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title: Mosaic with Organist and Horn Player
author: Carole Raddato
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13250/mosaic-with-organist-and-horn-player/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Mosaic with Organist and Horn Player

_Authored by [Carole Raddato](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/FollowingHadrian/)_

## Image File

[![Mosaic with Organist and Horn Player](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13250.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13250.jpg)

## Image Caption

Octagon from a 3rd century CE depicting an organist and a horn player. The beginning and end of the [Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) games (*ludi*) were often accompanied by [music](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Music/). The mosaicist has depicted the water organ (*hydraulis*), known in the ancient world since 300 BCE. The 27 organ pipes rest on a hexagonal podium which also serves to store water for the organ. The organist plays the keyboard situated behind the pipes. The other musician is playing the cornu, which is braced and supported on the shoulder of the horn player by a cross bar. From the Roman villa in Nennig, Germany.

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## About the Author

Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the ancient world in the footsteps of Emperor Hadrian.
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## Cite This Work

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Raddato, C. (2021, January 10). Mosaic with Organist and Horn Player. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13250/mosaic-with-organist-and-horn-player/>
### Chicago
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### MLA
Raddato, Carole. "Mosaic with Organist and Horn Player." *World History Encyclopedia*, 10 Jan 2021, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13250/mosaic-with-organist-and-horn-player/>.

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