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VIOLE D'AMOUR [1 record]

Record 1 2023-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
DEF

A stringed instrument, the tenor of the violin family, having six or seven stopped strings and an equal number of sympathetic strings.

OBS

violas d'amore; viole d'amore: plural forms.

Key term(s)
  • viol d'amore
  • viol d'amour
  • viole d'amour
  • violas d'amore
  • viole d'amore

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
DEF

Instrument de la dimension d'un alto et qui se tient à l'épaule, aux ouïes en forme de langue, à sept (parfois six ou quatre) cordes de touche et autant de cordes sympathiques, à long cheviller terminé par une tête de femme ou d'angelot et à la sonorité claire et argentine.

Spanish

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