The viola organista is a musical instrument designed by Leonardo da Vinci, was an Italian Renaissance polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography, he died in which year?
Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (] ; 15 April 14522 May 1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian Renaissance polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He has been variously called the father of palaeontology, ichnology, and architecture, and is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Sometimes credited with the inventions of the parachute, helicopter and tank, he epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal.
Peter Breisiger Peter Breisiger (also "Briesger", "Bryssiger", fl. 1516-1542, dates of birth and death unknown) was a German organ builder. He was active in the first half of the 16th century, worked in Germany and the Low Countries. Breisiger continued the progressive German tradition of the previous century (represented by Stephan Kaschendorf, Heinrich Traxdorf and others), which dealt away with the old Blockwerk organ by introducing separate divisions. He went further than that and invented several types of stops (including some compound ones). He also authored a number of writings on registration, which are considered today the most important such instructions of the 16th century and are still consulted.