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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 …, 1891
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1The bore is usually turned once or twice round itself. The bending of the tube has frequently been attributed to a Frenchman called Maurin, about 1400; but this construction was known in the East centuries before: that instruments so made were employed in Italy is proved from the bas reliefs of Luca della Robbia, which were intended to ornament the organ chamber in the Cathedral of Florence.
3Three kinds of trumpets are cited by Virdung (Musica getutscht und auszgezogen, 1511), and called by him felttrummet, clareta, and thurner horn. The engravings given by Virdung are so indistinct that it is difficult to understand in what the differences between these instruments consisted. M. Victor Mahillon, of the Brussels Conservatoire, is, however, of opinion that the felttrummet was used for military purposes, and that the clareta resembled the clarino, a form of trumpet which will be presently described, the thurner horn being used by watchmen and guards.
5Prætorius (Syntagma, 1618) mentions only the trummet and the jäger trummet. Of these the trummet was in D, and by the aid of a crook could be put in C. The jäger trummet was a cor de chasse. The same writer takes notice of the Alp horn, which he describes as the hölzern trummet. The D trumpet he tells us had a compass, which, by a really good player, could thus be extended upwards:—
7And Bach, in his cantata "Der Himmel lacht," writes the trumpet part up to the 20th harmonic! The trumpet parts at the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries were generally divided into three, and called by the following:—
9Principal.—Embracing from the 5th to the 10th harmonic sounds.
10Clarino I.—Embracing from the 8th harmonic sound upwards to the extreme high limit, according to the capability of the player.
11Clarino II.—Embracing from the 6th to the 12th harmonic sounds.
12To these a fourth part called toccato was sometimes added.
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