Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe

Jean (?) de Sainte-Colombe (c. 1640 – c. 1700) was a French composer and violist. He was a celebrated master of the viola da gamba and was credited (by Jean Rousseau in his Traité de la viole (1687))[1] with adding the seventh string, tuned to the note AA (A1 in scientific pitch notation), on the bass viol.

  1. ^ Rousseau, Jean (1687). Traité de la viole. Paris: C. Ballard. p. 24. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

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