Prehistoric brass instruments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919551 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Holmes (0000-0002-7271-4307), Peter J Holmes (0000-0002-7828-5267), J M Coles (0000-0003-1100-9855, University of Cambridge) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 280-286 |
| Publication date | 1981-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.1981.9979802 |
| OpenAlex | W1997562745 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Brass’ instruments, only recently made of brass, and indisputably of ancient origin, enjoyed a greater diversity of usage than recent work has allowed. While some groups, such as the lurs, may have been sounded more or less in the modern manner, others, such as the Irish horns, were more probably used differently ‐ as variable‐tone‐colour instruments. Both these groups had deep roots in their home soil and were clearly largely indigenously developed. Each evolved to a remarkably high degree individual characteristics that were unseen elsewhere at that time. They disappeared at the end of the Bronze Age and only now are experiments recreating them and their music
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Brass · Bronze · Bronze Age · Irish · Linguistics · Metallurgy · Prehistory · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 2001 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |