[Dixielandjazz] Why Bob Romans Makes No Apology For Playing Trumpet

[David Richoux]

Those "trumpets" were actually Tubas!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_tuba

Some were wrapped into a Helicon shape and called Buccina (sort of  
like this replica:
http://www.by-the-sword.com/acatalog/images/AH-3870.jpg but there  
were bigger ones as well.)

David Richoux
On Dec 13, 2007, at 8:01 AM, Steve Barbone wrote:

> History of the Roman Trumpet - Part II. <grin>
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
> Hannibal ordered his elephants to charge the Roman infantry. The  
> sound of
> bugles and trumpets piercing the air from the Roman front line,  
> however,
> caused the elephants to panic. Most of them turned tail and drove  
> straight
> into Hannibal's own Numidian cavalry, dangerously exposing his left  
> flank.
> Any elephants not stampeded by the Roman musicians passed  
> harmlessly down
> the lanes running through Scipio Africanus' formation. Taking  
> advantage of
> the confusion, the Romans launched a charge against the  
> Carthaginian cavalry
> on Hannibal's right wing, driving them off in headlong retreat.
>
> In the ensuing struggle, the remaining Carthaginian force was  
> destroyed.
> Hannibal and nearly 20,000 Carthaginians and their allies were  
> slaughtered,
> compared to Roman losses of 1,500 men. Hannibal's stratagems and  
> battlefield
> maneuvers in this battle were to inspire tank battles on nearly the  
> same
> ground over 2,000 years later. Remember the movie Patton? This is  
> where he
> mystically sensed the presence of the fallen Roman and Carthaginian  
> troops.
>
>