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viola d'amore
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viola d'amo·re (-dä mô′rā)
an early stringed instrument of the viol family having a set of wire strings that are stretched behind the bowed gut strings, and whose sympathetic vibrations produce soft, clear, ringing tones
Etymology: It, lit., viol of love
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