violet
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The obbligato viole d’amore parts in the bass arioso “Betrachte, meine Seel’,” were ravishingly played.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2014
Soon, though, it's dash away all to the Holy Land, and the drums of war drown out the viole d'amour.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some 20 years ago, it occurred to him that modern instruments like the piano and violin were not suited to the music written for harpsichord and viole d'amour during the 17th and 18th Centuries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Angels 318 gather round bending towards their instruments with earnest faces; Matteo's angels can never only calmly pray, they must sing or else play on tambourines, viole d'amore, cymbals and organs.
From The Story of Assisi by Gordon, Lina Duff
The musicians meanwhile performed a series of madrigals accompanied by viole d'amore, violins, and viole da gamba.
From A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg by Hay, Marie, Hon. (Agnes Blanche Marie)
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Non-Color Words to Use When Describing Color
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