viola – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term viola in music:

viola
organ string stop of 16', 8' or 4' pitch designed to imitate the sound of a viola (equivalent to "Viola" in English and "Bratsche" in German)

Language

Italian

Singular

viola

Plural

viole

Abbreviation

Vla.

Alt. abbreviations

Va.V.^laVle. (plural)V.^le (plural)

Synonym

Italian musical terms that include viola:

chiave di viola – alto clef (C-clef placing C4 on the third line of ...
colla viola – with the viola
contra viola – organ string stop of 16' pitch, sounding an octave...
pardessus de viole – pardessus de viole (the highest pitched member of ...
tutte viole – all the violas
viola alta – large viola made by Karl Adam Hörlein and introduc...
viola bassa – bass viola designed by Hermann Ritter in 1905 (twi...
viola bastarda – virtuosic (highly skilled and technically demandin...
viola d'amore – viola d'amore
viola da braccio – 16th- and 17th-century term for instruments of the...
viola da gamba – viol...
viola da gamba basso – bass viol (bass viola da gamba)
viola da gamba contralto – alto viol (alto viola da gamba)
viola da gamba soprano – treble viol (treble viola da gamba)
viola da gamba tenore – tenor viol (tenor viola da gamba)
viola da spalla – cello da spalla (small cello played braced against...
viola di bordone – baryton (string instrument similar to the viol, bu...
viola elettrica – electric viola
viola pomposa – viola pomposa (five-stringed viola developed aroun...
viola solo – viola solo (passage in which the viola is featured...
viola tenore – tenor viola (extinct member of the violin family)...

Music scores that include viola:

Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 (1893) Page 1
Franz Liszt: Missa pro organo (1879) Page 1
Gioachino Rossini: The Barber of Seville (1816) Page 1
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia (1900) Page 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 (1731) Page 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 (1826) Page 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (1822‑1824) Page 1
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (1874‑1875) Page 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 (1785) Page 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 (1788) Page 1

Italian musical terms related to viola:

alto – viola (string instrument)...
cello – cello
contrabbasso – double bass (string instrument)...
ottobasso – octobass (large bowed string instrument invented i...
violino – violin (bowed string instrument)...
violoncello – cello...
violone – violone (term used for several large instruments i...