The Wagner Tuba

  • Wagner Tuba
    • Introduction
    • Wagner Tuba History
      • The Vision
      • The Apprentice
      • Trials and Transpositions
      • Fruition
      • The Disciple
      • Wagner’s Heirs
      • Modern Voices
      • Wagner Tuba Revival
    • Physical Properties & Range
    • Wagner Tuba Notation
    • Position in The Score
    • Seating in the Orchestra
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    • Wagner Tuba Composers
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    • Andrew Downes
    • Jan Koetsier
    • Jorge E. López
    • Elisabeth Lutyens
  • Richard Wagner
    • Introduction
    • Birth in Leipzig
    • The ‘Acting’ Father
    • Wagner the Student
    • Early Compositions
    • Marriage to Minna Planer
    • Wagner in Paris
    • Mathilde Wesendonk
    • King Ludwig II of Bavaria
    • Wagner and Cosima
    • Bayreuth & Final Years
  • The Brass Section
    • Introduction
    • French Horn Introduction
      • French Horn History
      • French Horn Range
      • The Double Horn
      • French Horn Manufacturers
      • Famous Horn Players
      • French Horn Repertoire
      • Learning The French Horn
      • French Horn Orchestration
      • Contemporary Jazz Horn
    • Trumpet Introduction
      • Types Of Trumpet
      • Trumpet History
      • Trumpet Range
      • Famous Trumpet Players
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Position in The Score

As in the case of notation for the Wagner Tuba, there appears to be no absolute rule as to the position that Wagner Tubas should take on a score sheet. Composers who have written for the work have all had their own ideas including Wagner, Bruckner and Strauss.

Wagner placed the Wagner Tubas alongside the biggest tuba, below the trumpets and trombones, the logic being that he scored for an ensemble of 5 tubas.

Bruckner adopted the same idea as Wagner in his 7th Symphony but then changed his mind in his 8th and 9th Symphonies placing them above the trumpets, as in these works he deemed them to be part of the horn group.

Strauss followed Bruckner’s latter example placing them above the trumpets in his score of the Alpensinfonie and Die Frau ohne Schatten but conversely one finds him placing them below the trombones in his “Elektra” score.

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Wagner Tuba Menu

  • The Wagner Tuba
  • Wagner Tuba History
    • The Apprentice
    • Trials and Transpositions
    • Fruition
    • The Disciple
    • Wagner’s Heirs
    • Modern Voices
    • Wagner Tuba Revival
  • Physical Properties & Range
  • Notation
  • Position in The Score
  • Seating Within the Orchestra

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