[Trombone-l] Calling our musicologists...

[Howard Weiner]

Oy! What a mess. Let me try again!
H

>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 partitura di Mascagni
>prevede l'utilizzo di
>     * 2 flauti, 2 oboi, 2 clarinetti, 2 fagotti
>     * 4 corni, 2 trombe, 3 tromboni
>     * timpani, percussione
>     * 2 arpe
>     * archi
>     * 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
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http://howard-weiner.de/

Tosca jumped to a conclusion.