File:Britannica Horn Keiser Octavia C alto Compass.png
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English: Reinhard Keiser, the founder of German opera, at the end of the 17th century in Hamburg, introduced two horns in C into the opening chorus of his opera Octavia in 1705, where the horns are added to the string quartette and the oboes; they play again in act i. sc. 3, and in act ii. sc. 6 and 9. The compass used by the composer for the horns in C alto is as shown in this musical notation. |
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| Source | Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. 13, p. 704. | |||
| Author | Kathleen Schlesinger | |||
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