LOOKING BACK: OVER THE SHOULDER TUBA
This issue’s Looking Back section revisits a “Pictorial History of the Tuba And its Predecessors” column from 1974 (Vol. II, No.1). In that article, Robert…
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LOOKING BACK: Highlights from the 1924 C.G. Conn Bass Catalog
The following article is reprinted from the Spring 1989 Journal (Vol. 16, No. 3). In the late 19th century and early part of the 20th century, the…
LOOKING BACK: Conn’s 1924 Baritone and Euphonium Catalog
In the Winter issue of the ITEA Journal we looked at a 1924 Conn catalog on “basses.” Here we feature excerpts from the 1924 Conn catalog for…
LOOKING BACK: The Truth About the Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto
The following article first appeared in 1986, Volume 14:2 of the TUBA Journal. A prophetic summing up paragraph taken from an article with the title…
LOOKING BACK: Verdi Hates the Tuba
That’s what the music headline would have read in newspapers around the world. After all, Verdi had been quoted as saying “No” when asked if…
LOOKING BACK: CONNIE’S FINAL TOOT!: An Interview with Constance Weldon
[Editor’s Note: This article is excerpted from the original as published in the Summer, 1991 edition of the TUBA Journal (Volume 18, No. 4). The original contains…
LOOKING BACK: Of Sousa and Circuses: An Interview with Johnny Evans
When I joined the Ringling Bros. Circus Band in 1948, I was in awe of the first tuba player Reuben Clinton Evans or Johnny as…
LOOKING BACK: Finding Articles on Our History
Have you ever been in a band room and wondered, “Why doesn’t someone clean this place?” As band directors purchase music and catalogs arrive in…
LOOKING BACK: A 1936 Interview of Bill Bell
Claude B. Smith sent a questionnaire to Bill Bell and other leading musicians of the day as part of research for his master’s degree at…
