Wagner tuba
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The Wagner tuba is a four-valve brass instrument commissioned by and named after Richard Wagner. It combines technical features of both standard tubas and French horns, though despite its name, the Wa
Wagner tuba in B♭ and F by Gebr. Alexander
Euphonium
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The euphonium is a tenor- and baritone-voiced valved brass instrument pitched in 9-foot B♭ an octave below the B♭ trumpet or cornet, employed chiefly in brass, military, and concert bands. As with any
Wagner tuba
…tubas or Wagner tubas. (For example, orchestras sometimes assume the two tenor tubas in Janáček's Sinfonietta are Wagner tubas, when the score means euphoniums.) The name "Wagner tuba" is considered problematic, and possibly incorrect, by many theorists. Kent Kennan says they are poorly named, since "they are…
Compensating 4-valve euphonium by Besson
Ferdinand Sommer playing his Sommerophone at the 1851 Great Exhibition, London
Marching euphonium by King
Amilcare Ponchielli, composer of the first original euphonium solo