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POPS 'Lost' music instrument recreated

by ofcapri 5-31-2009

video at source. The result was a 2.4m (8ft) -long thin straight horn, with a flared bell at the end. Hard to play It is an unwieldy instrument with a limited tonal range that is hard to play. But played well, it gives Johann Sebastian Bach's motet a haunting feel that couldn't be reproduced by modern instruments.

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POPS Researchers Resurrect Extinct Musical Instrument

by skwirlinator 5-31-2009

Bach’s classical masterpiece is the only known musical composition in the world to specify the use of the Lituus. Interesting.

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POPS Bsch piece played with original instument for first time in centuries

by leike 5-31-2009

Neat! "Written by Bach in the 1730s, it is thought that this is now the only piece of music in existence that specifies the use of the Lituus - and has almost certainly not been performed using this instrument since Bach's time."

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POPS Great Curves!

by JohnWaterman 12-19-2007

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