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The Quintet of Remembrance

ViolaWW-2000-527408

2000·Single-channel video, transferred from 35mm film, color, silent, 16 min., 19 sec.·12 × 18 × 24 ft. (365.8 × 548.6 × 731.5 cm)

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2001

Catalogue

Year: 2000
Medium: Single-channel video, transferred from 35mm film, color, silent, 16 min., 19 sec.
Dimensions: 12 × 18 × 24 ft. (365.8 × 548.6 × 731.5 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Viola

Artist

Viola

The viola ( vee-OH-lə, Italian: [ˈvjɔːla, viˈɔːla]) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. The viola is slightly larger than the violin and has a lower sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the violin family, between the violin (which is tuned a perfect fifth higher) and the cello (which is tuned an octave lower). The strings from low to high are typically tuned to C3, G3, D4, and A4.

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