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    • SS. Raphael, Gabriel, and the Trumpet - Stephen Morris, author
      • In the year 1455, there is an illustration in an Armenian manuscript showing Gabriel sounding his trumpet as the dead climb out of their graves. Two centuries later, Gabriel is identified as the trumpeter, in John Milton ‘s Paradise Lost (1667).
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    Likewise the early Christian Church Fathers do not mention Gabriel as a trumpeter; and in Jewish and Muslim traditions, Gabriel is again not identified as a trumpeter. The earliest known identification of Gabriel as a trumpeter comes from the Hymn of the Armenian Saint Nerses Shnorhali, "for Protection in the Night": [38]

  3. Gabriel? The answer appears to be ob-vious. When Islam arose about A. D. 600 and was borrowing its eschatology from Ju-daism and Christianity, Gabriel had still not been identified as trumpeter, so in the Koran the trumpeter is anonymous just as he is in the Bible. After A. D. 600 in Islamic tra-dition Israfel got the honor, even as Ga-

  4. Jul 13, 2020 · In the year 1455, there is an illustration in an Armenian manuscript showing Gabriel sounding his trumpet as the dead climb out of their graves. Two centuries later, Gabriel is identified as the trumpeter, in John Milton ‘s Paradise Lost (1667).

  5. Erskine Ramsay Hawkins (July 26, 1914 – November 11, 1993) was an American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama, dubbed "The 20th Century Gabriel". He is best remembered for composing the jazz standard " Tuxedo Junction " (1939) with saxophonist and arranger Bill Johnson .

  6. Nov 13, 1993 · Part of its success was due to Mr. Hawkins's exceptional high-note trumpet playing; his publicity nickname was the 20th-Century Gabriel. Mr. Erskine was born in Birmingham, Ala., and played drums...

  7. Mar 27, 2023 · Erskine Hawkins. Erskine Hawkins Musician and Birmingham native Erskine Hawkins (1914-1993) was a prominent African American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer during the Big Band era of the 1930s and 1940s. Known as the “Twentieth-Century Gabriel” (after the angel Gabriel, who is often depicted with a trumpet) for his flamboyant style and ...

  8. Nov 18, 2008 · A talented high-note trumpeter and a popular bandleader, Erskine Hawkins was nicknamed "The 20th Century Gabriel." He learned drums and trombone before switching to trumpet when he was 13, and was one of five inaugural inductees into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1978.