The challenge of playing the Wagner tuba can produce many questions for a hornist, one them being: ‘Who made the very first Wagner tuba?‘ Wagner’s Tuben Search As mentioned in our history section, Richard Wagner first had the idea for developing the instrument in 1853 whilst working on Das Rheingold. He envisaged the use of […]
Christmas Eve In The Life Of Wagner
Christmas 1870 – A Special Birthday Gift Richard Wagner’s wife Cosima was born on Christmas Eve 1837 but she usually celebrated it on Christmas Day. On Christmas Day 1870, only a few months after their long-awaited marriage (25 August 1870 in Lucerne), Wagner decided to give his wife a very special birthday gift. With prior […]
