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Volume Year
I *1964
II *1965
III *1966
IV *1967
V *1968
VI *1969
VII *1970
VIII *1971
IX *1972
X *1973
Volume Year
XI *1974
XII *1975
XIII *1976
XIV *1977
XV *1978
XVI *1979
XVII *1980
XVIII *1981
XIX *1982
XX *1983
Volume Year
XXI *1984
XXII *1985
XXIII *1986
XXIV *1987
XXV *1988
XXVI *1989
XXVII *1990
XXVIII *1991
XXIX *1992
XXX *1993
Volume Year
XXXI *1994
XXXII *1995
XXXIII *1996
XXXIV *1997
XXXV *1998
XXXVI *1999
XXXVII *2000
XXXVIII *2001
XXXIX *2002
XL *2003
Volume Year
XLI *2004
XLII *2005
XLIII *2006
XLIV *2007-8
XLV *2009-10



Volume 1, 1964 (View)

The Bow in Medieval Music
Karl Neumann | p. 4

A Manuscript Collection of Viola da Gamba Music
Elizabeth Cowling | p. 16

An Inquiry on the Evolution of the Viol
George Glenn | p. 30

Review of Modern Methods for the Viola da Gamba
Wendell Margrave | p. 39

The "Lordly Viol" in the Literature of the English Renaissance
Sara Ruth Watson | p. 51

Building a Viol: Project or Pipe Dream?
Edgar M. Hoover | p. 63

List of Modern Publications for the Viols | p. 70



Volume 2, 1965 (View)

The Renaissance Sources of the Viol
Karl Neumann | p. 5

Trichet's Treatise: A 17th Century Description of the Viols
Tr. Gordon J. Kinney | p. 16

The Viol in France
Peter Farrell | p. 21

New York Pro Musica and the Soviet Union: Personal Observations
Judith Davidoff | p. 30

The Alto Viol
George Glenn | p. 34

Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments
Robert Austin Warner | p. 38

Review of Interpretations of Early Music by Robert Donnington
Wendell Margrave | p. 49

The Breathing House
Charles G. Bell | p. 53

Explanation of the Shape, the Tuning and Use of the Lyra Viol by Marin Mersenne
Tr. Robert Green | p. 54

Catalog of Viol Music | p. 58



Volume 3, 1966 (View)

Marin Marais as Editor of His Own Compositions
Gordon J. Kinney | p. 5

An 18th Century Treatise on the Viol by Etienne Loulie
Albert Cohen | p. 17

Solo and Duet Viol Music by Charles Dolle
John Hsu | p. 24

Musical Instrument Collection of Boston
Narcissa Williamson | p. 26

Slur Marks in Bach's Cello Suites
Karl Neumann | p. 34

Manchester Lyra Viol Tablature (Further information)
Frank Traficante | p. 52

Pardessus de Viol or Chanterelle
Cecile Dolmetsch | p. 56

Review of Instrumental Music Printed before 1600 by Howard Mayer Brown
Neal Bozarth, Jr. | p. 60

Two Old Viols | p. 69

A Viol Discography
Carl N. Helmick, Jr. | p. 73



Volume 4, 1967 (View)

Diego Ortiz' Tratado de Glosas
Tr. Peter Farrell | p. 5

Transcription as an Element in Performance Practice
Efrim Fruchtman | p. 10

Viols and Violins in the Epitome Musical of Philibert Jambe de Fer
Tr. Gordon J. Kinney | p. 14

On Captain Hume's "Wrong" Notes
Karl Neumann | p. 21

George Herbert: Priest, Poet, Musician
Amy M. Charles | p. 27

Nomenclature of the Bowed Instruments by Fritz Ernst
Tr. Virginia M. Hefler | p. 37

A Viol Discography: 1967 Supplement
Carl Helmick | p. 53

Doctoral Dissertation on the Viol
George Bachmann | p. 68



Volume 5, 1968 (View)

Tobias Hume's First Part of Ayres, Chapter 1
William V. Sullivan | p. 5

Music for the Lyra Viols: Printed Sources
Frank Traficante | p. 16

Problems of Melodic Ornamentation in French Viol Music
Gordon J. Kinney 34

Consorts: Whole or Broken
Raymond Vaught | p. 51

Were the Early Violoncello Sonatas Transcriptions
Elizabeth Cowling | p. 56

Portraits of our Members
p. 70

Museum Pages: Two Old Bass Viols
| p. 74

A Viol Discography: 1968 Supplement
Carl Helmick | p. 82

Reviews
| p. 95



Volume 6, 1969 (View)

Putting Simpson into Practice
Sheila Marshall | p. 5

Tobias Hume's First Part of Ayres, Chapter II
William V. Sullivan | p. 13

The First Viol Tutor: Hans Gerle's Musica Teutsch
Alexander Silbiger | p. 34

Up with the Trill!
Robert Donnington | p. 49

The Crwth
Cecile Dolmetsch | p. 54

Portraits of our Members | p. 60

Museum Pages: Two Old Bass Viols | p. 68

Reviews | p. 75



Volume 7, 1970 (View)

Jean Rousseau on the Mechanics of Viol Playing
Tr. Karl Neumann | p. 5

History and Literature of the Viola d'Amore
Rose-Marie Johnson | p. 13

Case for the Use of Vibrate on the Viol
Gordon J. Kinney | p. 52

Bowed String Instruments of the Basso Continuo ca. 1680-1752 inItaly and France
Henry Burnett | p. 65

Tobias Hume's First Part of Ayres, Chapter III
William V. Sullivan | p. 92

Portraits of our Members | p. 112

Museum Pages: A Gavinie Pardessus Viole | p. 116

Review of Working Plans for a Bass Viol | p. 120



Volume 8, 1971 (View)

Maugar's Response Faite a un Curieux sur la Sentiment de la
Tr. Walter H. Bishop | p. 5

Musique d'Italie Reverberations on the Use of Vibrato on the Viol
Paul Furnas | p. 18

Bowed String Instruments of the Basso Continuo (continued)
Henry Burnett | p. 29

Tobias Hume's First Part of Ayres, Chapter III (continued)
William V. Sullivan | p. 64

In Memoriam: George Glenn | p. 94

Viol Discography: Supplement
Carl Helmick | p. 96



Volume 9, 1972 (View)

Tenor I or Alto? Some thoughts on Instrumentation of the Consort of Viols
Marco Pallas | p. 5

Tobias Hume's First Part of Ayres, Chapter IV: Summary and Conclusions
William V. Sullivan | p. 16

A Comparison of The Cries of London by Gibbons and Weelkes
Rose-Marie Johnson | p. 38

Portraits of Our Members | p. 55

Reviews | p. 59



Volume 10, 1973 (View)

Karl Friedrich Abel: Some Contemporary Impressions
Sarah Joiner Wynn | p. 5

Hubert Le Blanc's Defense de la viole
Tr. Barbara G. Jackson | p. 11

Henry Blakiston Who? Or some Early Instruments at the Library of Congress
Frank Traficante | p. 29

Traditions of Solo Viol Playing in France and the Music of Morel
Mary Cyr | p. 81

Diego Ortiz's Principles of Ornamentation for the viol: Tratado di glosas
Julia Ann Griffin | p. 88

Portraits of Our Members | p. 97

Correspondence | p. 98



Volume 11, 1974 (View)

The Viol in Baroque Paintings and Drawings
Mary Cyr | p. 5

Hubert Le Blanc's Defense de la viole (continued)
Tr. Barbara G. Jackson | p. 17

Antique Viols and Related Instruments from the Caldwell Collection
James Caldwell | p. 60

Fray Juan Bermudo's Methods of Measuring Frets
Gordon J. Kinney | p. 90

Captain Hume's Invention for Two to Play Upon One Viole
Karl Neumann | p. 102



Volume 12, 1975 (View)

Solo Music for the Treble Viol
Mary Cyr | p. 5

Commentary on Le Blanc's Defense de la viole
Barbara G. Jackson | p. 14

An Essay in Consort Intrepretation
Gordon Dodd | p. 37

Danoville's Treatise on Viol Playing
Tr. Gordon J. Kinney | p. 45

Abraham Prescott and his Bass Viols
Samuel R. Ogden | p. 73

An Interview with August Wenzinger
Marjorie Bram | p. 77



Volume 13, 1976 (View)

Consort Song and Verse Anthem: A Few Performance Problems
Craig Monson | p. 4

A Letter from J.B.A. Forqueray
Tr. John Rutledge | p. 12

Writings on the Viol by Dubuisson, DeMachy, Roland Marais and Etienne Loulie
Tr. Gordon J. Kinney | p. 17

The Well-Fingered Viol
Sheila Marshall | p. 56

Reviews | p. 62

Correspondence | p. 66



Volume 14, 1977 (View)

Jean Rousseau and Ornamentation in French Viol Music
Robert A. Green | p. 4

A "Tempest in a Glass of Water" or a Conflict of Esthetic Attitudes
Gordon J. Kinney | p. 42

Bows and Bowing
Nathalie Dolmetsch | p. 53

Silvestro Ganassi's Regola Rubertina: Revelations and Questions
Richard D. Bodig | p. 61

Reviews | p. 71

Correspondence | p. 75



Volume 15, 1978 (View)

Viola in Seventeen-Century Flemish Paintings: The Iconography of Music, Indoors and Out
Richard D. Leppert | p. 5

Monteclair, the Viol Player's Composer
Julie Anne Sadie | p. 41

Antique Bowed Instruments in the Dolmetsch Collection
Nathalie Dolmetsch | p. 51

Violin Versus Viol in English Fantasia-Suites
Jane T. Johnson | p. 88

Change and Tradition in the Early In Nomine
Robert W. Weidner | p. 102

Reviews | p. 113



Volume 16, 1979 (View)

On the Use of Slurs in Enlish Viol Music
Peter Farrell | p. 5

Possibilities for Mean-Tone Temperament Playing on Viols
Frederick K. Gable | p. 22

Music for the Dessus and Pardessus de Violes, Published in France, ca. 1650-1770
Adrian Rose | p. 40

Viol Bibliography
John Rutledge | p. 47

Reviews | p. 72



Volume 17, 1980 (View)

Telemann's Use of the Viol as a Solo or Concertant Instrument
Gordon J. Kinney | p. 5

Hubert Le Blanc's Concept of Viol Sound
John Rutledge | p. 28

Saraband: Speed, Steps, and Stress
Ellen TeSelle Boal | p. 38

The Lyra Viol in Consort: An Example from Uppsala, Universitetsbiblioteket Imhs 4:3
Ila H. Stoltzfus | p. 47

The Decline of the Viol in the Seventeeth-Century England: Some Observations
Patricia Olds | p. 60

Reviews | p. 70

Contributor Profiles | p. 87



Volume 18, 1981 (View)

Eloise Glenn Lowry | p. 5

In Memoriam: Gordon J. Kinney
Rey M. Longyear | p. 6

Ganassi's Regola Rubertina
Tr. Richard D. Bodig | p. 13

Charles Dolle's First Work for Pardessus de Viole
Robert A. Green | p. 67

The French Viol School before 1650
Michel Sicard | p. 76

The Music of Johann Schenck: Some Observations
Stephen Luttmann | p. 97

Reviews | p. 121

Contributor Profiles | p. 128



Volume 19, 1982 (View)

The Musical Circle of Anthony Wood in Oxford Dancing the Commonwealth and Restoration
Bruce Bellingham | p. 6

Rebec in French Literary Sources from 1379 to 1780
Margaret Anne Downie | p. 71

Ganassi's Regola Rubertina (conclusion)
Tr. Richard D. Bodig | p. 99

Tribute to Karl Neumann | p. 164

Contributor Profiles | p. 167



Volume 20, 1983 (View)

On Letting the Music Speak for Itself: Some Reflections on Musicology and Performance
Richard Taruskin | p. 6

Purcell's Clock Tempos and the Fantasias
Ellen TeSelle Boal | p. 24

A Translation of the Preface to Terpsichore of Michael Praetorius
Bruce R. Carvell | p. 40

Grounds for Putting Simpson into Practice
Gordon Dodd | p. 60

Reviews | p. 68

Contributor Profiles | p. 81



Volume 21, 1984 (View)

North Italian Viols at the Shrine to Music Musuem
Margart Downie Banks | p. 7

Sir Peter Leycester's Book on Music
Hermione Abbey | p. 28

Henry Butler and the Early Viol Sonata
Elizabeth Phillips | p. 45

Christopher Simpson's Little Consort
Ila Stoltzfus | p. 53

Dudley Ryer 1715-1716: Extracts from the Diary of a Student Viol Player
Ian Woodfield | p. 64

Reviews | p. 69

Contributors | p. 75



Volume 22, 1985 (View)

In Memoriam: Oliver Wendell Margrave
John Vickrey | p. 7

New Sources for the Study of Portuguese Seventeenth-Century Consort Music
Rui Vieria Nery | p. 9

The Lyffe and Times of a Viole Composer (Late 20th c.)
David Loeb | p. 29

Per Norgard's Works for Early Music Ensemble
Jean Christensen | p. 35

The French Viol School: The Repertory from 1650 to Saint-Colombe (about 1680)
Michel Sicard | p. 42

Reviews | p. 56

Contributor Profiles | p. 69



Volume 23, 1986 (View)

Lyra Viol Accompaniment in Robert Jone's Second Booke of Songs and Ayres (1601)
Deborah Teplow | p. 6

Paul de wit: Reviver of the Viols
John Rutledge | p. 19

Catalog of the European Musical Instruments n the Ueno Gakuen Collection
Nobuko Uchino | p. 27

John Ward of Canterbury
Robert Ford | p. 51

The Treble Viol in 17th-century France and the Origins of the Pardessus de Viole
Robert Green | p. 64

A Composer Index for Gordon Dodd's Thematic Index
Gordon Sandford | p. 72

German Literature for Viola da Gamba in the 16th and 17th Centuries by Alfred Einstein, pp. 1-13
Tr. Richard D. Bodig | p. 81

Reviews | p. 93

Contributor Profiles | p. 117



Volume 24, 1987 (View)

Leo M. Traynor
Newton Blakeslee | p. 6

Aethestics of the French Solo Viol Repertory, 1650-1680
Donald Beecher | p. 10

Rhetoric and Eloquence: Dramatic Expression in Marin Marais' Pieces de viole
Deborah Teplow | p. 22

German Literature for Viola da Gamba in the 16th and 17th Centuries by Alfred Einstein, pp. 13-23
Tr. Richard D. Bodig | p. 51

Reviews | p. 65

Contributor Profiles | p. 70



Volume 25, 1988 (View)

The American Society of Ancient Instruments
Joan M. Meixell | p. 6

German Literature for Viola da Gamba in the 16th and 17th Centuries by Alfred Einstein, pp. 29-52
Tr. Richard D. Bodig | p. 29

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 53

Reviews | p. 57

Contributor Profiles | p. 65



Volume 26, 1989 (View)

German Literature for Viola da Gamba in the 16th and 17th Centuries by Alfred Einstein, pp. 44-59
Tr. Richard D. Bodig | p. 7

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 83

Reviews | p. 87

Contributor Profiles | p. 109



Volume 27, 1990 (View)

A Summary of Dubuisson's Life and Sources
Stuart Cheney | p. 7

New Documents on the Sixteenth-Century Venetian Viol Maker
Giulio M. Ongaro | p. 22

Catalogue of the European Musical Instruments in the Ueno Gakuen Collection
Nobuko Uchino | p. 29

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 40

Reviews | p. 43

New Grove Index for Viol Players | p. 55

Contributor Profiles | p. 77



Volume 28, 1991 (View)

Giovanni Valentini's In te Domine speravi and the Demise of the Viola Bastarda
Steven Saunders | p. 1

The Fretless Approach to Gamba Playing
John Rutledge | p. 21

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 49

Reviews | p. 53

Contributor Profiles | p. 69



Volume 29, 1992 (View)

Martin Peerson's Private Musicke
Julia J. Heydon | p. 1

German Literature for Viola da Gamba in the 16th and 17th Centuries: Annotations by Alfred Einstein | p. 27

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 65

Reviews | p. 68

Contributor Profiles | p. 78



Volume 30, 1993 (View)

A Tribute to Howard Brown
Ian Woodfield | p. 1

A Selective Bibliography on Howard Mayer Brown's Books and Articles Pertaining to the Viol
Caroline Cunningham | p. 3

A History of the Viola da Gamba Society of America: Background and Founding
Phyllis E. Olson | p. 5

On Playing Continuo
Martha Bishop | p. 42

Ann Ford: An Eighteenth-Century Portrait
Judith Davidoff | p. 51

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 67

Reviews | p. 70

Contributor Profiles| p. 74



Volume 31, 1994 (View)

Tempo Indications in Purcell's Fantasias and Sonatas: A Performer's
Ellen TeSelle Boal | p. 9

Guide to New and Conflicting Signatures

A History of the Viola da Gamba of America, Part III: A Banner Year
Phyllis E. Olson | p. 25

The Making of an Amati Viol
Burritt Miller | p. 44

Finding out the True Identity of the Castagneri Viol: A Detective Story
Myrna Herzog | p. 60

Thomas Morley's Fantasia, Il Doloroso: An Analysis
Gordon Sandford | p. 74

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 81

Reviews | p. 84

Contributor Profiles | p. 101



Volume 32, 1995 (View)

Donald Warnock: Interviews and Reminiscences
Kathy Benforado | p. 8

Where Were the Women before 1800?
Patrice Connelly | p. 34

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 41

Conference Reports: The Fantasia in England from Alfonso Ferrabosco II to Henry Purcell
Ruby Reid Thompson | p. 44

Two French Colloques devoted to the Viol
Stuart Cheney | p. 50

Reviews | p. 58

Corrigenda | p. 84

Contributor Profiles | p. 86



Volume 33, 1996 (View)

A Tribute to Elizabeth Cowling
Martha Bishop | p. 10

The Use of Motivic and Thematic Material in the Music of Tobias Hume
Sterling Scott Jones | p. 15

The Viol in Bach's Passions: A Performer's Notes
Myrna Herzog | p. 30

Gender, Class, and Eighteenth-Century French Music: Barthelmy de Caix's Six Sonatas for Two Unaccompanied Pardessus de Viole, Part I
Tina Chancey | p. 47

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 79

Reviews | p. 82

Contributor Profiles | p. 94



Volume 34, 1997 (View)

Interview with Sydney Beck
Alison Fowle | p. 5

Gender, Class, and Eighteenth-Century French Music: Barthelmy de Caix's Six Sonatas for Two Unaccompanied Pardessus de Viole, Part II
Tina Chancey | p. 16

Ornamentation in English Lyra Viol Music, Part I: Slurs, Juts, Thumps, and Other "Graces" for the bow
Mary Cyr | p. 48

The Archetype of Johann Sebastian Bach's Chorale Setting Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 660): A Composition with Viola da Gamba?
R. Bruggaier, tr. Roland Hutchinson | p. 67

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 75

Reviews | p. 77

Contributor Profiles | p. 103



Volume 35, 1998 (View)

An Interview with Dick Bodig
Phyllis Olson | p. 6

Ornamentation in English Lyra Viol Music, Part II: Shakes, Relishes, Falls, and Other "Graces" for the Left Hand
Mary Cyr | p. 16

Ludwig Christian Hesse and the Berlin Virtuoso Style
Michael O'Loghlin | p. 35

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 74

Reviews | p. 76

Contributor Profiles | p. 92



Volume 36, 1999 (View)

The Groundbreaking Treatise of Christopher Simpson
Ted Conner | p. 5

The Early History and use of the G Violone
Joëlle Morton | p. 40

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 67

Reviews | p. 69

Contributor Profiles | p. 95



Volume 37, 2000 (View)

Re-examining the Pardessus de Viole and its Literature, Part I: Introduction and Methods
Richard Sutcliffe | p. 5

Viols in Japan in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries
Yukimi Kambe | p. 31

Research Report: Conferences in Magnano and Edinburgh
Thomas G. MacCracken | p. 68

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 84

Correspondence | p. 90

Contributor Profiles | p. 93



Volume 38, 2001 (View)

The Sizes and Tunings of Early Viols: Some Questions (and a Few Answers)
Herbert W. Myers | p. 5

Re-examining the Pardessus de Viole and its Literature, Part II: Repertoire from 1722 to c. 1790
Richard Sutcliffe | p. 27

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 78

Reviews | p. 81

Contributor Profiles | p. 98



Volume 39, 2002 (View)

Musical-Rhetorical Gestures in the Fantasias of Henry Purcell
Ted Conner | p. 5

Between Fantazy and Aire: The "Active Braine" of William Lawes
Mark Davenport | p. 49

Research Report: Double Bass Session at the IMS Conference in Leuven, Belgium
Marc Vanscheeuwijck | p. 76

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 83

Reviews | p. 85

Correspondence | p. 106

Contributor Profiles | p. 113



Volume 40, 2003 (View)

Is the Quinton a Viol? A Puzzle Unraveled
Myrna Herzog | p. 5

The Richard Meares Viol in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Re-evaluated
Benjamin Hebbert | p. 36

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 49

Reviews | p. 51

Correspondence | p. 75

Contributor Profiles | p. 80



Volume 41, 2004 (View)

William Young's Fantasias a3, by Another Name, Still Sound as Sweet
Stephen Morris | p. 5

Harmonic Excursions in the English Early-Seventeenth-Century Four-part Fantasias of Alfonso Ferrabosco the Younger
Bruce Bellingham | p. 36

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 66

Reviews | p. 69

Contributor Profiles | p. 92



Volume 42, 2005 (View)

Samuel Pepys and the Viol
Martha Davidson | p. 5

Structural Ornaments: Transcending Binaries in Elizabethan and Jacobean Music
Ted Conner | p. 19

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 76

Reviews | p. 80

Contributor Profiles | p. 99



Volume 43, 2006 (View)

Forqueray Pieces de Viole (1747): A Rich Source of Mid-Eighteenth-Century French String Technique
Lucy Robinson | p. 5

"Let Them Be Lusty, Smart-Speaking Viols": William Lawes and the Lyra Viol Trio
John Cunningham | p. 32

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 69

Reviews | p. 72

Contributor Profiles | p. 88



Volume 44, 2007-8 (View)

A Portrait of the Musician Marin Marais by Jean Dieu dit Saint-Jean in the Museum in the Chateau of Blois, trans. Robert A. Green
Jonathan Dunford | p. 5

Renaissance Viol Tunings: A Reconsideration
Herbert W. Myers | p. 13

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 41

Reviews | p. 45

Contributor Profiles | p. 57



Volume 45, 2009-10 (View)

Toronto's Hart House Viols
Joëlle Morton | p. 5

Twin Viols: Evidence for Serial Production in the Workshop of Nicolas Bertrand
Thomas Fitz-Hugh Mace | p. 77

Recent Research on the Viol
Ian Woodfield | p. 122

Reviews | p. 125

Contributor Profiles | p. 135