CONSORT - A term used in the Renaissance period for a small instrumental ensemble. A consort is said to be "whole" (for example, a chest of viols or a nest of recorders) or "broken" (an ensemble with contrasting instruments).

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consort is instrumental ensemble of Early instruments
consort instrumental group viols
consort instrumental group shawms
consort instrumental group recorders
consort instrumental group cornettos
consort instrumental group rackets
consort instrumental group sackbuts
consort instrumental group kortholt
consort has "whole" example _chest of viols_
consort has "whole" example _nest of recorders_
consort instrumental group of Renaissance