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The baritone horn, sometimes called baritone, is a low-pitched brass instrument in the saxhorn family. [2] It is a piston-valve brass instrument with a bore that is mostly conical , like the smaller and higher pitched flugelhorn and tenor horn , but it has a narrower bore compared to the similarly pitched euphonium .
The Quaker baritone David Bispham, who sang in London and New York between 1891 and 1903, was the leading American male singer of this generation. He also recorded for the gramophone. The oldest-born star baritone known for sure to have made solo gramophone discs was the Englishman Sir Charles Santley (1834–1922). Santley made his operatic ...
The baritone guitar is a guitar with a longer scale length, typically a larger body, and heavier internal bracing, so it can be tuned to a lower pitch. Gretsch, Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, ESP Guitars, PRS Guitars, Music Man, Danelectro, Schecter, Burns London and many other companies have produced electric baritone guitars since the 1960s, although always in small numbers due to low popularity. [1]
Brass and woodwind instruments. Baritone horn, a low-pitched brass instrument in the saxhorn family. Baritone saxophone, one of the largest members of the saxophone family. Hautbois baryton, or baritone oboe, also called the bass oboe. Baritone sarrusophone, a double reed instrument.
E.G. Wright and Company, a Boston Massachusetts firm that built tenor brass from 1841 to 1869. Boston Musical Instrument Company, incorporated as the Boston Musical Instrument Manufactury as a merger of Graves & Co. and E.G. Wright, built tenor brass from 1869 to 1928. Hall Instrument Company, established 1862, merged with Quinby Brothers to form.
The criteria for classifying musical instruments vary depending on the point of view, time, and place. The many various approaches examine aspects such as the physical properties of the instrument (shape, construction, material composition, physical state, etc.), the manner in which the instrument is played (plucked, bowed, etc.), the means by which the instrument produces sound, the quality ...
Classical bass-baritone. Academic voice teacher. Organizations. Deutsche Oper Berlin. Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. Awards. Kammersänger. Andreas Schmidt (born 30 June 1960 in Düsseldorf) is a German classical bass-baritone in opera and concert.
The baritone saxophone was created in 1846 by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax as one of a family of 14 instruments. Sax believed these instruments would provide a useful tonal link between the woodwinds and brasses. The family was divided into two groups of seven saxophones each, from the soprano to the contrabass.