[Trombone-l] Dvorak Symphony No. 9 (NWS)

[Tom Izzo]

Richard,

Yes, the Tuba ONLY plays the opening & closing chords of the second mov't. It is in unison with the Bass Trb & the 2nd Bassoon. Dvorak ovbiously wanted the Tuba's timbre in those chords, but I feel sorry for the poor guy who only gets to play those 14 bars on the whole concert.
That's ALL the Tuba plays in the complete "New World Symphony".

Tom


Tom Izzo
Principal Trombonist, Bristol Renaissance Faire;
Bass Trombonist, West Suburban Symphony Orchestra;
Founding Director, The Naperville Area Trombone Ensemble;
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--- On Fri, 11/21/08, Richard Lee <bassboneage at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Richard Lee <bassboneage at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Trombone-l] Dvorak Symphony No. 9 (NWS)
> To: trombone-l at samford.edu
> Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 12:45 PM
> I'm performing this piece with a local orchestra.  The
> publisher has the 
> bass trombone and tuba on the same part.  If I'm
> reading the part 
> correctly, then the tuba only plays on the second movement,
> and the rest 
> is bass trombone, but it's a little ambiguous.  Not
> that I have any 
> problem with the tuba playing in unison, but it just sounds
> weird from 
> what I am used to hearing.  What do you guys think? 
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