Aida trumpet

Four examples from the late 19th century

Sound sample from the Triumphal March in Verdi's Opera (United States Marine Corps Band)

Trumpeter in Act 2 of Aida ( Verona Arena )

The Aida trumpet is in Triumphmarsch of Giuseppe Verdi opera Aida occurring fanfare trumpet with one to three valves in the moods C, B, H and As. It is about 1.5 m long. In tone it is penetrating and shiny.

Emergence

The Aida trumpet was specially built for the performances of Aida and was modeled on images of ancient Egyptian trumpets. Since Verdi wanted to make the opera set in Egypt authentic, he found out about instruments from the time of the pharaohs. In Plutarch's work On Isis and Osiris , he found the passage that the Egyptian trumpets were reminiscent of donkey calls. He commissioned the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax to build such a sounding fanfare-like trumpet.

Several other composers have also composed for the instrument, such as Franz Lehár in The Land of Smiles .

literature

• Friedel Keim: The big book of the trumpet , 2005, Schott Musik International, ISBN 3795705304

Web links

Commons : Aida Trumpets  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Lexicon entry on operone.de
• Triumphal March from Aida (YouTube video)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Βουσιρῖται δὲ καὶ Λυκοπολῖται σάλπιγξιν οὐ χρῶνται τὸ παράπαν ὡς ὄνῳ φθεγγομέναις ἐμφερές. The people of Busiris and Lycopolis do not use trumpets at all because they sound like donkeys. De Iside et Osiride, chap. 30th
2. ↑ KölnKlavier: Aida trumpets and Wagner tuba; Compositions for Heckel, Sarruso and Saxophone (accessed on January 11, 2016)