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The bugle call from St Mary’s
Centuries ago, there was a watcher in the tower who played the bugle call at sunrise and sunset, thus giving the signal to open and close the city gates. Played at other times, the bugle call would act as a warning signal. A Mongol army arrived at the gates in 1241. The watchful guard noticed the enemy and warned the townspeople in good time, so that the gates were shut before they arrived, yet before he finished the melody, he was lethally hit by a Tartar arrow. To commemorate the event, the melody always breaks in mid-note where the brave watcher finished many centuries ago. The bugle call from St Mary’s is played every hour to the four winds. From 13th February 1838, its sound is used to denote noon, and from 16th April 1927, every day at noon sharp the First Programme of the Polish Radio broadcasts the bugle call from St Mary’s Tower.
A trumpeter in 1920s
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