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The violin manufacture in Italy and its German origin : an historical sketch, 1906
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1broad sides, it greatly resembled our contra-bass, or the viola d'amour, which, by the way, threatens to become a rarity. Sometimes the sides were only curved, like those of the guitar, in intimate association with voices to accompany which, they came more and more into use. Violas were divided into four kinds, viz., treble, alto, tenor, and bass, which were held during performance either at the shoulder or between the knees—hence the term "shoulder violin" (Viola di Spalte, Viola di Braccio, the origin of the German word, Bratsche), and "knee violin" (Viola da Gamba). The bass viola alone, which still exists in a slightly modified form, as the contra-
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