Viola alta

Viola alta 1. in 17th- and 18th-c. Italy probably syn. of viola, 1; 2. large viola made by Karl Adam Hörlein of Würzburg and introduced in 1876 by violist Hermann Ritter, who had a fifth string added to it in 1898 (for e2). Hörlein also called his instr. Altgeige. It had a body length of 48 cm. (19 in.). Cf. viola bassa, violon-alto (26, 191); 3. organ stop of string tone, named after Ritter's instr. Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Besseler, Heinrich. Zum Problem der…