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Hendricks, who started his musical journey on the saxophone, plays the recorder, viola da gama, vielle, Renaissance guitar, shawm, sackbut, gemshorn, krummhorn, racket, dulcian,lute and cittern.
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
Under her direction, the show featured a pit band of musicians who played Elizabethan instruments like the shawm, sackbut, theorbo, hurdy-gurdy, cittern, tabor and rauschpfeife.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Cue the valveless trumpets, natural horns, and sackbuts: The Boston Early Music Festival is back.
—Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2023
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
Under her direction, the show featured a pit band of musicians who played Elizabethan instruments like the shawm, sackbut, theorbo, hurdy-gurdy, cittern, tabor and rauschpfeife.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Cue the valveless trumpets, natural horns, and sackbuts: The Boston Early Music Festival is back.
—Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2023
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“Sackbut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sackbut. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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