c. 1481—Naples, Italy

Johannes Tinctoris, Flemish theorist and composer in the service of Ferdinand I, discusses several sizes of shawms, then writes, “However, for the lowest contratenor parts, and often for any contratenor part, to the shawm players one adds trumpet players [tubicines] who play very melodiously [melodiosissime] upon the type of trumpet [tuba] which is called trompone in Italy, sacque-boute in France. When all these instruments are employed together it is called alta” (Tinctoris 37).