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c. 2000 BC - The trumpet is played in Denmark. [2] c. 1580–1295 BC - Harps are played in Egypt. [3] c. 1500 BC - Guitar, lyre, trumpet, and tambourine are used by the Hittites. [4] c. 1400 BC - Hurrian songs, the oldest musical notation, is written in the ancient Amorite-Canaanite city of Ugarit. [5] [6] [7]
1 Classical players. 2 Jazz and commercial players. 3 See also. 4 References. ... This article lists notable musicians who have played the trumpet, cornet or flugelhorn.
The 2nd millennium BC spanned the years 2000 BC to 1001 BC. In the Ancient Near East , it marks the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age . The Ancient Near Eastern cultures are well within the historical era: The first half of the millennium is dominated by the Middle Kingdom of Egypt and Babylonia .
Silver and gold plated trumpet and its wooden mute from the tomb of Tutankhamun (1326–1336 BC) Sheneb (Ancient Egyptian: šnb) was the common name in Ancient Egypt for straight natural trumpets used for military purposes. [3] The natural trumpet was probably first used as a military instrument in Ancient Egypt.
Turner graduated from R. E. Mountain Secondary School in 1985, and attended Western Washington University's jazz studies program. A year later he transferred to University of North Texas, and played and composed for the very well known One O'Clock Lab Band.
The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard B ♭ or C trumpet. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to the 2nd Millenium BC. [1]
Raymond Harry "Ray" Brown (born November 7, 1946) is an American composer, arranger, trumpet player, and jazz educator. [1] He has performed as trumpet player and arranged music for Stan Kenton (early 1970s), Bill Watrous, Bill Berry, Frank Capp – Nat Pierce (Juggernaut Big Band), and the Full Faith and Credit Big Band.
The Vancouver quintet was formed by Cassandra Ford and Rob Kirkham. In 2000 the two met at a bar, becoming musical collaborators from then on. Kirkham then recruited his two brothers Chris and Anthony Kirkham. The brothers had extensive musical training from their father, a trumpet player for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.