of the soprano. "In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, however, a trumpet was any one of many variegated win
             instruments with several common characteristics.5" The principle use of the trumpet was for military fanfares, and anything outside this genre was a rare exception. During the Baroque period, with the help of composers such as Sebastian Bach, the trum
             t grew in importance as new and inventive styles began to flourish. Thus, Johann Sebastian Bach, along with many other members of his family played an integral role in building a German musical tradition, and they also greatly assisted the progress mad
             in the employment of the trumpet in all genres of music. Sebastian Bach's Mass in B Minor is a fine example of both the culmination of German style and the establishment of the trumpet as an important member of the orchestra.
             He was born at Eisenach on 21 March, 1685, son of Johann Ambrosius, court trumpeter and director of the town musicians; who, in turn, was son of Cristoph, town musician at Arnstadt in the mid-seventeenth century. Sebastian was the youngest of Ambrosiu
             s eight children, only four of whom did not die at a very early age. On May 3, 1694, when Sebastian was only nine, his mother died. Less than seven months later, on November 27, his father remarried. Slightly more than two months after the marriage,
             s father also passed away. Sebastian and his older brother Jacob were sent to live with another brother Johann Cristoph, who was in his twenties and held an organist's job in Ohrduf. It was from Cristoph that Sebastian received his first keyboard less
             s. As his brother's family grew, Sebastian was forced to make his own way. He moved to Lunenburg, where he continued his education and began paying his tuition by singing in the choir. He was only fifteen. From this point on, for the rest of his lif
             Sebastian would earn his living as a musician. On October...