FTP, what is this bass string instrument whose performers, such as Pablo Casals, "do it on a chair with their legs spread wide open."
Famous ones include the "Countess of Stanlein" and the "Davydov," and Heitor Villa-Lobos composed his Bachianas brasileiras for eight of these instruments and a soprano. It replaced the viola da gamba as a solo instrument, and along with the harpsichord it provided the basso continuo. FTP, what is this bass string instrument whose performers, such as Pablo Casals, "do it on a chair with their legs spread wide open."
Famous ones include the "Countess of Stanlein" and the "Davydov," and Heitor Villa-Lobos composed his Bachianas brasileiras for eight of these instruments and a soprano.
Violon{cello}