Naomi: This is an organ, a popular instrument of the Baroque period ... like flutes or trumpets, or strings. Baroque music was full of tiny bits of improvisation and decoration - a bit like ...

2. The harpsichord made a short, staccato sound as the strings were plucked inside the instrument. If a Baroque composer wanted a longer sound on the harpsichord, he would have had to add ...

as a member of the string section of symphony orchestras, and some rock bands. History It's thought cellos evolved in the 16th century from other similar instruments; instruments like the viola da ...

The ensemble is multi-faceted and comprises a Baroque string orchestra that at times adds singers, winds or brass, and a variety of individually formed chamber ensembles for instrumentalists and ...

Reinforcing the period-specific instruments, Dirst says the string quartet instruments have ... are created for long legato lines. Instead, a Baroque bow is all about rhetoric and about inflecting ...