Then the deep kettledrums of the nobut began to beat; and as the Queen Regent entered and took her seat upon the throne, all stood up and bowed themselves before her with profound reverence.
The trumpets and kettledrums of the cavalry were next heard to perform the beautiful and wild point of war appropriated as a signal for that piece of nocturnal duty, and then finally sank upon the wind with a shrill and mournful cadence.
They approached so near, that Waverley could plainly recognize the standard of the troop he had formerly commanded, and hear the trumpets and kettledrums sound the signal of advance, which he had so often obeyed.
There's the original pair--made by the Adam and Eve of the South Sea Islands, or wherever kettledrums originated.
All the drums, trumpets, and kettledrums sounded at once, drowning the shouts and salvos of musketry.
The sullen sound of the kettledrums which were beaten on the Koshevoi's Square interrupted further conversation.
They have little kettledrums about a span in diameter; whenever I hear them I feel viciously inclined.
They have not beaten their kettledrums to-night; yes, they have begun to beat them now.
This privilege was granted by George III when it was brought to his notice that the regiment possessed some silver kettledrums which they had captured.
Black horses are usually used at funerals; white or grey horses, which are much decorated with the badges and insignia of the regiments, carry the kettledrums of the cavalry.
The kettledrums rumbled and thundered to a crescendo.
The band had caught up with them, and the trumpets and hautboys screamed death to the enemy while the kettledrums rumbled.
Accordingly he blessed the Prince and went forth accompanied by all the Emirs who rode their blood-steeds, and the Knights fared with him and escorted him in procession, with kettledrums and clarions, till they reached his mansion.
Here his mother and his sister heard the hubbub of the multitude and the crash of the kettledrums and were asking, "What is to do?
The Nagarchis appear to be a class of Gonds, whose special business was to beat the nakkara or kettledrums at the gates of forts and palaces.
The stick with which the kettledrum was struck was called danka, and the king's jurisdiction was metaphorically held to extend so far as his kettledrums were beaten.
In India the nagara were a pair of large kettledrums bound with iron hoops and twice as large as those used in Europe.
The right of displaying a banner and beating kettledrums was one of the highest marks of distinction which could be conferred on a Rajput noble.
The potentate is enjoying the music of various instruments, among which are two kettledrums strapped to the back of a Nubian slave.
Jost Amman[15] gives a picture of a pair of kettledrums with banners being played by an armed knight on horseback.
The kettledrums still form part of the bands of the Life Guards and other cavalry regiments.
For centuries kettledrums have been made and used in Europe in pairs, one large and one small; the relative proportions of the two instruments being well defined and invariable.
The kettledrums accompanied the Royal Artillery train in the Vigo expedition and during the campaign in Flanders in 1748.
This rhythmical use of kettledrums was characteristic of the military instrument of percussion, rather than the musical member of the orchestra.
They appeared in the field for the first time in a train of artillery during the Irish rebellion of 1689, and the charges for ordnance include the item, "large kettledrums mounted on a carriage with cloaths marked I.
Formerly the kettledrums used to be treated as transposing instruments, the notation, as for the horn, being in C, the key to which the kettledrums were to be tuned being indicated in the score.
A model of the kettledrums with their carriage which accompanied the duke of Marlborough to Holland in 1702 is preserved in the Rotunda Museum at Woolwich.
We were all in the house one sultry summer evening, when there came a rattle of kettledrums and a clatter of hoofs, which brought my mother and my father to the door, she with me in her arms that I might have the better view.
A burst of the royal kettledrums in the distance echoed finally over a dense crowd, packing the wide arches of the huge Hall-of-Audience, and stretching beyond them into the paved courtyard.
A low, reverberating roll of kettledrumswas the only answer, and an uncontrollable shiver shook him, replying to the shudder with which they filled the air.
This time the cry had a wail in it; but once again that roll of kettledrums was the only answer.
But the thrill passed into something like an electric shock, as tearing the still night air with discordant clangour, an almost inconceivable clash and crash of copper kettledrums and brass cymbals seemed to crack the ears that heard it.
Drums and kettledrums sounded together, the ring closed around them on all sides and the robber army suffered a grievous defeat.
When the cymbals and kettledrumsreechoed through all the courts, they deafened the ear.
Drums and kettledrums sounded together": thekettledrums sounded the attack, and the drums the retreat.
Trombones and trumpets resounded, and drums and kettledrums thundered and rattled as the warriors danced a war-dance.
They beat upon enormous cymbals, and their kettledrums were so large that four men could just about span them.
At that instant a din of kettledrumserupted from galleries at the sides of the square.
Kettledrums sounded at the back of the square and Hawksworth turned to see Arangbar making his entry followed by Allaudin and a gray-bearded wazir.
Several men with shoulder-high kettledrums and long brass trumpets were waiting nearby.
She was followed by Rosa with all speed, but before they got to the carriage drive at the top the first drops were making kettledrums of the crowns of their straw hats, and once again the organ of the orchestra was beginning to peal.
But Society soon began to notice that she no longer honored kettledrums or the more formal afternoon receptions with her presence, and her calls were few and late.
There are four other At Homes and kettledrums this week and I shall go to those also.
He met Madeleine at all these gatherings, but it so happened that he never sat beside her and he had no taste for kettledrums or balls.
Towards noonday, when the trumpets and kettledrums were sounding, I said, 'Now they are conducting the bride across the square to the great hall.
And as the trumpets blew every time that a new course of dishes and sweets were produced, I mentioned it; and before they were served the kettledrums were sounded.
A fire had been built in the middle of the courtyard, and around it picturesquely-dressed men and women were singing and dancing to the accompaniment of fifes, kettledrums and tambourines.
Flags waved, kettledrums beat, fans were flung into my very lap to autograph.
The barges of the imperial princes were covered with blue and white awnings and towed to the sound of kettledrums and the loud measured cries of the boatmen.
The kettledrums and the trumpets summoned all the great princes and potentates to the feast.
Trumpets and kettledrums mingled in the loud rejoicings of the populace.
At Ramillies it captured the standard and kettledrums of the Bavarian Guards.
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