Author’s Note: 3 - 12. The Cosmology of War
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Author’s Note: 3
The following author’s note (without an introduction or transition characteristic of his writing throughout The Creation of Order) appeared at the end of Chapter 12. Can you help us work its contents into the body of this chapter to be consistent with the rest of The Creation of Order? And can you help us add transitions/explanations around the quotations? A new section in Chapter 12—perhaps on military music as mentioned in the general query about military music (Athenaeus)—may be created for it to work.
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Trumpet (Larissa Bonfante Warren)
The source of the word “trumpet” is complex.Omitted TextOriginally this sentence was “The word ‘trumpet’ is more complex.” But it was unclear because context was missing: more complex than what? Can you help us transition and expand it? In an article on the Etruscan/Roman military triumph, Larissa Bonfante[1] (1970: p. 62) stated that “The Etruscan word *triumpe, from the Greek triambos, equivalent to Latin tripudium, originally meant a particular musical beat and dance. It was probably introduced… as marching and singing directions designed to set the beat for a parade which was no longer a primitive procession, but a more formally organized military pompa, led by Etruscan musicians and Etruscan officers.”Verify CitationCan someone with access to the text check the quotation and page number?
Bonfante[2] believed that the Etruscans “introduced or transformed music in all phases of life, in games, funerals and military life; the Etruscan army trumpet, called by the Greeks the salpinx, was known in all the Mediterranean world, and was exported widely.”Verify CitationCan someone with access to the text check the quotation and page number?
- ↑ Larissa Bonfante Warren, “Roman Triumphs and Etruscan Kings: The Changing Face of the Triumph,” Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 60 (1970), pp. 49–66.
- ↑ Larissa Bonfante Warren, “Roman Triumphs and Etruscan Kings: The Changing Face of the Triumph,” Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 60 (1970), pp. 49–66.
