Towards the end of the 1930s, he made several tours in America as a viola and viola d'amore soloist.
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See under viola d'amore for more information.
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For special colours Bach also used lute, viola d'amore and viola da gamba, instruments that were already old-fashioned at the time.
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This notation was also used to notate music for the viola d'amore, an instrument played and composed for by composers such as Biber and Vivaldi.
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The viola d'amore used a great number of different tunings and writing music for it in scordatura notation was a natural choice for composers of the time.
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The solos by almost every principal player were stunning, and principal viola Charles Pikler even brought in an antique viola d'amore to capture the intimate sound of Juliet's heart.
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Phillip Dukes explained that he was playing a modern instrument with some design features of the archaic viola d'amore, giving it a particularly full and sensitive tone.
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In addition he offers an entertaining viola and tuba duet and a lovely fantasy for viola d'amore and five violas based on Johannes Ockegham's 15th century music.
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Vivaldi would have led the orchestra from the concert masters chair and would have played the first violin part, presumably switching to viola d'amore for this aria.