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The post horn is a valveless cylindrical brass instrument with a cupped mouthpiece. The instrument was used to signal the arrival or departure of a post rider or mail coach. It was used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Das Posthorn ist ein hornförmiges kreisrund gebogenes, hohes Blechblasinstrument aus Messing mit hellem, durchdringenden Klang zur Erzeugung von akustischen Signalen. Als Naturhorn können mit ihm nur die Töne der Naturtonreihe erzeugt werden. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Geschichte. 2 Verwendung von Posthörnern. 2.1 Im Wandel der Zeit. 2.2 In Ortswappen.
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The post horn is a valveless cylindrical brass instrument with a cupped mouthpiece. The instrument was used to signal the arrival or departure of a post rider or mail coach. It was used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries. German post horn (19th century) Post horn. Use and construction.
Post horn, brass musical instrument of cylindrical bore, used by guards of mail coaches in the 18th and early 19th centuries. At the end of the 18th century, post horns were crescent-shaped, coiled, or straight. The notes they sounded were at most six (harmonics 2 to 7). The post horn gave rise to.
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The post horn developed from a small, coiled horn, used until the early 17th century in France, England, and Germany. The straight post horn was first seen in England in the early 1800s. Classification: Aerophone: an instrument that produces its sound by the vibration of a column of air. And also...
The post horn is an end-blown lip-reed aerophone of the natural type, meaning it is restricted to sounding only a single fundamental and the notes in the harmonic series above it. Originating in Europe, the post horn was historically associated with the service of mail delivery.
A post horn, for which this serenade is nicknamed. The Serenade for Orchestra No. 9 in D major K. 320, Posthorn, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Salzburg, in 1779. The manuscript is dated 3 August 1779 and was intended for the University of Salzburg's "Finalmusik" ceremony that year.