[Trombone-l] Calling our musicologists...

[thetubameister@roadrunner.com]

Count on you to help me out!  The listings on the American wikipedia was not as accurate listing a banda.  Small tuba it is!

J.c.

---- Howard Weiner <h.weiner at online.de> wrote: 
> 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
> 
> 
> --
> Howard Weiner
> h.weiner at online.de
> http://howard-weiner.de/
> 
> Tosca jumped to a conclusion.  
> 
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