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

[Walter Barrett]

Rumor has it that the orchestra's tuba player was possibly having a  
fling with Mrs. Dvorak, so when they went on tour, Mr. Dvorak added  
the tuba part so that the tuba player wouldn't be home alone with the  
missus.

Probably an urban legend, but it's as good a reason as any for  
explaining where that part came from...


On Nov 21, 2008, at 8:20 PM, Ray Horton wrote:

> My assumption has always been that Dvorak wrote the symphony with no
> tuba, but that the small bore valved bass trombone in Bb he wrote for
> didn't have the sonority for the chorale passages, so he added the  
> tuba
> double.  Don't have any evidence, though.
>
>
> RBH



Walter Barrett

“After I die, I shall return to earth as the doorkeeper of a bordello,  
and I won't let a single one of you in.”
	-Arturo Toscanini

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Bass trumpet, euphonium, tuba
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