Daniel Farrant

Daniel Farrant (1575–1651)^[1] was an English composer, viol player and instrument maker. He invented types of citterns, the "poliphant" and the "stump", and also in England the early lyra viol or viola d'amore.^[2]

Recordings

Pavan, for lyra viol (John Merro lyra viol book) (4:31) on Short Tales For A Viol: English Music Of The 17th Century Vittorio Ghielmi

References

↑ Ashbee, Andrew. "Farrant, Daniel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/67960. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association: Volume 42 1916 "He there says that Mr. Daniel Farrant, the inventor of the poliphant and the stump, created the Viola d'Amore. ... Daniel Farrant may well be regarded as an early example of that race of instrument makers in our land who have done so."

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