Altas (Musical groups)
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Name (Latin)
Altas (Musical groups)
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Bands (Music)
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Q1412422
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sh2003007317
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 2002543355: Tröster, P. Das Alta-Ensemble und seine Instrumente von der Spätgotik bis zur Hochrenaissance (1300-1550), 2001.
- Grovemusic.com WWW site, Dec. 2, 2003(Alta: i. 15th-cent. term for the group of two or three shawms and trumpet or sackbut that constituted one of the standard instrumental ensembles from the 14th cent. to the 16th; ii. Alta (alta danza): see Saltarello)
- New Harvard dict. mus.(Alta: 1. 15th-cent. dance that, acc. to the Italian dance master Antonio Cornazano, was the Spanish equivalent of the saltarello or the passo brabante; 2. In the 15th cent., an ensemble of loud instruments, usually two or three shawms and a sackbut; the ensemble might also include trumpets and drums)
- Oxf. comp. mus., 2002(Alta: 1. High; 2. 15th-cent. dance form, the equivalent of the saltarello; 3. Standard loud music (alta musica) ensemble in the 15th cent., consisting of two (sometimes three) shawms and a slide trumpet or, later, a sackbut)
Wikipedia description:
An alta cappella or alta musica (Italian), haute musique (French) or just alta was a kind of town wind band found throughout continental Europe from the thirteenth to the eighteenth centuries, which typically consisted of shawms and slide trumpets or sackbuts. Waits is the British equivalent. These were not found anywhere outside of Europe.
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