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(music) An altered viol maximizing players’ ability to play in a highly virtuosic style of composition or extemporaneous performance.
1910, The Strad, page 125:
Two more Viola Bastardas from the same collection are by “Batista fiel (son) d’Anto. Cicilian in Venetia.”
1943, Violins and Violinists Magazine, page 368:
In 1672 he visited Salzburg to make delivery to the court of a viola da gamba and two viola bastardas;[…]
2002, James Bates, “Monteverdi, the Viola Bastarda Player”, in Susan Orlando, editor, The Italian Viola da Gamba: Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Italian Viola da Gamba, Edition Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, →ISBN, page 54:
Another reference to Claudio Monteverdi’s court duties as a viola bastarda player is found at the end of his Scherzi Musicali, published in 1607.
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