Music technology used for festal and mourning occasions, according to Whitcomb. "Even the poorest Hebrew was obliged to employ two flute-players to perform at his wife's funeral." The shofar (the horn of a ram) is still used for special liturgical purposes such as the Jewish New Year services in orthodox communities. As such, it is not considered a musical instrument but an instrument of theological symbolism which has been intentionally kept to its primitive character. In ancient times it was used for warning of danger, to announce the new moon or beginning of Sabbath, or to announce the death of a notable.
Horn Concertos (Mozart) or 1786 (Humphries 2000, 87). Given the duration of the concertos (no more than 20 minutes each) it is quite common to find these horn concertos on the same CD, or in boxed sets of Mozart's concertos for wind instruments or even all his concertos. The Naxos Records CD "Complete Works for Horn & Orchestra" includes, besides the concertos, three rondos for horn and orchestra completed by musicologists. When a CD has only one of the horn concertos, it is typically paired with another concerto for a wind instrument also by Mozart. Horn Concertos (Mozart) The Horn Concertos by Wolfgang