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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.
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York Waits, photographed by A Garrod, 2006
York Waits, photographed by A Garrod, 2006
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Musicians from 'Procession in honour of Our Lady of Sablon in Brussels' an Ommegang that took place ...
Musicians from 'Procession in honour of Our Lady of Sablon in Brussels' an Ommegang that took place ...
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Sopraninová a sopránová šalmaj
Sopraninová a sopránová šalmaj
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Bias de jogar la trompeta de colissa anciana.
Bias de jogar la trompeta de colissa anciana.
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