Download or read book The Lira Da Braccio written by Sterling Scott Jones and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1995-05-22 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The very lack of concrete knowledge about the lira da braccio and its technical difficulties challenged Sterling Scott Jones to discover more about this sixteenth-century string instrument, which may be the missing link between the medieval fiddle and the modern violin.