[TPIN] Bass trombone (for tuba) in a brass quintet?

[Paul Dhuse]

I seem to  remember reading that Ewald was an alto (tenor in England) horn player.  So, 
it was probably 2 cornets, alto horn, trombone, and tuba.

On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 08:43:59 -0900, Thomas Meacham wrote:

>Brian,
>
>I believe the Victor Ewald quintets were originally written for (and 
>played on) all conical-bore instruments--two cornets, E-flat flugel 
>(?), baritone, and tuba.  I'd like to hear a performance or recording 
>of these quintets on "original" instruments.
>
>Tom Meacham
>Anchorage, Alaska
>
>+++
>
>On Nov 11, 2006, at 6:15 AM, Brian Frederiksen wrote:
>
>Interesting responses, not what I expected to hear but interesting.
>
>First off, I'm one of the tuba-lurkers on the list. When I play a 
>quintet, I bring a tuba and a smaller valve instrument - valve bone, 
>bass, trumpet or euphonium. The bone player brings a tenor and bass 
>bone. When it comes to most anything from the Baroque or earlier, we 
>usually switch parts using a bass bone on the bottom and whatever horn 
>I use playing the bone part. This seems to lighten up things helping 
>out the trumpets. It also changes the sound characteristic so the 
>quintet does not sound the same for everything.
>
>Here's one for you. There are times that it works out better going with 
>a conical sound where the trumpet parts are played on a cornet - what 
>do you think of that one??
>
>
>Brian Frederiksen
>WindSong Press
>PO Box 146
>Gurnee, Illinois 60031
>Phone 847 223-4586 Fax 847 223-4580
>www.windsongpress.com
>brianf at windsongpress.com
>
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