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3932136A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Viola PomposaGeorge GroveEdward John Payne

VIOLA POMPOSA. A small Violoncello with an additional treble string, tuned thus:—

${ << \new Staff { \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \time 3/2 e'1 } \new Staff { \clef bass <c, g, d a>1 } >> }$

It was invented by Sebastian Bach, and is probably identical with the 'Violoncello piccolo' of his scores. The sixth of his solos for the Violoncello was written for this instrument. [See p. 281b.]

[ E. J. P. ]