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Subcontrabass tuba in C by Rudolph Sander, 1899, in the Musikantenland Museum. In 1956, British musician Gerard Hoffnung used a 32′ C subcontrabass tuba built in 1899 in the first of his comedic Hoffnung Music Festivals. [3] He commissioned a work for it, Variations on "Annie Laurie" by Gordon Jacob, which he performed in the festival.
List of tuba players Image Name Lifetime Nationality Genre Notes Walter English: 1867–1916 American Circus: Played in various bands [2] William Bell: 1902–1971 American Classical The leading player and teacher of the early 20th century. Played in the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sousa Band, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, NBC ...
Subcontrabass tuba; T. Tubachristmas This page was last edited on 1 August 2022, at 22:17 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The euphonium is sometimes referred to as a tenor tuba and is pitched in B ♭, one octave higher than the BB ♭ contrabass tuba. The term "tenor tuba" is often used more specifically to refer to B ♭ rotary-valved tubas pitched in the same octave as euphoniums. The "Small Swiss Tuba in C" is a tenor tuba pitched in C, and provided with 6 ...
Category includes contrabass and sub-contrabass range instruments. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ... Tuba; Tubax; V ...
The E♭ and B♭ tubax have the same lengths of tubing as the contrabass and subcontrabass saxophones respectively, but are much more compact. [4] They are built with a narrower conical bore, somewhere between a regular saxophone and a contrabass sarrusophone, and use comparatively smaller baritone or bass saxophone mouthpieces.
Subcontrabass saxophone; Subcontrabass tuba; Superbone; T. Tenor saxophone; Tenor trombone; Trombone; Trumpet This page was last edited on 2 January 2023, at 17:40 ...
The Hoffnung Music Festivals were a series of humorous classical music festivals created by cartoonist and amateur tuba player Gerard Hoffnung and held in the Royal Festival Hall in London. The concerts consisted of humorous works specially commissioned from well-known composers of the day.