Symposium held on Friday, 13 September 2013 | 9:00 - 17:00 
Hôtel National des Invalides, Austerlitz auditorium, as part of the European Heritage Days

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Hôtel national des Invalides - Paris

LES FASTES DE LA TROMPE

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As part of the 2013 European Heritage Days and with the support of the Fondation François Sommer pour la Chasse et la Nature, the Fondation pour le Rayonnement de la Trompe Musicale and the Musée de l'Armée jointly presented a scientific and musical programme. 
Under the patronage of the École Nationale des Chartes and the Centre de Recherche en Histoire du XIXe siècle (Universités Paris I - Paris IV)

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Opening | 9:00
Opening speech: Major General Christian Baptiste, director of the Musée de l’Armée
Presentation: Sophie de Laporte, president of the FRTM

I - The instrument and its crafting 
Chair: Jean-Pierre Chaline, professor emeritus at the University of Paris-Sorbonne
“The origins of the word ‘trompe’ (horn)” by Pascale Bourgain, professor at the École Nationale des Chartes
“The hunting horn, the army horn and instruments similar to it” by Colonel Jean-Michel Sorlin
“From France to Bohemia, the repertoire’s journey and mutation” by Olivier Chaline, professor at Paris-Sorbonne University
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“The acoustics of the horn” by René Caussé, researcher at IRCAM, with the participation of Hubert Heinrich, musical director of the Rallye Trompes des Vosges
“Hunting horn and French horn makers: the Raoux dynasty”, by Thierry Maniguet, curator at the Musée de la Musique de la Villette, with the participation of Yannick Bureau, director of the horn manufacturer Perinet.

II - Repertoire and presence of the Horn | 14:00 
Chair: Jean Michel Leniaud, director of the École Nationale des Chartes
“From the 18th century horn repertoire to contemporary creation” by Catherine Massip, senior researcher at the École Pratique des Hautes Études and honorary director of the music department at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and Hubert Heinrich, composer, conductor of the Rallye Trompes des Vosges
“The horn in the visual arts” by Florence Getreau, senior researcher at the CNRS
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“The place of the horn in scholarly publications for hunters”  by Raphael Abrille, assistant curator of the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, with the participation of hunter and hornist Xavier Legendre 
“Sociétés de sonneurs et Sociétés de veneurs” by Jean-Pierre Chaline, professor emeritus at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, with the participation of Pierre de Rouälle, president of the Société de Vénerie and Antoine de La Rochefoucauld, president of the Fédération Internationale des Trompes de France

Conclusion: Jean-Michel Leniaud
Closing speech: Christine Helfrich, chief curator of heritage, head of the Musée de l'Armée’s department of cultural action and music.

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Acknowledgements: The Fondation pour le Rayonnement de la Trompe Musicale and the Musée de l'Armée would like to thank the military governor of Paris, Lieutenant General Hervé Charpentier, the governor of Les Invalides, Army General Bruno Cuche, and the president of the François Sommer Foundation for Hunting and Nature, Mr. Philippe Dulac.

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Photos © Olivier Martel