Collegium Musicum
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The Collegium Musicum was one of several types of musical societies that arose in German and German-Swiss cities and towns during the Reformation and thrived into the mid-18th century. In the present
Collegium musicum of Thun, 1737, Switzerland
Collegium Musicum, Lauingen, 1590 A.D. From the left: viol, flute, mandora or gittern, fiddle or rebec, shawm, harp, slide trumpet or clarion trumpet, cornett, clavichord.
Cornett
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The cornett is a lip-reed wind instrument that dates from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods, popular from 1500 to 1650. Although smaller and larger sizes were made in both straight and cur
Three different cornetts: mute cornett, curved cornett and tenor cornett.
Ivory cornetto in A, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Highly decorated cornett and mouthpiece, cornetto in A, mouthpiece at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Curved cornetts from the Cité de la Musique, Philharmonie de Paris. Black cornets (wood covered with leather or black parchment) and ivory cornets.