The Invention of the Tuba (Trumpet)

• Autores: John E. Ziolkowski
• Localización: Classical world, ISSN 0009-8418, Vol. 92, Nº. 4, 1999, págs. 367-373
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article investigates the invention of the tuba and considers the absence of a creation myth for brass instruments (in contrast to the aulos and lyre), suggesting some reasons for this. This lack may be due to the disappearance of a text that provided such a myth, but it is also possible that negative associations connecting trumpets with war and funerals may have dissuaded poets from creating a divine myth