"The Baroque Trumpet Revival”

Michael Douglas Malloy

October 1978

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music History and Literature.

The Ohio State University Advisor: Martha Maas, PhD

Introduction

In the course of the revival of baroque trumpet music, there have been fundamentally two streams – one which advocates the rich tone and gentle quality of the old seven foot natural trumpet, and another which places emphasis upon technique, and upon making the music playable on modern instruments without drastic re-training of the musicians at hand. The reasons for the revival of the natural trumpet will be discussed in this paper, along with various approaches to problems of range, accuracy, and timbre.

Most of us think only of the joy of making good music, impressing friends, etc., but the study of Classical music also teaches the student How to learn anything. When we practice our instruments we listen very carefully for errors and then we correct them. This teaches us to be careful in our work. Music is also very analytical.