Russian horn
Illustration — Rozhoks from the Russian Ethnographic Museum, first half of 20th century The rozhok (рожок) is an ancient Russian wooden trumpet, a relative of the cornett, which has remained in continuous use until the present day.
Also recorded as Rozhok · Vladimirskiy rozhok · shepherd's horn · song horn
Russian horn
George Shuklin · Russian Museum of Ethnography · CC BY-SA 1.0
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Illustration — Rozhoks from the Russian Ethnographic Museum, first half of 20th century The rozhok (рожок) is an ancient Russian wooden trumpet, a relative of the cornett, which has remained in continuous use until the present day.
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• Illustration — Rozhok horns of varying sizes. A rozhok can be called be various names: shepherd's horn, Russian horn, or song horn. A popular variant is (Vladimirskiy rozhok, "Vladimir horn"), due to the success of a chorus of rozhok players under the leadership of Nikolai Vasilyevich Kondratyev from the Vladimir region.
Structure
Structure
A rozhok is a conical straight tube with the six playing holes: five on top and one underneath. The total length of a rozhok ranges from 320 to 830 mm (13" to 33"). A mouthpiece is cut in the form of a small cup, and the lower end of the tube is shaped like a conical bell. A rozhok is usually made of birch (mostly birch bark), maple, or juniper. In the past they were made in two halves fastened together with birch bark; today they are turned. The sound of a rozhok is strong, but mellow, having a range of about an octave, or a little more. There are several types of rozhoks: the shortest one, having the highest sound is called vizgunok (squeaker), typically in F# or G; the longest and thus the lowest one is called bas (bass), in F# or G an octave below, while a mid-size instrument is called a polubasok (half-bass), typically in C. It is polubasok instruments that are most frequently used for solo playing. Rozhok ensembles usually consist of just vizgunok and bas instruments in the ratio 2:1 (twice as many high-pitched horns).
Varieties
Varieties
As of 2015, rozhok ensembles exist in Moscow, Vladimir and Nerekhta.
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Russian horn is classified as a brass instrument or aerophone. Associated with Russia.
Alexey Ivanov (trumpet) and the Russian Horn Capella at the concert in Saint Petersburg
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- 1.Infoheft zu einer Musik-CD: Russian Horn Capella, hrsg. 2008 durch die Russisch-Horn-Kapelle mit Unterstützung durch die russische Staatliche Universität A. I. Herzen aus St. Petersburg.
- 2.; abgerufen am 24. September 2009.
- 3.; abgerufen am 6. Oktober 2012.
- 4.Max Maria von Weber: Carl Maria von Weber. Ein Lebensbild. Band 3, Leipzig; Ernst Keil (Verlag), 1866.
- 5.Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung, Nr. 40, Oktober 1833, S. 673 (bei Google Books)
- 6.Tonaufnahmen der einmaligen Freiberger Russisch-Horn-Musik, abgerufen am 4. Januar 2023.
- 7.Christa Zehrfeld: Experimentierfreude bis zur Unerschrockenheit. Bergmannsnacht: Tilo Nüßler und die Oelsnitzer Blasmusikanten wagen sich öfter an Neues. In: Freie Presse, September 2009; abgerufen am 24. September 2009.
- 8.Fotos einiger öffentlicher Auftritte der Russian Horn Capella; abgerufen am 29. Dezember 2015.
- 9.; abgerufen am 24. September 2009
- 10.Instrumentenhersteller Takao Nagawa, vorm. Friedbert Syhre, Leipzig.
- 11.; abgerufen am 29. Dezember 2015.
- 12.Das Monte Christo schließt, abgerufen am 4. Januar 2023.
- 13.Homepage Musikinstrumentenmuseum Leipzig (PDF-Datei; 55 kB); abgerufen am 24. September 2009
- 14.Broschüre Musikinstrumentenbauer; hier: S. 57–68 „Metallinstrumente“. PDF, abgerufen am 24. September 2009
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