IT’S the dumb blonde of the string section, the Rodney Dangerfield of the orchestra, the Polish joke of the music world. We speak of the viola, that ungainly love child of the violin and cello. Don’t ...

What’s the difference between a viola and a trampoline? You take your shoes off to jump on a trampoline. Those damn viola jokes! Though usually good-natured and funny, they nonetheless belittle a ...