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The viola and violin family developed sometime around the 1500s in Italy from previous bowed instruments. The shape of viola and violin as it is today was not invented but was rather the result of an evolution of various forms, by different craftsmen.

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When was the viola founded?

The stringed instrument viola necessarily founded but it was invented. It was invented in the 1500s and our modern viola was invented around 1873.


Who invent the viola?

The viola was not invented by one person nobody know who invented it.


Who invented a violas?

According to historians nobody knows who invented the viola.


What date was the viola created?

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Why was the viola invented?

well... people were probably tired of violin and cellos so they created the viola. that's MY theory


In which year was the viola created?

The viola was first created in the 16th century and our modern viola was created in the 19th century.


When was the viola first made?

it was invented by Lionel Tertis


Date that the viola was invented?

Actually, nobody actually really knows.


Who invented the Viola and when?

The viola was never "invented", as such, rather a process of evolving ways of carving wood into a shape to make a nice sound. Its history is longer than the violin's, as originally the violin was viewed a a small viola, hence the ending "ino" [in italian] in violino, translated to violin.


What year was the viola first used?

Indeed it was. Our contemporary viola model was created in the 19th century though.


What was invented first the Viola or the Cello?

It is not known which was invented first because neither the viola nor the cello have exact dates of invention, or even exact years. Both instruments are traced back to the early 1500s. It is likely that they were invented around the same time.