Corno Da Tirarsi
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The corno da tirarsi ("pull horn") is a
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Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...
wrote for the instrument when he was working in
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, and it appears to have been played for him by
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. It is said to appear in four
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, but only in three cantatas is it called for by name. Those are BWV 46, 162 and 67. Outside of the works of Bach, there is no evidence of its existence. Picon states "No… ''corno da tirarsi'' instrument remains. Nor some dictionary article, maker's bill, player's list, picture or document of any kind that would bring proof of the actual existence of the instrument. The reality of the ''corno da tirarsi'' is only documented (as far as we know) by its music – and that by a single composer." Its characteristics are debated, but it was most likely a
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that resembled the "Inventions" horn of the late 18th century: "a freely-moving, double (cylindrical) tuning slide positioned diametrically across its circular body". It also may have been a
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