Early 17th-century Flemish alta cappella, drawing by Denis van Alsloot. Instruments are (from left to right): a bass dulcian, an alto shawm, a treble cornett, a soprano shawm, a second alto shawm and a tenor sackbut.A re-created wait in York
An alta cappella or alta musica (Italian), haute musique (French) or just alta was a kind of town wind band found throughout continental Europe from the thirteenth to the eighteenth centuries, which typically consisted of shawms and slide trumpets or sackbuts. Waits is the British equivalent. These were not found anywhere outside of Europe.[1][2]
^Iain Fenlon, Music and Patronage in Sixteenth-Century Mantua, 2 vols., Cambridge Studies in Music (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1980–82):[full citation needed]:2008,[verification needed] ISBN 978-0-521-229050 (vol 1); ISBN 978-0-521-23587-7 (vol. 2) "It is not until a few years later, in 1468, that the names of the Mantuan court alta cappella, a group of four players, are recorded. From its origins as a simple band used on ceremonial occasions, this ensemble seems to have been transformed..."
^Roy C. Strong (2002). Feast: A History of Grand Eating. London: Jonathan Cape. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-224-06138-4. In the hall it was haute musique, itself divided between musica alta for wind bands and basse musique for soft instruments accompanied by voices.
An altacappella or alta musica (Italian), haute musique (French) or just alta was a kind of town wind band found throughout continental Europe from the...
effective for working with voices,... zincks and crumhorns", as in an altacappella. The revived instrument had changed in specific ways. In the mid-18th...
trumpet was probably first developed in the late 14th century for use in altacappella wind bands. Deriving from early straight trumpets, the Renaissance slide...
notations are rare because only a few professional "Stadtpfeiffer" or altacappella musicians were available. Handel, for instance, had to import trombones...
is known as the English Madrigal School. The English madrigals were a cappella, predominantly light in style, and generally began as either copies or...
accompanied choral music. It also featured in popular music in what are now called alta capellas or loud wind ensembles. Anthony Baines notes that the cornett "[...
people. The city of Bergamo is composed of an old walled core, known as Città Alta ("Upper Town"), nestled within a system of hills, and the modern expansion...
a form of music played from a tower on All Souls' Day and its eve Altacappella outdoor musical group Carillon, musical bells often played from a tower...
Darmstadt, where he originally learnt music as a member of the city's altacappella. From 1787 he played horn in the court orchestra of the nobel house...
Barbara, as the tenth mission of what would later become 21 missions in Alta California. Mission Santa Barbara, like other California missions, was built...
12, 1798, the eighteenth of the twenty-one Spanish missions built in the Alta California Province of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. The current church,...
that have a more epic type of lyrics. Joik is traditionally chanted a cappella, but in modern times may be accompanied by a drum (though not a Sami drum...
indie rock band Neon Trees, American rock Octappella, contemporary a cappella group Orchestra at Temple Square, symphony orchestra The Osmonds, family...
includes a cameo from the veteran Japanese singer Kazuyo Togawa singing A cappella, credited as "Fat Lady". The film was critically acclaimed and received...
Sentinel. Retrieved 21 March 2019. Internada há 3 meses, Deise Cipriano tem alta da UTI Lötjönen, Kaisu (12 February 2019). "Yö-yhtyeen laulaja Olli Lindholm...
combination of both. Some flamenco songs are performed "a palo seco" (a cappella), without guitar accompaniment. According to the Royal Spanish Academy...
refers to the 10th Cavalry Regiment. The song was a minor hit in 1970. A cappella group The Persuasions remade the song on their album Street Corner Symphony...
being associated with the present day Via Rizzera and Via Cal Alta (in the commune of Cappella Maggiore) and a decumanus identified with the Va Cal de Livera...
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