Promoting education and enjoyment of the viola da gamba and its music
We are the Southern California Chapter of the Viola da Gamba Society of America, a non-profit organization dedicated to the education and enjoyment of the viola da gamba and its music.
Viva fui in silvis sum dura occisa securi dum vixi tacui mortua dulce cano.
I was alive in the woods. I was cut down by the cruel axe. While I lived I was silent. In death I sweetly sing.
- Anonymous
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E non meno diletta la musica delle quattro viole da arco, la quale è soavissima ed artificiosa
And no less delightful is the music of four bowed viols which is very sweet and artful.
— Baldassare Castiglione