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tamaranth ([personal profile] tamaranth) wrote2009-06-03 01:50 pm
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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | 'Lost' music instrument recreated

New software has enabled researchers to recreate a long forgotten musical instrument called the Lituus.
The 2.4m (8ft) long trumpet-like instrument was played in Ancient Rome but fell out of use some 300 years ago.
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | 'Lost' music instrument recreated
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[identity profile] d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com 2009-06-03 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
That's one for Corvus Corax to acquire, then! [grin]

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[identity profile] serennos.livejournal.com 2009-06-03 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
surely if the music it produced was all that good, it wouldn't have fallen out of use?

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[identity profile] d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com 2009-06-03 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I suspect that it might have been lacking flexibility in range ... and portability [grin] ... at least compared to the coiled horns.

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[identity profile] serennos.livejournal.com 2009-06-03 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
You'd not get it on as hand luggage - that's for sure!
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