Understanding Period Instruments | Natural Trumpets and Valved Cornets

In this video, the trumpet section of both the English Baroque Soloists and Orchestre Révoltuionnaire et Romantique explain the history of the natural trumpet and the valved cornet. With demonstrations of Beethoven and Berlioz, they also highlight how these instruments differ from their modern symphony orchestra counterparts.

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