Valentine Snow
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Valentine Snow was the trumpeter for George Frideric Handel
. He succeeded John Shore
as the primary trumpeter of England
during the mid-to-late 18th century. Many of the trumpet parts in the music of Handel were written specifically for him.
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
. He succeeded John Shore
John Shore
John Shore was an English trumpeter. He invented the tuning fork in 1750. Shore was Sergeant Trumpeter to the court, who had parts specifically written for him by both George Frideric Handel and Henry Purcell.-References:...
as the primary trumpeter of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
during the mid-to-late 18th century. Many of the trumpet parts in the music of Handel were written specifically for him.