vamp-horn
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- singing trumpet
- trumpet, singing
- tuba stentoro-phonica
- vamping-horn
Broader Terms
Sources
- found: New Grove dict. of mus. online, Mar. 12, 2004(type of speaking-trumpet or megaphone invented in 1670 by Samuel Morland and used in English churches until the early 19th century to concentrate and project an individual voice; used musically to give out the first line of a psalm or hymn, to lead congregational singing or to supply vocally a missing line of harmony; originally designed for non-musical uses)
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Change Notes
- 2004-03-15: new
- 2014-02-24: revised
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