John Shore (c. 1662 – 1752) was an English trumpeter and lutenist. He invented the tuning fork in 1711.[1] Shore came from a family of musicians including the singer Catherine Shore. He was Sergeant Trumpeter to the court. He is credited with demonstrating that the trumpet which up till then had been a military instrument could be used in an orchestral role. Shore had parts specifically written for him by both George Frideric Handel and Henry Purcell.[2]

References

  1. ^ Feldmann, H. (2008). "Die Geschichte der Stimmgabel - Teil 1: Die Erfindung der Stimmgabel, ihr Weg in der Musik und den Naturwissenschaften" [History of the tuning fork. I: Invention of the tuning fork, its course in music and natural sciences. Pictures from the history of otorhinolaryngology, presented by instruments from the collection of the Ingolstadt German Medical History Museum]. Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie (in German). 76 (2): 116–22. doi:10.1055/s-2007-997398. PMID 9172630. S2CID 260207994.
  2. ^ Shaw, Watkins (2004). "Shore, John (c.1662–1752), trumpeter". The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37955. ISBN 9780198614128. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)



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