Twelve large conch shells found in Spain may have been used as trumpet-like instruments, according to new research. Two archaeologists from the University of Barcelona, Miquel López-García and ...

Archaeologists working in northeastern Spain say a cache of conch shells was not just decorative debris from ancient shorelines but a set of carefully modified instruments that once filled Neolithic ...

Houston Early Music's season opening concert features two of the Renaissance era's most important instruments: the organ and the cornetto. Acclaimed as the “Orfeo of the Cornetto,” Bruce Dickey ...

Haapsalu Cathedral and Castle in the interval of the opening performance, Handel's 'Israel in Egypt'All performance images by Sabne Burger A full programme of Kellner's lute pieces in their original ...

A length of shiny metal, curled back on itself into an oblong whorl, ending in a flared bell. A mouthpiece. Some round, buttonlike keys on top. We all know what a trumpet is. Duh. But that trumpet, ...

Emi Ferguson: Hello, I'm Emi Ferguson, and tonight we're featuring live performances from the 2023 Early Music America Summit, here on this edition of the McGraw Family's Young Artist Showcase. Emi ...

"Specialists on ancient civilizations could each give you examples of music from their particular areas of expertise, but one could always go back further." Reading time 7 minutes People talk about ...

For the Twin Cities Early Music Festival, the answer can be any time before 1800, but most of the participating musicians stay focused on the Renaissance and baroque eras that run from about 1400 to ...

Joel Spears has long wanted to celebrate and perform the music of brothers William and Henry Lawes, English composers of the 17th century. So Spears, artistic director of the Early Music Series in ...