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Russian horns
beginning of the 19th century
Inv.-Nr. 1630, 1634, 1636-1641
Padded reed instrument exhibited in The Romatic Period
from the instrument collection Paul de Wit
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Photographer: Janos Stekovics
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A russian horn plays only one note, and therefore a set of them - like a register of organ pipes - was needed to play an actual piece. One must simply have as many horns (and players) as there are pitches. Thus, monophonic and even polyphonic music could be performed with the caveat that a conductor sees to it that each player sounds his horn at the right time. Bands of such horns were heard in Weissenfels on church feast days in the 19th century. A long tradition of playing in Russian horn bands also existed in eastern Germany's Ore Mountains (the "Erzgebirge"). The instrument was developed, as its name indicates, in Russia, in the mid 18th century. In grandiose fashion, Russian ensembles would consist of as many as 60 horns.
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