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466 A more ambitious composition is the next piece, evidently written for town bands. The 'cornets' are 'Zinken,' mentioned previously, [See .]

Till the 17th century the music played by the bands of trumpeters was learned by ear, and transmitted without notation, as something of a secret nature. When princes took command of their armies in the field they were accompanied by their trumpeters, both for signalling and for enlivening the dreariness of the march or camp. As they served on horseback, the custom arose of looking upon trumpet-music as being specially appropriate to the cavalry service, and eventually it became regularly attached to it. The music of these bands, consisting only of trumpets and kettledrums, was naturally very simple.

The denomination 'Trompano' in the above score is somewhat singular. The usual names for the four different parts of trumpet-music were—Clarino primo, Clarino secundo, Principale, and Toccato. In the example above, the fourth part is either for Trumpet (in which case the bars written are to be played in