Bach trumpet

noun

1. a three-valved trumpet designed especially for playing the high, florid trumpet parts in the works of J. S. Bach and other baroque composers.

Bach trumpet

/ bɑːx /

noun

1. a modern small three-valved trumpet for playing clarino passages in Bach's music

Example Sentences

With an exciting new season that includes two programs of Bach, trumpet sonatas by Corelli and Handel, the concert debut of a newly restored 1799 English fortepiano and an appearance by soprano Ellen Hargis singing three different versions of the Orpheus myth, Seattle Baroque Orchestra would seem to be pulling out all stops to note the 2013 departure of SBO co-founder, longtime music director and violinist Ingrid Matthews.

From Seattle Times