Wagner's "Tuba"
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http://www.csupomona.edu/~dmgrasmick/mu330/EuphoniumTubalect.html
Pictures! Explanations!
The main description couldn't be cut and pasted here because it's part of the
art, but it's definitely worth a look! This part I could cut:
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The first composer to write for a euphonium like instrument was Wagner .
Wagner wrote for a tuba (Wagnerian Tuba) which was a modified French horn. It
had a slightly larger bore but was not as large as a modern tuba. The
instruments Wagner scored for were in effect bass French horns.-=-
Pictures! Explanations!
The main description couldn't be cut and pasted here because it's part of the
art, but it's definitely worth a look! This part I could cut:
-=-
The first composer to write for a euphonium like instrument was Wagner .
Wagner wrote for a tuba (Wagnerian Tuba) which was a modified French horn. It
had a slightly larger bore but was not as large as a modern tuba. The
instruments Wagner scored for were in effect bass French horns.-=-
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> That pretty much answers my question. And I dug up a CD of horn musicLater tonight, at my opera class, one of the students is giving a
> and am listening to a bit of Wagnerian Siegfried stuff (when not drowned
> out by strange sounds of boyish exuberance).
presentation on Die Walkure... knowing her, it's bound to be really cool. *g*
I think it's funny that this thread started today!
-Roxana
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I just found this tidbit at the Oregon Symphony Players website:
**Wagner developed his own brass instrument, the
tubin (now called a "Wagner
tuba"), which is not wholly
realated. He used the tuba
extensively, notably for the
dragon's music in Ring cycle. **
That pretty much answers my question. And I dug up a CD of horn music
and am listening to a bit of Wagnerian Siegfried stuff (when not drowned
out by strange sounds of boyish exuberance).
Betsy
SandraDodd@... wrote:
**Wagner developed his own brass instrument, the
tubin (now called a "Wagner
tuba"), which is not wholly
realated. He used the tuba
extensively, notably for the
dragon's music in Ring cycle. **
That pretty much answers my question. And I dug up a CD of horn music
and am listening to a bit of Wagnerian Siegfried stuff (when not drowned
out by strange sounds of boyish exuberance).
Betsy
SandraDodd@... wrote:
> http://www.csupomona.edu/~dmgrasmick/mu330/EuphoniumTubalect.html[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> Pictures! Explanations!
>
> The main description couldn't be cut and pasted here because it's part
> of the
> art, but it's definitely worth a look! This part I could cut:
>
>
> -=-
> The first composer to write for a euphonium like instrument was Wagner
> .
> Wagner wrote for a tuba (Wagnerian Tuba) which was a modified French
> horn. It
> had a slightly larger bore but was not as large as a modern tuba. The
> instruments Wagner scored for were in effect bass French horns.-=-
>
>