Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 529
ent any for themselves. TheRoman cornu, or horn, was taken from theEtruscans, a most clever people who lived inItaly before the Romans existed. During the Middle Ages there were all kindsof horns used in Europe: Thurner- or tower-horns, which were blown from the walls ofcastles; hunting-horns very… … THE FRENCH HORN. (SEE PAGE 42O.) A serious drawback to the playing of some ofthese trumpets was that they were very long. Insome cases the thick end had to be supported by 3909.] FROM THE DRUM OF THE SAVAGE TO THE GREAT ORCHESTRA 419 a prop of some kind, while the performer blewinto the mouthpiece.…
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