For ten points, name this second-lowest string instrument in the violin family, which is played by Pablo Casals and Yo-Yo Ma.
This instrument represents King Solomon in Ernest Bloch's work, Schelomo. Luigi Boccherini composed twelve concertos for this instrument, which Gabriel Fauré used to accompany the piano in his Sicilienne. Tchaikovsky wrote Variations on a Rococo Theme for this instrument and orchestra, and Dvorak wrote a (*) concerto in B minor for it. In response to the First World War, Edward Elgar wrote a work for this instrument in E minor, which was famously played by Jacqueline du Pre. For ten points, name this second-lowest string instrument in the violin family, which is played by Pablo Casals and Yo-Yo Ma.
This instrument represents King Solomon in Ernest Bloch's work, Schelomo.
violoncello [accept celli] &lt;MP&gt;