Renaissance windcap instruments, most notably the crumhorn, are examined in the light of the historical evidence - musical, documentary and iconographical – and of surviving instruments, with a particular view to establishing when and where, and in what social and musical contexts they were used. The earliest evidence for the crumhorn is shown to come from north Italy in the late 15th century, but the instrument was most widely used throughout the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in German-speaking countries. Surviving crumhorns are listed and described, and the identities of other windcap instruments including the cornamusa, windcap shawms (Schreyerpfeifen), Rauschpfeifen, Kortholt, and Doppioni are examined.
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