What is a cornetto?

Matthew Manchester explains the cornetto, a musical instrument that flourished from the medieval period to the baroque. The cornetto is the platypus of the music world, with finger-holes like a recorder but a mouthpiece like a trumpet. The instrument represented life, death, and eternity when it was played in the cathedrals and palaces of Europe.

0:02 What is a cornetto?
1:30 How is a cornetto made?
2:28 How do you play the cornetto?
4:16 Why did the cornetto disappear?

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