02198cam a22003853u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000360011324500290014926400510017830000470022933600260027633700260030233800360032849000700036450000310043450801030046552008540056853400720142265300200149465300180151465300230153265300210155570000290157683000700160585600750167585600430175099900190179377664UtSlPG20260610134811.0mcr n260607r20261955utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aLong, Frank Belknap,d1903-199410aYoung man with a trumpet 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Fantastic Universe, February 1956 (Vol. 5, No. 1.).  aRelease date is 2026-01-09  aTom Trussel (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  aYoung 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.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: King-Size Publications, Inc., 1955  aScience fiction  aShort stories  aAnimals -- Fiction  aMusic -- Fiction1 aFreas, Kelly,d1922-2005 0aProduced from Fantastic Universe, February 1956 (Vol. 5, No. 1.).4 uhttps://archive.org/details/Fantastic_Universe_v05n01_1956-02/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77664  c118384d118384