viola d'amore

The oboe d'amore (Italian for 'love oboe'; (pronounced [ˈɔːboe daˈmoːre]), less commonly hautbois d'amour ( French: [obwɑ damuʁ]), is a double reed woodwind musical instrument in the oboe family.

"Chiefly distinguishable from the Viola D'amore by having seven strings above and fourteen below, which must therefore be tuned differently. Owing to the number of lower sympathetic strings, the tone is stronger."

vi·​o·​la vē-ˈō-lə : a musical instrument of the violin family that is intermediate in size and compass between the violin and cello and is tuned a fifth below the violin. violist. vē-ˈō-list. noun.

The viola d'amore was first mentioned in 1649 in Hamburg, and its earliest detailed description stems from a 1679 entry in John Evelyn's diary: it is an instrument 'of 5 wyre-strings, plaied on with a bow… Lyra-way' (i.e. varying tunings were used and the music was written in tablature, as with the lyra-viol).

De amore (Latin "On Love") may refer to: De amore (Andreas Capellanus) (1186–1190)

Pitched in the key of A (a minor third lower than the standard oboe), the Oboe d'amore means "oboe of love" in Italian, and it has a warm and expressive tone that, while similar, has a slightly sweeter tone than a normal oboe.

seven playing Yet, like a violin, it is unfretted and held under the chin while played. Violas d'amore typically have seven playing strings, though instruments with other numbers of strings are not unusual.

In addition to standard viol family characteristics – similarly sized, a flat back, intricately carved head at the top of the peg box, sound holes (often shaped like a flaming sword in an Islamic reference, although some interpret it as a “flame of love”), unfretted, and played horizontally – it has a second set of ...

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violet Other definitions for viola (2 of 3) any plant of the genus Viola, especially a cultivated variety.: Compare pansy (def. 1), violet (defs. 1, 2). a pansy, V. cornuta, cultivated as a garden plant.

Italian: patronymic from the personal name Amore, meaning 'love'. D'Amore sometimes denoted a foundling or an illegitimate son, a 'love child'.

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