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...

effective for working with voices,... zincks and crumhorns", as in an alta cappella. 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 alta cappella wind bands. Deriving from early straight trumpets, the Renaissance slide...

is known as the English Madrigal School. The English madrigals were a cappella, predominantly light in style, and generally began as either copies or...

called stadspijpers, in Germany Stadtpfeifer and in Italy pifferi (See Alta cappella). Town waits or city waits were in former times in England and Scotland...

notations are rare because only a few professional "Stadtpfeiffer" or alta cappella musicians were available. Handel, for instance, had to import trombones...

All-interval twelve-tone row Alla breve Allegro Allemande Alpha scale Alta cappella Altered chord Altered scale Alternate bass Alternatim Altissimo Alto...

especially accompanying choral music. It also featured in popular music in alta capella or loud wind ensembles. British organologist Anthony Baines wrote...

This sculpture is intended to be reminiscent of the former Leipzig alta cappella. Also in the passage is the marble relief Orpheus, made by Johannes...

authorities would often employ a band for public functions: the term Alta cappella indicates such a 15th-16th century European town wind band. Eventually...