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any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family

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For the second half, Wimmer and Urbanetz swapped their rebabs for viola de gambas, while the oud was replaced by guitar, played by Pierre Pitzl.

The musical aftermath of Al-Andalus

In fact, according to BBC News, the two occasionally play duets together--he on the piano and she on the viola de gamba, an ancient stringed instrument.

The pope's right-hand fraulein

She regrets that she has rarely been asked about her private world, but in real life she plays the viola de gamba, does crossword puzzles, and dabbles in singing and ballroom dancing.

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The cantatas involved are "Un' alma innamorata,' quite lovely; "Chi rapi la pace al core?," and "la Lucrezia." The Sonata in C for Viola de Gamba and Harpsichord and several other short instrumental pieces round out the program.

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