fifes, citherns, organs, and harps that Ferrari's day could show. New Italian sketches In Greece and Albania, however, the viol would seem not to be used. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Then he took exercise for an hour, played for another hour on the organ or viol, and renewed his studies. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 Like to a masque in ancient revelries, With mingling sound of thousand harmonies, Soft lute and viol, trumpet-blast and gong, They came along, and still they came along! Poems Then they hunted up the old church that had been nearly rent asunder by the bringing in of a bass viol to assist the singers. A Little Girl in Old Boston Then the orchestra gave a clash of drums, cymbals, French horns, and a big bass viol, and up went the curtain. A Little Girl in Old New York If he was "diligent in his examination of the Scriptures," "he had a great love for music and often diverted himself with a viol, on which he played masterly." History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 For we read in Isaiah, v, 12: "And the harp and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts." Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery She procured a viol and learned to play on it; till one day they wished to marry her to a king, a rich Paynim. Aucassin and Nicolette translated from the Old French At last the big bass viol won the victory and was there. A Little Girl in Old Boston Harp and tabor and viol are no longer heard in every inn when people would be merry, and men have forgotten how to give themselves up to headlong roaring revelry. The Gypsies She noted, too, that he loved to play the viol da gambo, but disliked the trouble of tuning it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 A performer on the bass viol, and a herd of butchers armed with marrow-bones and cleavers, form an English concert. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency At first Osmund put him off with a tale of a broken viol. Chivalry "And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operations of his hands." Tired Church Members But man—we, scaffold of score brittle bones; Who breathe, from groundlong babyhood to hoary Age gasp; whose breath is our memento mori— What bass is our viol for tragic tones? Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published The bass viol player's face was almost funereal as he gazed abstractedly up into the branches of the tree above him. Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles It is first sounded by two violas and the viol da gamba, and then drops without change to the bass, where it is repeated fortissimo by two bassoons and the contra-bassoon. A Book of Burlesques Haro!" the fellow blustered; "by blood and by nails! you will sing more sweetly with a broken viol than with a broken head. Chivalry My dear," said she, sweetly, "fetch out your viol da gambo, and we will sing a hymn or two together here this fine afternoon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 He played the organ and the bass viol. Obiter Dicta Second Series The boys were tolerable skittish, the ladies powerful neat, That old bass viol's music just got there with both feet. Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp Laughter and songs and flutes and viols, inviting voices and complying responses, mingled with merry bells and with processional hymns, along the woodland paths and along the yellow meadows. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection To soften the moroseness of her disposition, "he persuaded her to play on the lute, viol, and other instruments, every day." Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The company had assembled, all being men, and were listening from an open gallery to a concert of lutes and viols, the players being skilfully concealed among the trees of the garden. Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories Reprinted from The Hill of Trouble and The Isles of Sunset The music was a fiddle and a lively tambourine, And a viol came imported, by the stage from Abilene. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads The music was a fiddle and a lively tambourine, And a "viol come imported," by stage from Abilene. Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp Also music's ministrants,—the lute, the horn, the fiddle, the pipe, the gong, the viol, the salt-box, the tambourine and the triangle, make a dead-wall dream of festive harmonies! The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) “We was a clar’net and a fiddle and a bass viol,” he said reflectively. White Lilac; or the Queen of the May Domenichino, who was in Rome when the sarcophagus of St. Cecilia was opened, and painted numerous pictures of the saint, shows her in one of them as performing on the bass viol. Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians The boys was tolerable skittish, the ladies powerful neat, That old bass viol's music just got there with both feet! Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads "Come," she added, turning to Angioletto, "tune your viol and pipe to it again, my little poet." Little Novels of Italy Significant then, that he worshipped "the viol, the violet, and the vine" of Poe. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Lor’! to hear how the bass viol did tag behind in Rockingham. White Lilac; or the Queen of the May In the evening Ralph had the flute, but the bass viol was not yet ready, so that the two instruments gave a little diversion to the day of excitement and wonder. The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen In performing their works, they did not, like their western brethren, have recourse to hired accompanists, or Jongleurs, but supported the vocal part by playing on a small viol. Woman's Work in Music Aye—Mary, Martha, Anna—to hear his voice—deep like unsounded depths, mellow like the music of the viol and restful as when small waves play upon smooth shores. The Coming of the King This marriage quite sobered the fun-loving fiddler, so that he settled down and worked at his weaving; and at odd hours made himself a bass viol that looked to be father of all the fiddles. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians I never hear that tune now but what it carries me back to my wedding-day and the bass viol; and the taste of that fowl’s done the same thing. White Lilac; or the Queen of the May They had many forms of guitar, instruments of percussion, and the varieties of viol, as well as trumpets and the like. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present Cæsar saw it all from his post of vantage near the big viol, but he was not interested in the visitors, he knew what they could do. The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 A Professor of Music was to impart skill in singing, and music to play upon organ, lute, viol, etc. Art in England Notes and Studies In Eisenach I was told that this viol was ten feet high. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians It may be noted, however, in passing that the Italian word "violino" was used as late as 1597 to designate the tenor viol. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera The only individual of the viol family which attained to artistic development was the viol da Gamba, or bass viol, which was tuned like a lute, having six strings. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present The preacher was not a little annoyed, for he wanted the viol for his own service at the chapel, where he was going to preach directly contrary to the old parson. The Drummer's Coat A spinet inlaid with ivory formed the center for the arrangement of other musical instruments—a viol, mandolins, and flutes. The Literary World Seventh Reader Fingering, on lute, 58, 60, on viol, 44, 101. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries This Minuccio set at once to exquisite and heart-moving music and sang it for the King to the accompaniment of his own viol. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera The first eminent master of violins, as distinguished from small viols, was the celebrated Gaspar da Salo, who lived and worked at Brescia during the latter part of the sixteenth century. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present Benches and chairs are scattered about, and a raised platform is provided for the “orchestra,” which consists of a piano, violin, and a bass viol. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City When viols are playing, And dancers are Maying, My eyes may be straying, But my soul is with Mary. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Also the frontispiece, where the treble viol and viol-da-gamba have carved heads, both human, but of different types. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries From this we learn that there was an orchestra containing fifes, bag-pipes, two cornets, some viols and lutes and a small organ. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera The viol, the weaker predecessor of the violin, had made great headway, and Monteverde put himself on record in 1607, much to his credit, by placing it at the head of his orchestra. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present And the while that I do rest, Trumpets, viols, and other harmony, Shall bless the waking of my majesty. "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays And to measure the song in its charm, Or to handle the viol with skill, Or beauty with carols to warm, Gone for ever, the power and the will. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The improvised names of the musicians are pointed enough; Simon 'Catling,' referring to the material of his viol strings; Hugh 'Rebeck,' the rebeck being the ancient English fiddle with three strings. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries Another interlude showed David dancing to lute, viol, trombone and harp. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera The prince was a great amateur of the peculiar viol called the barytone, and it was one of Haydn's duties to provide new compositions for this instrument. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present This gentle son of poverty, seeking his bread with the strings of his viol, this Bohemian of the eleventh century, goes to regenerate barbarian society. The Friendships of Women Tabret and viol jangle harshly in the ears that have rioted in melodies made by fairy harpers. Sword and Gown A Novel Pericles compares the lawful love of a wife with the performance of a good viol player, the proper characteristics of which would be, 'in tune,' and 'in time.' Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries The instruments were most probably lutes, viols, flute, oboe, and possibly bag-pipe, hurdy-gurdy and little organ. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera Its mistress, Joan Colt, was, when she married, a country girl, cleverer at making possets and drying herbs than at reading books or playing on the viol. The Red Book of Heroes The noise of viols ceased, The worm spread under thee, the crawling worm To cover thee! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan They had organs, lutes, viols, lyres, harps, citherns, horns, and a kind of primitive piano known as the clavichord or the clavicembalo. The Age of the Reformation Mace also says that the treble viol had its strings just half the length of the bass viol, and the tenor was of a medium size between these. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries The god descended from the skies to the music of viols, flutes and trombones. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera In his spare moments he would play some old music on the flute or practise on the viol. The Red Book of Heroes Properly it is not a viol—not a base viol as some suppose, but a violin of extra large size. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett Signora Loreta, standing at his bed's head, took up her viol and began playing a tender air. The Well of Saint Clare As the viol fell out of fashion, the violin took its place, and has kept it ever since. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries Later when he celebrated his victory and the acclaiming Greeks surrounded him, lutes, trombones, harps, viols and a horn united with the voices. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera They may talk of the viol, and its strings they may try all, For the heart's dance, outvie all, the songs of the dairy! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Organs were scarce, but beyond the viols of the village choirs it needed no instrumental accessories. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes He plays o’ the viol de gamboys, and speaks three or four languages word for word, without book. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 The first is to be a 'Fancy' for viols, 'a very excellent good-conceited thing'; the second is the 'wonderful sweet air,' Hark! hark! the lark. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries At any rate Baccio Ugolino possessed some skill in improvisation, and was also accomplished in the art of singing and accompanying himself upon the lute or viol. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera No lilts I spin, their love to win, The viol strings I shun, But lend thine ear and thou shalt hear My wisdom, dearest one! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Its style, however, is antiquated—with its timbrel beat and its canorous harmony and “coda fortis”—and modern choirs have little use in religious service for the sonata written for viols and horns. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes Oh, how those viols are throbbing and pleading; A prayer is scarce needed in sound of their strain. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar All the rest played either viol, violin, organ, virginals, or harpsichord, or were "songsters." Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries The instruments are viols and wooden wind instruments of the schalmei family. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera During her reign we find the violin mentioned among instruments accompanying the drama and various festivities, and viols of diverse kinds were freely used. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music “She's a woman,” old David muttered under his mustache, and got his viol. Madelon A Novel "Your master loves the society of the young?" queried Laurence, mending carefully a string of his viol and keeping the end of the catgut in his mouth as he spoke. The Black Douglas The principal difference from our modern stringed instruments was that all the viols had six strings, whereas now there is no 'fiddle' of any sort with more than four. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries The accounts which have come down to us note that the song of Aurora was accompanied by a gravicembalo, an organ, a flute, a harp and a large viol. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera Shakespeare, in Twelfth Night, has Sir Toby enumerate among Sir Andrew Aguecheek's attractions skill on the viol-de-gamboys, Sir Toby's blunder for the viola da gamba, a fashionable bass viol held between the knees. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music The brothers kept glancing at her, half uneasily, but David wooed his viol as if it were his one love in the world, and paid no attention to aught besides. Madelon A Novel As also the fact that Laurence was clerk-learned and could sing and play upon the viol with surprising skill for one so young. The Black Douglas Back view, same shape as of all other viols of whatever size. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries The contesting singers were accompanied by lutes and viols, while their judges had the support of harps, lyres, viols and other instruments of the same family. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera When musicians make demands musical instrument makers are ever ready to meet them, and the viol steadily improved. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music A great player was he, although the power of creation was not in him, for he fingered his viol with the ardor of a soul set in its favorite way of all others. Madelon A Novel I can play upon the viol and eke upon the organ. The Black Douglas The tone of the viols is very much like that of our modern bowed instruments, the principal difference being that they are a little feebler, and naturally more calm. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries This carried the audience into both supernal and infernal regions and its music, somber and imposing, called for an orchestra of viols, lutes, lyres of all forms, double harps, trombones and organ. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera Place was grudgingly yielded to the violin by friends of the less insistent viol. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music As David Hautville played his great resonant viol he forgot all about his own perplexity and his daughter's love-troubles; but she, listening as she worked, did not forget. Madelon A Novel Historically they are the culmination of a development toward diminutiveness, for in their early days viols were larger than they are now. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art The viol was decidedly the most important stringed instrument played with a bow that was in use in Elizabethan times. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries But it was not till the fifteenth century, in Italy, that the art of making instruments of the viol class began to reach toward that high perfection which it speedily attained. Great Violinists And Pianists The soft-toned viol had deeply indented sides to permit a free use of the bow, was mostly supplied with frets like a guitar, and had usually from five to seven strings. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music She held up her head like a queen as she sang, and her wonderful voice sounded through and beyond the viols and violins, and all the other singing voices. Madelon A Novel The latter uses a small bass viol, and strings it with harp strings; but Dragonetti played a full double-bass, on which he could execute the most difficult passages written for the violoncello. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art The practice of playing extempore variations on the viol da gamba has already been mentioned as one of the elegant accomplishments of a gentleman in those days. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries His parents taught him piano, violin and bass viol. 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s Singers not always being available for all of the difficult voice parts viols of the same compass supplied the lack. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music Some echo of it might have yet lingered in the old father's soul, through something finer than his instinct for sweet sounds from human throat and viol—through his ear for love. Madelon A Novel The viol, which term I shall use generically to indicate all the instruments of the quartet, is the only instrument in the band, except the harp, that can play harmony as well as melody. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art The tenor-viol had its top string tuned to G on the second line of the treble staff; and the remaining five were the same in pitch as the top five on the bass viol. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries All lutes, all harps, all viols, all flutes, all lyres, Fall dumb before him ere one string suspires. Sonnets, and Sonnets on English Dramatic Poets (1590-1650) Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol V. These compositions were usually written for the harpsichord and perhaps three instruments of the viol order, the master himself playing the leading melody on the violin. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music He had ruled all his children with a firm hand from their youth up, and tuned their wills to suit his ear as he did his viol strings. Madelon A Novel The strings as commonly used show four members of the viol family, distinguished among themselves by their size, and the quality in the changes of tone which grows out of the differences in size. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art It was common for the Organ or other keyed instrument to join with the viols in these pieces, and thus fill out the chords of the 'consort,' as it was called. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries The flute and viol are evidently opening the function and the trumpets and other portions of the orchestra on the other side waiting to come in. The Dance (by An Antiquary) Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D. The singing-master stopped his viol, and called out to the class to stop singing. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics He drew his old arm-chair nearer the fire, carried the viol over to it, set it between his knees, flung an arm around its neck and began to play. Madelon A Novel The pictorial conceit at the bottom of the poem which the music illustrates is Death, as a skeleton, seated on a tombstone, playing the viol, and gleefully cracking his bony heels against the marble. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art We still have one of the viol tribe left in our orchestra. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries Not the rich viol, trump, cymbal, nor horn, Guitar, nor cittern, nor the pining flute, Are half so sweet as tender human words. Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age The master, he tried to read us a solemn lecture; but he was so full of suppressed fun that he hugged his viol under his arm till one of the strings snapped. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics And he showed maidens and youths in the vineyard, gathering the grapes into baskets, and one amongst them, a boy, who played on the viol. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy And still the viols are playing That grand old wordless rhyme; And still those two ate swaying In perfect tune and time. Poems of Passion But even yet, in the perfect grouping of the figures, the splendour of the viol player, the frightened gaze of the servants, we may still see the very hand of Giotto. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition And he will stoop and fill it with the breeze; Leave me the viol's frame in secret trees, Unwrought, and it shall wake a druid theme; Leave me the whispering shell on Nereid shores. Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library The German minnesingers differed from the French troubadours in that they themselves accompanied their songs on the viol, instead of employing jongleurs. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University As thrills of long-hushed tone Live in the viol, so our souls grow fine With keen vibrations from the touch divine Of noble natures gone. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols; the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power We went up into our dormitory, taking with us our instruments as usual, among them the bass viol of our invention. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; 6. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII And besides being a master of his own instrument he plays the viola d'amore, that sweet-toned survival, with sympathetic strings, of the 17th century viol family, and the Hungarian czimbalom. Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers The sound of the viol is again heard, and the merry dance is kept up till near morning light. Charles Duran Or, The Career of a Bad Boy By the author of "The Waldos" And, men, too, viol ting a chaste and loving wife who hath from her maidenhood observed the vow of purity, became guilty of the same sin. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Our next step was to draw the rope wholly into the dormitory and fasten its wet end to the bass viol. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow And when we had gone in again, and candles had been lit in his fresh and narrow chamber, seeing a viol upon a chest, I begged a little music. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance He held this for two years, afterward playing viol in the orchestra for several years more. Beethoven Before this time the Independents had contented themselves with violins and a bass viol, and for a time with a clarionette. The Evolution of an English Town Their instruments of music are all the lutes and viols, flutes, cymbals, drums, fifes, citherns, organs, and harps that Ferrari's day could show. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series We had no bass viol; could we not make one? Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow He laid down his viol with prolonged care. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance Anne of Cleves after her divorce comforted herself by playing on a viol with six strings. Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday Bertran began jerking about like the lid of a boiling pot, and presently sends a boy for his viol. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay From the gallery came the deeper growl of the bass viol and the preliminary breath of a flute. Lewis Rand If you do nothing but play on one string of the bass viol, you will wear it out and get no healthy tune. Around The Tea-Table And while he was so brooding, a mouse, a moth, dust—I know not what, stirred the listening strings of his viol to sound, and woke him with a start. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance And talking of the old music, of harpsichords and viols, they walked on together till they heard the whistle of the train. Sister Teresa He stretched out his hand for the viol slowly; and his eyes were cold on Bertran, and never off him for a moment as he sang to this enemy, and judged him while he sang. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay With this, the "bass viol," the other fiddles, the clarionet, the ophicleide, and the choir, came stumping down the gallery stairs, and marched out. From Death into Life or, twenty years of my minstry Louder, you viols;—louder, O my harp; Let me not hear her voice; And drown her keener silence, silver-sharp, With waves of golden noise! The Singing Man A Book of Songs and Shadows If the burgesses of Lyonesse teach their sons harp—play also, and rotes and viols too, rise, and take this harp and show your skill.” The Romance of Tristan and Iseult Here is the opening of the ballad of Rudel: There was in all the world of France No singer half so sweet: The first note of his viol brought A crowd into the street. Reviews Having the viol, he struck but one note upon it, with such rudeness that the string broke. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Meantime she learns to play on the viol, and, when she has attained proficiency on this instrument, sets out in the guise of a wandering minstrel to seek her beloved. The Book of the Epic Her only amusement at this time was playing the violin, accompanied by an old priest who tortured a bass viol, while her uncle made a flute complain. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs Immediately a prelude of pipe, cittern and viol, touched with practised minstrelsy, began to play from a neighboring thicket in such a mirthful cadence that the boughs of the Maypole quivered to the sound. Twice Told Tales Pillsbury played the bass viol, and once a week or so he and Penny got together and spent an entranced hour. Left Tackle Thayer There is the Evensong as usual, and a Communion on the following day, followed by a dinner and "a goodly concert of children of Westminster, with viols and regals." The Parish Clerk The whirr of turning wheels, the hammers' ring The noise of traffic and the tread of men, The viol's sigh, the scratching of a pen— All to a vibrant Whole their echoes fling. The California Birthday Book The double-bass viol gripped his bow with his stubby twelve-year-old fingers, and hardly breathed as he strove to keep his notes subdued. The Second Violin She took her place among the viol players and began playing; but she had forgotten to tune her instrument, and her father stopped the performance. Evelyn Innes When the angels are singing from their music books, and others are accompanying them with lutes and viols, the song is not always supposed to be the same. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts No viols or music were heard that day and it was said in the bridegroom's circle that there was no occasion for having Monsieur's marriage stained with blood. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 Osmund tried to put him off with a tale of a broken viol. Chivalry Skilled music-men played upon viols and harps and flutes while the high Count of Poictesme ate richly seasoned food and talked sedately with his wife. Figures of Earth King Cond is accompanied by a set of six cromornes, like the viols of various sizes. Evelyn Innes On the right, a most graceful angel strikes the tambourine; on the left, another, equally graceful, sounds the viol; and, amidst a flood of light, hosts of celestial and rejoicing spirits fill up the background. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts He saw her first in the dance, sumptuously gowned, regal, yet blithe, yielding as might a goddess to the mortal embrace of Bill Bardin as they fox-trotted to the viol's surge. The Wrong Twin I can yet manage a song to the viol, I dare affirm. Chivalry There was a flute, a viol, a gittern, a fiddle, and a drum; and behind the curtain, just outside the door, Nick could hear the master-player's low voice giving hasty orders to the others. Master Skylark For instance, the priest is accompanied by a chest of six viols; i.e., two trebles, two tenors, two basses. Evelyn Innes A city full of brawls and bloodshed is set in opposition to one where the dance and viol do not cease. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Later he learned the bass viol, violoncello and cornet, and made money by playing for parties and entertainments in his neighborhood. Russell H. Conwell Then Osmund put the viol aside and sat quite silent. Chivalry The viol and the music came again from overhead, and when they ceased Nick sang the little song once more. Master Skylark From this adventure that I have told you, has come the Lay that minstrels chant to harp and viol—fair is that song and sweet the tune. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France The message they convey might have been told almost as perfectly upon the lute or viol. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts In God's name, let the change be our own, not borrowed of others; for why should I dance after a Monsieur's flageolet, that have a set of English viols for my concert? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 The viol swells, now low, now loud, 'T is spirits chanting on a cloud That passes by. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II A viol overhead took up the time, the gittern struck a few sharp notes. Master Skylark What tune of harp or viol is half so fair! French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France The singer or the player on lute and viol is the critic of music. Intentions The third design was that of music, with which all merriment finds itself in accord, songs and harmonies, and sounds of string: of harp, of Breton violin, and of viol. Four Arthurian Romances "The thing I can't realize is that happy 'Jock' Hume is dead," exclaimed Louis Cross, a player of the bass viol. Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters A man was tuning up a viol as they came in. Master Skylark And with them was there much noise of bag-pipes and flutes and viols and many instruments of music, and they came along the way wherein was Lancelot riding. The High History of the Holy Graal For what can equal the music of a violin, a guitar, a cornet, and a bass viol to trip the quadrille to at a picnic? The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories Breton zithers, harps, and viols sound, fiddles, psalteries, and other stringed instruments, and all kinds of music that one could name or mention. Four Arthurian Romances What noise of viols is so sweet, As when our merry clappers ring ? The Compleat Angler Over all the noise he could hear the man tuning the viol. Master Skylark Immediately a prelude of pipe, cithern, and viol, touched with practised minstrelsy, began to play from a neighboring thicket, in such a mirthful cadence that the boughs of the Maypole quivered to the sound. From Twice Told Tales From me you shall not hear The splendid tramplings of insistent drums, The orbed gold of the viol's voice that comes, Heavy with radiance, languorous and clear. Young Adventure, a Book of Poems Abruptly the orchestra ceased playing with a roll of the snare drum, a flourish of the cornet and a prolonged growl of the bass viol. The Octopus : A story of California One Sunday I can well mind—a bass viol day that time, and Yeobright had brought his own. The Return of the Native Strike up a noise of viols: VENUS' triumph. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 Within the moment the Earl of Pevensey took up the viol that lay beside them, and sang to her in the clear morning. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages He was a very civil-spoken, friendly person, and he brought with him a lad carrying a viol. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger "You seem to care a great deal about bass viols!" he wrote her. The Magnificent Ambersons Benches and chairs are scattered about, and a raised platform is provided for the "orchestra," which consists of a piano, violin, and a bass viol. The Secrets of the Great City He played the organ and the bass viol, the organ most. Milton For thee my Muse awakes her lays, For thee the unequal viol plays, The tribute of a soul sincere. The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes There were musicians in her ladyship's household—youths who played lute and viol, and sang the dainty, meaningless songs of the latest ballad-mongers very prettily. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger "It's the only thing that makes me forgive that bass viol for getting in my way." The Magnificent Ambersons The merry dance, the lavish feast, The cheery welcome, all are o'er: The music of the viol ceased, The gleesome ring around the floor. War Poetry of the South Without cymbals or lutes or viols, yet all filled with mirth and melody; without wine or goblet or flagon, yet all incessantly drinking. The Puritans Horses, fear of the Haytiens of; terror inspired by them at the battle of the Vega; a remarkable one which moved in curvets to the music of a viol. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) Sir Edward, who resembles not Horry in his love for the twittle-twattle of the town, is a passable performer on the bass viol, and a hermit—the Hermit of Pall Mall. The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty Your flies can't be too big, but they must be on small gut, not on base viol fiddle strings, like those you brought down to Farnham last year. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Sound the merry viol, and daylight or not, Be all for one hour in the gay dance forgot. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes In matter of musical instruments, he learned to play upon the lute, the virginals, the harp, the Almain flute with nine holes, the viol, and the sackbut. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Among the troops brought out from Spain by Ovando, one horseman had disciplined his horse to prance and curvet in time to the music of a viol. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of His hands. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah The livelong day She roams from cot to castle gay; And still her voice and viol say, Ah, maids, beware the woodland way; Think on Louise. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day First to appear on the scene is an orchestra composed of young Indians playing violins, bass viols, reeds, flutes, and guitars. History of California The performers were provided with flutes, lyres, viols, and all the other instruments customarily used in those times to produce music of a gentle and voluptuous kind. Cleopatra Some said,'tis a viol da Gamba, others pronounced it a fiddle. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 She had also an excellent voice, and played well on the bass viol and harpsicord, so that it is hard to say whether he found most satisfaction in hearing her or discoursing with her. The Fortunate Foundlings Being the Genuine History of Colonel M——Rs, and His Sister, Madam Du P——Y, the Issue of the Hon. Ch——Es M——Rs, Son of the Late Duke of R—— L——D. Containing Many Wonderful Accidents That Befel Them in Their Travels, and Interspersed with the Characters and Adventures of Several Persons of Condition, In the Most Polite Courts of Europe. the Whole Calculated for the Entertainment and Improvement of the Youth of Both Sexes. Here is a strolling glee woman, with her viol, preparing to sing beneath the royal windows, and in the cloister of the Dominicans, as she might in the yard of an hostelrie! The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day I saw no citerns, lutes, and viols, such as ours, but they have many other instruments which we have not. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The silence was profound, the viol was mute. International Short Stories: French Here stood the viol player, chanting ballads and lays to their appointed tunes. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut One night she smeared her face with a brown ointment, and dressed herself in minstrel's clothes, and took a viol, and stole out of her father's palace to the seashore. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction The tune, which was played upon a viol, was gay and sprightly in the commencement, with a touch of the wildness of the troubadour music. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day But once I pierced the mazes of a wood In which a cabin undeserted stood; There an old man an olden measure scanned On a rude viol touched with withered hand. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 Through the dull wail of the snowstorm came again the melody of the viol and the heavenly voice, faint as the dawning day. International Short Stories: French Everywhere might be heard the voice of viols and harp and flutes. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut She took her viol, and went playing through the town, and came to the castle. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction What were thy music, viol, without a ridge? The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by "Q" "So be it," said the minstrel; "the rote or the viol easily changes its time and varies its note." Waverley Novels — Volume 12 A single passenger alighted: a man with a bass viol. A Fool and His Money Three sable musicians form the orchestra, and from a bass viol, fiddle and fife they extract melody that, with all its short-coming, would make a deacon wish to dance. Success with Small Fruits Now Christiana, if need was, could play upon the viol, and her daughter Mercy upon the lute; so, since they were so merry disposed, she played them a lesson, and Ready-to-halt would dance. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 Thus gossip Seekatz always had his quarters with us; and Abel, the last musician who handled the /viol di gamba/ with success and applause, was well received and entertained. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life Herbert was very fond of music; he sang, and played too, upon the lute and viol. English Literature for Boys and Girls Then, when I saw him beginning to be well, I told him we must have viols and violins, and a buffoon to make him laugh: which he did. The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Pipe and viol call the dances, Torch-light through the high halls glances; Waves a mighty shadow in. Hyperion Away from me with the noise of thy songs, the melody of thy viols I will not hear; but let judgment roll on like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream. Prolegomena Ever in memory his feet climbed the steps to the Acropolis or walked beneath stately orange-trees, beating a soft rhythm to the sound of flute and viol. Mr. Achilles It was a bit of mediaeval phrasing written for the pipe and the viol. Aaron's Rod Bass drums, bass viols, bassoons—everything—was loose now. Tides of Barnegat He then shouldered his bass viol and plunged out into the darkness. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl We imitate it not only on wind instruments but also on the viols and even on the clavier. Mozart: the man and the artist, as revealed in his own words My father in those times fashioned wonderful organs with pipes of wood, spinets the fairest and most excellent which then could be seen, viols and lutes and harps of the most beautiful and perfect construction. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini The violins raised their bows, the haut-boys and horns were clapped to the mouths of their respective performers, bass- viols were seized, harps were clutched, and drumsticks were raised in the air. Prince Eugene and His Times With a dreary moan the viols groan, And the dancers pause for breath, And my lord says, ‘Dear, you are ill, I fear, You are paler than your wreath.’ Yesterdays It was Mr Baffy, the bass viol player, who was fiddling his instrument as helplessly as ever, while he stared before him with vacant eyes. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl He saw a minstrel sitting at Etzel's table, and sprang at him in wrath, and lopped off his right hand on his viol: "Take that for the message thou broughtest to the Burgundians." The Fall of the Niebelungs And the harp and the viol, and tabret and pipe, and wine are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. What to Do? And the harp and the viol, and tabret and pipe, and wine are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. What to Do? Thoughts Evoked By the Census of Moscow There was mirth, and music, and light and laughter, The viols played and the dancers whirled. Yesterdays A move was made to the platform at the further end of the hall; when this was reached, a little old man staggered into the hall, bearing on his shoulders a bass viol. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl He was called a minstrel because he played on the viol. The Fall of the Niebelungs You say you haint heerd a strain of music except a base viol for over 14 years before you come here. Samantha at Saratoga "My heart," she answered, her voice melodious as a viol. The Sea-Hawk The black squares grew to be squares of light As the eyeshade swathed the house and lawn, And viols gave tone; There was glee within. Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses "And, you—you will not love me less?" her voice vibrant as the string of a viol. The Puppet Crown In blazing brick and plated show Not far away a "villa" gleams, And here a family few may know, With book and pencil, viol and bow, Lead inner lives of dreams. Poems of the Past and the Present And young men were whirling in the dance, and among them flutes and viols sounded high; and women standing each at her door were marvelling. The Iliad And the worm has bored the viol That used to lead the tune, Rust eaten out the dial That struck night's noon. Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses On this old viol, too, fingers are dancing - As whilom—just over the strings by the nut, The tip of a bow receding, advancing In airy quivers, as if it would cut The plaintive gut. Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses Clyde" like a tuneful bass viol: "Oh, let our mingling voices rise In grateful rapture to the skies, Where love has had its birth. Rose in Bloom It was the same when he played the bass viol, but that was also a kind of fishing at which he tried his luck in a roaring torrent of sound. Eben Holden, a tale of the north country The music, hautboys, flutes, and viols, was delightfully descriptive of rural delights. Ten Years Later "There's many a heart now mangled, And waiting its time to go, Whose tendrils were first entangled By my sweet viol and bow!" Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses I think," said the vicar, "A read service quicker Than viols out-of-doors In these frosts and hoars. Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses He was more communicative to his barbiton, as the learned Mersennus teaches us to call all the varieties of the great viol family. Zanoni A big bass viol, taller than himself, had long been the solace of his Sundays. Eben Holden, a tale of the north country When the viols played their best, Lamps above, and laughs below, Love me sounded like a jest, Fit for yes or fit for no. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 She turned again; and in her pride's despite One strenuous viol's inspirer seemed to throw A message from his string to her below, Which said: "I claim thee as my own forthright!" Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses Some were playing on harps, some on viols, and some blowing on rams' horns. Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller If you stand on its summit and look at these two f-shaped spout-holes, you would take the whole head for an enormous bass viol, and these spiracles, the apertures in its soundingboard. Moby Dick: or, the White Whale After he had shaved—a ceremony so solemn that it seemed a rite of his religion—that sacred viol was uncovered. Eben Holden, a tale of the north country And to cap it all, the fog-horn machine pumps in at the oddest moments in imitation of a big bass viol. The Mutiny of the Elsinore The sons defined their fathers' tones, The widow his whom she had wed, And others in the minor moans The viols of the dead. Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses The viol passed into strange hands, and wandered down the centuries, but its olden echoes linger still. Gala-days At some of their services they played the bass viol, and at others they did not, which plainly showed that they were unsteady in their minds. A History of the Moravian Church Like harp or viol with its dying mournful note. Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus In another, women danced to the sounds of viols, flutes, and harp. Thais He had a good ear for music, and was no indifferent performer on the violin, which he used to play like a bass viol, seated on a chair with the instrument between his legs. Crome Yellow He said he had lived next door once to a young lady who was learning to play the guitar, while a gentleman who practised on the bass- viol lived opposite. Told After Supper Now, Christiana, if need was, could play upon the viol, and her daughter Mercy upon the lute; and, since they were so merry disposed, she played them a lesson, and Mr. Ready-to-halt would dance. Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) David was a great singer, you know, and a player on the viols; and ruddy, too, and of a fair countenance; so that will fit. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Cortes might have cried over Mexico with Isaiah the prophet: 'Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee and the worms cover thee. Montezuma's Daughter There was a long pause and they could see in the distance Humphrey Barker with his clarionet and Pliny Waterhouse with his bass viol driving up to the churchyard fence to hitch their horses. Story of Waitstill Baxter We had aboard trumpet and drum and viol, and he would have frequent music. 1492 So took she the viol and went to a mariner, and so wrought on him that he took her aboard his vessel. Aucassin and Nicolete The rough and woeful music that we have, Cause it to sound, beseech you The viol once more: how thou stirr'st, thou block! Pericles To awaken their attention he played upon the viol d'amore, and, having thus captured their ears, began to preach to them. A Vanished Arcadia: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 How the sweet viol plains him to the harp, Whose pang-ed sobbings throng tumultuously. New Poems Wheeling angels, past espial, Danced her down with sound of viol; Wheeling angels, past espial, Descanting on "Viola." Poems Pipe and viol call the dances, Torch-light through the high halls glances; Waves a mighty shadow in; With manner bland Doth ask the maiden's hand, Doth with her the dance begin. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The instruments used are a piano, organ, violin, cornet and bass viol. The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries Tell him they are making ready for a wedding, but there will be no music at our wedding: priests will sing instead of pipes and viols. Taras Bulba and Other Tales He interrupted her when she gave the lines: “And her eyes should be my light while the sun went out behind me,And the viols in her voice be the last sound in my ear.” The Sea Wolf But all this crowded life has been to theeNo more than lyre, or lute, or subtle spellOf viols, or the music of the seaThat sleeps, a mimic echo, in the shell. Ballad of Reading Gaol |
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