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The trumpets were commonly used to inspire Celtic warriors, but Romans captured them as war trophies.

An Iron Age battle trumpet has been discovered in Norfolk. The ancient musical instrument - called a carnyx - was found buried near other Iron Age items during an archaeological dig. The animal-headed ...

Archaeologists have discovered one of Britain’s rarest ancient instruments: an Iron Age carnyx, a bronze battle trumpet once used to rally Celtic warriors. The instrument is at the heart of an Iron ...

During excavations in Norfolk, in eastern England, archaeologists have come across a sound from the past. Buried for nearly 2 ...

I was listening to the radio the other day, and heard a song that is in my collection. It’s a song I like, but not for the reason you would suspect. I like it for the brass instrument solo. In many ...

At 88, Herb Alpert still plays the trumpet like the perky wunderkind who, leading the Tijuana Brass, made the title track of The Lonely Bull a Top 10 hit in 1962. Oh, and the record also kicked off a ...

On Monday, July 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., L.B. Landry High School will be the site of an extraordinary musical event as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, in partnership with NOLA Public ...

A University of Minnesota study discovers the wind instruments that emit the most aerosols, and are therefore “riskiest” in the transmission of COVID-19. Bass clarinet and tuba were found to be “lower ...