Horstmann an 8-keyed bugle by George Butler a cornet with two Stölzel valves by Guichard a cornet by Antoine Courtois with two Stölzel and a middle Perinet valve a cornet by Charles Pace two B-flat cornets by Pask & Koenig a cornet by J. a Trumpet in E-flat by the Henry Distin Manufacturing Co. Highlights of the collection include a slide trumpet by Ulyate, London a Bb cornet with the half-step valve first by Carl August Müller a keyed trumpet by Antonio Apparuti a valved trumpet in G by E. Wright, Isaac Fiske, Courtois, Besson, and Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory. In 2005, 434 brasses were in the collection, including a large number of historically significant 19th century American instrument and several interesting European brasses by Graves & Co., E.G. In 1954 the 550-instrument collection of Curtis Janssen (1897-1952), of which 124 are American and European brasses was acquired for the Fiske Museum. This survey includes a brief introduction, review of literature, the ways in which the horn was utilized in early America, the individuals and businesses that made or sold horns and horn-related accoutrements such as music, tutors, crooks, and mouthpieces as well as an examination of the body of repertoire gleaned from performances of hornists in early America.
Additionally, all information gathered through examination of sources has been compiled in tables and included in the appendices with the intention of providing a point of reference for others interested in the horn in early America. This time frame also paralleled the popularity of the horn virtuoso in Europe given so much attention by horn scholars. This choice of time period avoided the massive influx of foreign musicians and exponential growth of American musical activities after 1840, as well as that of the general population, as this information would become too unwieldy for anything but studies of individual cities, regions, or specific musical groups. 1700) to the early days of the antebellum era (ca. The purpose of this study was to address an aspect of the history of the horn neglected in traditional horn scholarship-that of the horn in America from the development of colonial society (ca.
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