The music he is playing, of Marin Marais and St. Colombe, would have been written a century after da Vinci's death in 1519 as St. Colombe and Marais were born i

The music he is playing, of Marin Marais and St. Colombe, would have been written a century after da Vinci's death in 1519 as St. Colombe and Marais were born in the 1600s. However, the instrument suits the music naturally well as some kind of viola da gamba would have been around during da Vinci's time. What has morphed into the modern day violin, viola and cello but has lost the breathy sorrowful voice of the gamba in exchange for virtuosity and loudness. Music more representative of da Vinci's time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD_wZLpaVPg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD_wZLpaVPg For more of the beautiful music of Marais and St. Colombe see Jordi Savall, the living maestro on the viola da gamba: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylpOO-7cyt0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylpOO-7cyt0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fXQ7Su4KZ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fXQ7Su4KZ8 and the beautiful film made about the two composers, about grief and love, about the viola da gamba: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF41CDD78BE4BF6C8 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF41CDD78BE4BF6C8 Savall's own wife died in 2011 and when I watch this movie since then, I feel his (pre-widower) outpouring of the deepest expression of grief. It's stunning.