TY  - BOOK
AU  - Long,Frank Belknap
AU  - Freas,Kelly
TI  - Young man with a trumpet
T2  - Produced from Fantastic Universe, February 1956 (Vol. 5, No. 1.)
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2026///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - Short stories
KW  - Animals -- Fiction
KW  - Music -- Fiction
N1  - Release date is 2026-01-09; Tom Trussel (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive); Originally published; New York: King-Size Publications, Inc., 1955
N2  - Young man with a trumpet by Frank Belknap Long is a short science-fiction fable written in the mid-20th century. It imagines a post-human Earth where animals, determined to avoid humanity’s mistakes, try to revive the lost art of music.

After humans have departed, the animals gather to create music but fail despite earnest attempts: the ass brays, the wolf howls, the bullfrog croaks, the learned birds posture, and the big cats roar—each effort impressive yet musically hollow. At last a small monkey rises, lifts a golden trumpet, and plays with transcendent beauty—music that seems almost human yet perfected by patience and practice. The animals are swept into rapture and applaud, and the monkey stands proud, certain he had always possessed the gift to bring true music back to the world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://archive.org/details/Fantastic_Universe_v05n01_1956-02/mode/2up
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77664
ER  -