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Carnyx from the Tintignac group. Three carnyx players depicted on plate E of the Gundestrup cauldron. The ancient carnyx was a wind instrument used by the Celts during the Iron Age, between c. 200 BC and c. AD 200. It was a type of trumpet made of bronze with an elongated S shape, held so that the long straight central portion was vertical and ...
Carnyx players (bottom right) on a panel from the Gundestrup Cauldron Sculpture depicting a bard with a lyre (Brittany, 2nd century BC). Deductions about the music of the ancient Celts of the La Tène period and their Gallo-Roman and Romano-British descendants of Late Antiquity rely primarily on Greek and Roman sources, as well as on archaeological finds and interpretations including the ...
The Celtic carnyx was also made of bronze, and was used as an instrument of war during the Iron Age (c. 300 BCE – 200 CE). It consisted of a cylindrical tube about 2 metres (7 ft) long; the bell was elaborately carved to resemble a wild boar's head, with a movable tongue and jaw; the mouthpiece was curved. The carnyx was held vertically with ...
Prehistoric music. Prehistoric music (previously called primitive music) is a term in the history of music for all music produced in preliterate cultures (prehistory), beginning somewhere in very late geological history. Prehistoric music is followed by ancient music in different parts of the world, but still exists in isolated areas.
The natural horn is a musical instrument that is the predecessor to the modern-day (French) horn (differentiated by its lack of valves). Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth century the natural horn evolved as a separation from the trumpet by widening the bell and lengthening the tubes. [ 1 ] It consists of a mouthpiece, long coiled tubing ...
Catuvellauni, Tasciovanus, "Hidden Faces" gold stater. Obv: stylized crescents and wreaths with hidden faces. Rev: Celtic warrior on horse right, carrying carnyx.. The Catuvellauni (Common Brittonic: *Catu-wellaunī, "war-chiefs") were a Celtic tribe or state of southeastern Britain before the Roman conquest, attested by inscriptions into the 4th century.
Gaelic warfare. Irish gallowglass and kern. Drawing by Albrecht Dürer, 1521. Gaelic warfare was the type of warfare practiced by the Gaelic peoples (the Irish, Scottish, and Manx), in the pre-modern period. Part of a series on.
Nafir (Arabic نَفير, DMG an-nafīr), also nfīr, plural anfār, Turkish nefir, is a slender shrill-sounding straight natural trumpet with a cylindrical tube and a conical metal bell, producing one or two notes.