The viola and violin family developed sometime around the 1500s in Italy from previous bowed instruments. The shape of viola and violin as it is today was not invented but was rather the result of an evolution of various forms, by different craftsmen.
The stringed instrument viola necessarily founded but it was invented. It was invented in the 1500s and our modern viola was invented around 1873.
well... people were probably tired of violin and cellos so they created the viola. that's MY theory
it was invented by Lionel Tertis
Indeed it was. Our contemporary viola model was created in the 19th century though.
The viola was created in the 1500s and our modern viola was created in the 19th century.The viola was made before the violin was!
In what year was the viola invented
The stringed instrument viola necessarily founded but it was invented. It was invented in the 1500s and our modern viola was invented around 1873.
The viola was not invented by one person nobody know who invented it.
According to historians nobody knows who invented the viola.
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well... people were probably tired of violin and cellos so they created the viola. that's MY theory
The viola was first created in the 16th century and our modern viola was created in the 19th century.
it was invented by Lionel Tertis
The viola was never "invented", as such, rather a process of evolving ways of carving wood into a shape to make a nice sound. Its history is longer than the violin's, as originally the violin was viewed a a small viola, hence the ending "ino" [in italian] in violino, translated to violin.
Actually, nobody actually really knows.
Indeed it was. Our contemporary viola model was created in the 19th century though.
It is not known which was invented first because neither the viola nor the cello have exact dates of invention, or even exact years. Both instruments are traced back to the early 1500s. It is likely that they were invented around the same time.