[Trombone-l] Calling our musicologists...
Howard Weiner
h.weiner at online.de
Mon Mar 2 11:26:50 CST 2009
At 11:28 02.03.2009 -0500, thetubameister at roadrunner.com wrote:
>Hi all!
>
>Howard et al: I've just been engaged to play "tuba" for Mascagni's
>"L'amico Fritz". I'm sure the part will be marked "tuba", but as a
>19th c. Italian Opera, I'm suspicious of this. What's this really written for?
Good question! Here is the instrumentation given on the Italian
Wikipedia page for "L'amico Fritz" http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27amico_Fritz
La <http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitura>partitura di Mascagni
prevede l'utilizzo di
* 2 <http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flauto_traverso>flauti, 2
<http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oboe>oboi, 2
<http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarinetto>clarinetti, 2
<http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagotto>fagotti
* 4
<http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corno_%28strumento_musicale%29>corni, 2
<http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tromba>trombe, 3
<http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombone>tromboni
* <http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timpani>timpani,
<http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussione>percussione
* 2 <http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpa>arpe
* <http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archi_%28musica%29>archi
* <http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banda_musicale>banda interna
Since there is apparently no tuba in the orchestra, you might have
been hired to play in the banda, the on- or back-stage band. In that
case, a bombardon or a small tuba would probably be in order.
Ciao!
Howard
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Howard Weiner
h.weiner at online.de
http://howard-weiner.de/
Tosca jumped to a conclusion.
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