The name too, _fidula_ or _vidula_, from mediaeval Latin _fides_, "string," became fiddle and viola, the smaller viola being called violino, the larger, violoncello and viola da gamba. ❋ Edward MacDowell (1884)
"violino" was used as late as 1597 to designate the tenor viol. ❋ Unknown (1896)
Musicisti aggiunti: Hannah Porter (violino) e Charlotte Nichols (violoncello). ❋ Unknown (2007)
Delvor was a far better lutarist and lutar leader than he had ever been a violino player. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (2001)
The two violino players check the tuning on their instruments, while the woodwind player moistens his reed. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (2001)
Secca, wearing a pale blue tunic, walked toward Palian, the gray-haired and gray-eyed woman who held a violino, and who stood before the first group of players. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (2001)
Somehow, Palian managed to break her fall and save the violino. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (2001)
Delvor dismounted to help the young violino player in her struggles with mount and saddle. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (2001)
The first three bars were all violino, before the wood-winds and falk-horn joined. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (2001)
As the errant violino player scrambled into the saddle, Palian nodded in the direction of both Stepan and Secca. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (2001)
Palian was already out of the saddle, uncasing her violino with one hand and motioning players into place with the other. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (2001)
From the corner of her eye, Secca could see several players collapsing, and even Palian staggering, barely hanging on to her violino. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (2001)
"Nay, Lady Anna, save the young violino player, who mentioned that Falar rode out of Fussen a half year ago, a week after Lord Vlassa's death, and none in the keep had seen him since." ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (1999)
Smith non perde occasione di aggiornarsi ai suoni moderni, pur rimanendo fedele alla sua "poetica" clownesca, come dimostrano i brani da ballo, che sono forse il meglio del disco: la novelty alla B52's (coretto scipito, organetto stridulo) di The Little Rebel, il surreale Black Month Theme (un blues/rap balbettato su un organo gospel e un violino miagolante), il voodoobilly sgangherato (e deturpato da ogni sorta di campionamenti-spazzatura) di Extricate. ❋ Unknown (1999)
She hadn't even known that the thin violino player had a fever. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (1999)
"It will take a moment, Prophet, to check the tuning," explains the older violino player, bowing again. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (1999)
"Take out that violino and play something for me." ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (1998)
"Why could she not cast a spell against all evils?" asked Delvor as he packed away his violino. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (1998)
His fingers were white where they clutched his violino case. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (1998)
The trembling lessened as he began to tune the violino. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (1998)
