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century that we first find undoubted evidence of the-sounding of trumpets in a field of battle as a signal for attack! There is another interesting item in the same chronicle, that is worth while quoting, as it points to what may be taken for a fanfare of trumpets in harmony. The account reads : " Meanwhile the trumpets blew, and their sounds being harmoniously blended, there arose a kind of discordant concord of notes, whilst the sameness of the sounds being continued, the one followed the other in mutual succession, and the notes which had been lowered were again resounded."3 |
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' Bohn's " Chronicles of the Crusades." |
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