Tenor-viol
121vi|o|la — vi|o|la1 «vee OH luh, vy », noun. 1. a musical instrument shaped like a violin, but slightly larger; tenor or alto violin. A viola has four strings tuned a fifth below a violin. It is held like a violin while being played. 2. a string toned organ …
122Bassetto — Bas*set to, n. [It., adj., somewhat low; n., counter tenor. See {Basso}.] (Mus.) A tenor or small bass viol. [1913 Webster] …
123John Dowland — Not to be confused with John Noel Dowland. John Dowland[1] (1563 – buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, singer, and lutenist. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as Come, heavy sleep (the basis for… …
124Crumhorn — This article is about the musical instrument. For the district in East Frisia, North Germany, see Krummhörn. Crumhorns shown in the “Syntagma Musicum” Vol. 2 (1619) …
125Nicolas Gigault — (c. 1627 – August 20, 1707) was a French Baroque organist and composer. Born into poverty, he quickly rose to fame and high reputation among fellow musicians. His surviving works include the earliest examples of noëls and a volume of works… …
126English cadence (music) — In conventional Western music theory, the English cadence is a distinctive contrapuntal pattern particular to the authentic or perfect cadence. This pattern is so named because of its use primarily by English composers of the High Renaissance.The …
127Benedictus Buns — Benedictus Buns, Benedictus à sancto Josepho, born Buns, also named Buns Gelriensis, was born in 1642 in Geldern [ Geldern belonged in that time to the Spanish Netherlands see too the Southern Netherlands and from 1713 tot the Austrian… …
128Die Schändung der Lucretia — Werkdaten Titel: Der Raub/Die Schändung der Lukrezia Originaltitel: The Rape of Lucrezia Originalsprache: englisch Musik: Benjamin Britten Libretto: Roland Duncan nach dem Schauspiel Le Viol de Luc …
