Meanings of viol player in английском

Here stood the viol player, chanting ballads and lays to their appointed tunes.

The bass viol player's face was almost funereal as he gazed abstractedly up into the branches of the tree above him.

The group is formed of two of his descendants, flautist William and viola-player Lisa, with harpsichordist David Adams and viol player Malachy Robinson.

She took her place among the viol players and began playing; but she had forgotten to tune her instrument, and her father stopped the performance.