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Cavalry Trumpet and Kettledrum Practice from the Time of the Celts and Romans to the Renaissance
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Cavalry Trumpet and Kettledrum Practice from the Time of the Celts and Romans to the Renaissance

Bruce Gleason
The Galpin Society journal, Vol.61, p.251
04/01/2008

Abstract

Music history Percussion music Renaissance period Trumpet music
Stemming from Celtic, Roman and Middle Eastern traditions, horse-mounted cavalry trumpeters and kettledrummers have held prominent positions at court and on the battlefield for centuries. This study chronicles this tradition from the first century B.C. into the early Renaissance.

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