Elizabeth Hill

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>
>
> Roxana told me a couple of days ago that Wagner invented a new kind of
> tuba
> because he wanted a certain sound for an opera he was writing.

I'm curious what he wanted the new sound for. I mean, was it intended
to represent something like a dragon's roar or the sound of dwarves
hammering or something?

Does anybody know?

Betsy


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In a message dated 5/8/2002 12:46:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
ecsamhill@... writes:


> > Roxana told me a couple of days ago that Wagner invented a new kind of
> > tuba
> > because he wanted a certain sound for an opera he was writing.
>
> I'm curious what he wanted the new sound for. I mean, was it intended
> to represent something like a dragon's roar or the sound of dwarves
> hammering or something?
>
> Does anybody know?
>

I'm not sure exactly what the Wagnerian tuba sound was used for - although I
could ask my opera teacher tonight, she may know - but I think it may have
been simply because Wagner was an incredible perfectionist, and wanted a
deeper sound than he could get with a regular tuba.

-Roxana

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On Wed, 8 May 2002 16:03:02 EDT LutraPearl@... writes:>
> I'm not sure exactly what the Wagnerian tuba sound was used for -
although I
> could ask my opera teacher tonight, she may know - but I think it may
have
> been simply because Wagner was an incredible perfectionist, and
> wanted a deeper sound than he could get with a regular tuba.

He created it for the Ring cycle, right?

Cacie heard Ride of the Valkyries last night on TV and came running in...
she was a little disappointed when it was just a commercial for soap or
something.

Dar

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In a message dated 5/8/2002 1:27:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
freeform@... writes:


> > I'm not sure exactly what the Wagnerian tuba sound was used for -
> although I
> > could ask my opera teacher tonight, she may know - but I think it may
> have
> > been simply because Wagner was an incredible perfectionist, and
> > wanted a deeper sound than he could get with a regular tuba.
>
> He created it for the Ring cycle, right?
>
> Cacie heard Ride of the Valkyries last night on TV and came running in...
> she was a little disappointed when it was just a commercial for soap or
> something.


Right.

I've heard that aria on SO many commercials, and cartoons, and stuff like
that... I think it was in M*A*S*H or something... I never really realised
what it was until I saw it on a Website, actually NAMED, and heard it there.
But I really like it!

-Roxana (who is trying to write a paper on a totally different opera right
now!)

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Tia Leschke

>
>I'm curious what he wanted the new sound for. I mean, was it intended
>to represent something like a dragon's roar or the sound of dwarves
>hammering or something?

To me it sounds a lot like an ordinary French horn, a bit lower.
Tia

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Tia Leschke

>
>I'm not sure exactly what the Wagnerian tuba sound was used for - although I
>could ask my opera teacher tonight, she may know - but I think it may have
>been simply because Wagner was an incredible perfectionist, and wanted a
>deeper sound than he could get with a regular tuba.

Actually, I'm pretty sure it's higher than the tuba.
Tia

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Elizabeth Hill

Tia Leschke wrote:

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> To me it sounds a lot like an ordinary French horn, a bit lower.

Yeah, I guess I was just curious whether he uses it throughout one (or
many) opera, or if it's just featured briefly, as a signature for
something.

Did he just want a more beautiful sound, or a specific sound for a
specific reason?

Maybe I can figure this out with a search engine.

Betsy


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on 5/8/02 5:20 PM, Sharon Rudd at bearspawprint@... wrote:

> Kill da Wabbit....Kill da Wabbit....

Which, btw for Pat and others, is how many people (children) are introduced
to classical music. Spike Jones Murders the Classics sits on our CD shelf,
as does a CD of Looney Toons hits. The first time your kids hear "Carmen"
and say, "Oh, I heard that on Gilligan's Island," you'll laugh, trust me.

(And, despite protests of classical music-haters, people hear *modern*
classical music all the time -- it makes its way into our lives as
soundtracks to films and TV shows.)

Nancy