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Re: Aw jees Norm...

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Subject: Re: Aw jees Norm...
From: Alastair Wheeler <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 16:25:19 +0100 (BST)
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On Fri, 12 Jun 1998 WRamage308@xxxxxxx wrote:

> More than 2 tubas in an orchestra?
> 
> Rite of Spring (Stravinsky)  1 Bass Tuba +  2 tenor  (wagner)tubas

D'oh!  The rite has 2 bass tubas.  The second player needs a range from
pedal D to super Gb, quite hard.... (concert)

Ignoring works with tenor & bass tuba, as someone is bound to be
offended (well, I refuse to play in a wind band if the conductor calls me
a baritone :)

Also Sprach Zarathustra (Strauss) has 2 bass tuba parts.

Berlioz generally went mental, I think the Requiem uses 8 tubas playing
from 2 parts (most of his other works are originally for opheclide, ie the
Symphonie Fantastique)

> Bruckner 7, 8+9th symphonies 1 Bass tuba + 2 bass and 2 tenor (wagner)tubas
> etc etc etc

Wagner tubas.... let's not get on about french horns again, please.

> Bill Ramage

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  Alastair Wheeler	 
  Euphonium & Trombone				   Fundamental Brass
  Bass Trombone				  City of Oxford Brass Band
  alastair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/~alastair
  "I am following my fish"


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