Alta musica

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Flemish musicians in the 17th century
Modern alta capella

As alta musica (also wind-Alta , alta capella , short alta , Latin for "loud, bright music") refers to brass ensembles of the 15th century, consisting of instruments hauts passed, so "strong instruments" and to dance , tournament -, Mummenschanz and open air music, but also in the church interior and at court celebrations. In a broader sense, the term is also used for comparable occupations from the 14th and 16th centuries.

Alta (musica) was described by the music theorist Johannes Tinctoris around 1484 as "the interaction of shawm , dulcian , trombone and slide trumpet ". Heinrich Besseler introduced the term in general in 1949.

Typical instruments of the alta were shawms, pomeranians , trumpets , horns , bagpipes and business , but also percussion instruments such as drums and cymbals . In contrast to this, the instruments bas (“silent instruments”) were preferably used in closed rooms in front of smaller audiences, including for mystery games . These included such as flutes , recorders , krummhorn or stringed instruments such as lutes , harps , psalteries or fiddles .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht (Ed.): Meyers Taschenlexikon Musik , Volume 1. Meyers Lexikonverlag, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-411-01996-4 , p. 42.
  2. ↑ a b Lorenz Welker:  Alta. In: MGG Online (subscription required).
  3. ^ A b Carl Dahlhaus , Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht (Ed.): Brockhaus Riemann Musiklexikon , Volume 2. Schott, Mainz 1989, ISBN 3-7957-8302-X , p. 182.