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

[Brian Frederiksen]

Actually, it is very common to play the trombone part on a euphonium for the 
Ewald.


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
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Meacham" <tmeacham at gci.net>
To: "Brian Frederiksen" <mailbx at windsongpress.com>
Cc: <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [TPIN] Bass trombone (for tuba) in a brass quintet?


> 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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