About the viola pomposa revival

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Keywords:

Viola pomposa, Violin, Violoncello piccolo, 5-stringed, Spalla

Abstract

The viola pomposa is a 5-stringed instrument of baroque origin similar to the traditional orchestral viola, with an additional high E string. It has received divergent names since the late eighteenth century, being confounded with “violino pomposo“, “violino tenor“, “violoncello da spalla“ and even “violoncello piccolo“. It never got popularity probably because of its expensive string maintenance and bigger efforts to be played, reasons which don’t justify anymore its absence from the concert halls. This article describes a Brazilian viola pomposa made by Carlos Martins Del Picchia in Belo Horizonte in 2006 after Guadagnini’s “La Parmigiana“ (1765) and lists an international repertory for the instrument, where the Brazilian production stands out for printed scores and audio/video recordings.

Author Biography

  • Zoltan Paulinyi , University of Évora (Portugal)

    Bachelor in Physics from UFMG (1999), Master in Music in the Graduate Program "Music in Context" of the Music Department of the University of Brasilia (2010). Violinist of the Symphony Orchestra of the Teatro Nacional Claudio Santoro (OSTNCS) in Brasília since the year 2000, soloist of violins in 2007 and part of 2010, Violin soloist in 2009. Director of the SPES Program of contemporary chamber music exchange since 2008. Creator of the 2006 and 2010 Composition Competitions of Quarteto Amizade and Lignea respectively, with which he has been producing bilingual records for international dissemination of Brazilian music. He studied violin with Ricardo Giannetti and composition with Oiliam Lanna, among others. Winner of the Young Instrumentalists National Competition (Universidade Federal University of Goiás, 2002); Pró-Musica Trophy of Art Critics as the "Revelation" instrumentalist of Minas Gerais in 1998. 1998. As a composer, he had his works selected for presentation at the Music Biennials of Funarte in 2005 and 2009.

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2012-01-10

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No. 25 (2012): General Topics

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“About the Viola Pomposa Revival”. 2012. Per Musi, no. 25 (January): 1-9. https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/40314.