The Wagner tuba is a four- valve brass instrument commissioned by and named after Richard Wagner. It combines technical features of both standard tubas and French horns, [1] though despite its name, the Wagner tuba is more similar to the …

Today the Wagner tuba is generally used as an alternate doubling instrument to the horn and played as part of a quartet, comprising a pair of tenor tubas (played by 5th and 6th horns) and a pair of bass tubas (played by 7th and 8th horns).

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2019年4月14日 · The Wagner tuba was created for composer Richard Wagner. Wagner really liked the sound of the tuba but he found the tuba’s tone was too heavy to play the melody, so he conceived of a hybrid instrument that was a cross between a horn and a tuba.

2025年3月11日 · The Wagner tuba, invented in the 1870s through the collaboration between Richard Wagner and instrument makers, has had a lasting impact on both the world of classical music and the development of brass instruments.

2011年2月21日 · The tuba, invented in 1835 would seem to qualify, except that Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle and some other very important works require an even newer instrument called the Wagner tuba. The invention of valves in 1815 led to the development of …

The history of the Wagner Tuba holds great interest for hornists - we take a detailed look covering Richard Wagner, Adolphe Sax, Hans Richter.and others.

Originally created for Richard Wagner's operatic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, the Wagner tuba has been written for by many other composers - most notably Anton Bruckner, in whose Symphony No. 7 a quartet of them is first heard in the slow …

Like the cimbasso, the Wagner tuba is a mystery to a lot of orchestrators. Wagner tubas are also often referred to as tuben. This is just the plural of tuba in German. First of all, some quick history; but as that is not my strong point, I will let someone else explain it. Here is studio legend Jim Thatcher talking about the instrument.

Wagner tubas are four-valved, small-bored tubas designed in the 19th century for the German composer Richard Wagner for special effects in his four-part music-drama cycle The Ring of the Nibelung.