one of the first known instances of a composer specifically calling for the use of a bass violin, the predecessor of the modern cello, was in the opera Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi?
cellistFelix Wurman founded the Church of Beethoven, described by NPR as "a church for people who don't go to church," in an abandoned gas station off Route 66 in New Mexico?
Question 4: The orch-rock group, ________, which has pioneered the use of stringed and symphonic instruments, employs the cello in very creative ways for many of their "psychedelic-esque" melodies.
Question 6: The Byzantinelira spread through Europe westward and in the 11th and 12th centuries European writers use the terms ________ and lira interchangeably when referring to bowed instruments (Encyclopædia Britannica.
Question 8: From the Classical era, the two concertos by Joseph Haydn in C major and D major stand out, as do the five sonatas for cello and pianoforte of ________ which span the important three periods of his compositional evolution.
Question 10: The bow is drawn across the strings roughly halfway between the end of the ________ and the bridge, in a direction perpendicular to the strings.