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The Roman tuba (plural: tubae), or trumpet [1] [2] was a military signal instrument used by the ancient Roman military and in religious rituals. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] They would signal troop movements such as retreating, [ 6 ] attacking, or charging, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] as well as when guards should mount, sleep, [ 9 ] or change posts.
The Etruscans were expert metallurgists and keen musicians, and musical instruments were just some of the many inventions they bequeathed to their Roman conquerors. Among the trumpet-like instruments used by the Romans, the following four may be distinguished: The tuba was a straight trumpet played by tubicines or tubatores. It was about 117 cm ...
A cornicen (pl.: cornicines) was a junior officer in the Roman army. The cornicen 's job was to signal salutes to officers and sound orders to the legions. The cornicines played the cornu (making him an aeneator). Cornicines always marched at the head of the centuries, with the tesserary and the signifer.
Aeneatores who blew a buccina (a C-shaped horn made of bronze or silver or animal horn) were known as buccinators; those who blew a cornu (a G-shaped horn made of brass) were known as cornicines; those who blew a tuba (a straight bronze horn with a slight flare at the end) [2] were known as tubicines or tubatores; players of the lituus were called liticines.
This article lists notable musicians who have played the trumpet, cornet or flugelhorn. Classical players. Bill Adam [1] Maurice Andr ...
Robert Nagel (September 29, 1924 – June 5, 2016) was an American trumpet player, composer, and teacher. He was an early advocate for brass chamber music, especially the brass quintet . Nagel was the founder and director of the New York Brass Quintet, as well as a founding member of the International Trumpet Guild .
Her Cartier necklace was eye-catching and glamorous, but it made a bigger statement than the rest of her ensemble. Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi Goldberg at the 2025 Oscars. JC Olivera/Getty Images.
By 1910 [11] (or perhaps earlier [9]), the ensemble had changed its name to the Aida Quartet [11] and Ruth Wolfe had replaced Florence McMillan on trumpet and piano. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The Redpath Lyceum Bureau hired the Aida Quartet for their 1910–1911 season, [ 11 ] and assigned the baritone soloist C. Pol Plancon to tour with the otherwise all ...