Buccina 2667880 175909760 2007-12-05T12:16:13Z Filipo 3001206 [[Image:Buccina 1.png|200px|right|thumb|Buccina]] {{RomanMilitary}} :''[[Bučina]] is name of several locations in the [[Czech Republic]].'' The '''Buccina''' (also '''Bucina''') is a [[brass instrument]] used in the ancient [[Military history of the Roman Empire|Roman army]]. It was originally designed as a tube measuring some 11 to 12 feet in length, of narrow cylindrical bore, and played by means of a cup-shaped [[mouthpiece (brass)|mouthpiece]]. The tube is bent round upon itself from the mouthpiece to the [[bell (wind)|bell]] in the shape of a broad C and is strengthened by means of a bar across the curve, which the performer grasps while playing, in order to steady the instrument; the bell curves over his head or shoulder. The buccina was used for the announcement of night watches and various other purposes in the camp. The instrument is the ancestor of both the [[trumpet]] and the [[trombone]]. The German word for trombone, ''Posaune'', is linguistically derived from ''Buccina''. In the final section of his orchestral work [[Pini di Roma|Pines of Rome]] (''The Pines of the Appian Way''), [[Ottorino Respighi|Respighi]] calls for six instruments of different ranges notated as "Buccine" (Italian plural), although he expected them to be played on modern [[saxhorn]]s or [[flugelhorn]]s. ==References== ===Primary Sources=== (none yet) ===Secondary Sources=== *{{1911}} ==External links== {{Wikisource1911Enc|Buccina}} *[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Buccina.html Buccina] in Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. ==See also== {{Portal|Military of ancient Rome|image=Scutum_1.jpg}} (no links yet) {{musical-instrument-stub}} {{Ancient-Rome-mil-stub}} [[Category:Brass instruments]] [[Category:Ancient Roman legionary equipment]] [[Category:Ancient Roman musical instruments]] [[de:Bucina]] [[es:Buccina]] [[hu:Buccina]] [[it:Buccina]]