This video series is about the history of the trumpet and its musical context.
The second video deals with the first star of the Trumpet; Girolamo Fantini - the best Trumpeter in all Italy!
Concept, Trumpet and Voiceover: Julian Zimmermann
special thanks to:
Daniela Niedhammer for playing the Organ
Rolf Mäder for Filming, Editing and the tireless support of the whole project!
sources:
Girolamo Fantini (), Modo per imperare a sonare di Tromba, 1638
Fascimile reprint 2009 by The Brass Press / Editions Bim, Jean-Pierre Mathez, CH-Vuarmarens, Switzerland
Igino Conforzi, Girolamo Fantini, “Monarch of the Trumpet“,
HBSJ 1993, Volume 5
Willi Wörthmüller, Die Instrumente der Nürnberger Trompeten- u. Posaunenmacher, Nürnberg 1955
Photo:
Department of Maritime Archaeology Western Australian Museum