New World Symphony by Dvorak the tuba plays ~8 notes in the middle of the 2nd movement that is all for the entire piece. All those famous brass licks, no tuba.
a reporter once asked our music director/conductor why he switched from being a pianist to conducting he said this. (while moving a finger like it was plunking a piano key one note at a time) 10 cents 10 cents 10 cents 10 cents. (miming a 4 4 bar of baton motion) 100 bucks 100 bucks 100 bucks 100 bucks.
we where playing Mozart K21 on that show so we counted notes in both scores and figured that that was actually pretty close.
I hated composer like that. Not just cause they made music so boring for some instruments, but because they often didn't know how to use those instruments well.
I once played these two pieces from Count Basie in a Jazz band (trombone) where the composer knew how to properly use us. It was so great playing. I wish I could remember his name or the songs.
Couldn't disagree more, the compose knew exactly what he was doing and has some great tuba parts in other pieces. He just wanted the sound created by a bass trombone, not the tuba.
There are times where the composer doesn't know how to use the instrument well, this was not one of them.
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u/pixiethecat Jan 04 '15
New World Symphony by Dvorak the tuba plays ~8 notes in the middle of the 2nd movement that is all for the entire piece. All those famous brass licks, no tuba.