History The viola dates from around the same time as the violin, its smaller brother, in the early 16th Century. It has evolved over the centuries, becoming prominent in the 18th Century. Its role as ...

The whole program was, in fact, abnormally well endowed with uninspired music. Beethoven's ... (1824), actually transcribes for viola a work for an extinct instrument. A Viennese violin maker ...

Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor and The Zyg 808, both Mashpee Wampanoag, talk about their nominations for Native American Music ...

Walters said the viola and cello belonged ... and living on through their music decades later. "It was a surreal experience understanding that one instrument could hold that much life, death ...