Viols

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143421
- info:lc/authorities/sh85143421
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85143421#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Gamba (Family of viols)
- Viol
- Viola da gamba (Family of viols)
Broader Terms
- Bowed stringed instruments
Narrower Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb122278274
Earlier Established Forms
- Viol
Sources
- found: New Harvard dict. of mus. (viol: any of a family of fretted, bowed stringed instruments in use from the 16th through much of the 18th century; viola da gamba, gamba)
- found: New Grove online (viol: viola da gamba, gamba; a bowed string instrument with frets; during its history the viol was made in many different sizes)
LC Classification
- ML927.V5
- MT336-MT338
Change Notes
- 2001-09-20: new
- 2001-11-08: revised

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