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…
Tag: Organology
NUTS AND BOLTS: King Rotary Tubas
I got back into playing tuba about twenty years ago after having not played since I left The Navy in 1968 and was totally amazed…
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…
HISTORICAL INSTRUMENT COLUMN: Looking at the Past: Why Play Historical Brass?
Of course you would expect the Historical Instruments column to look at the past, but the past stretches from the moment that you’ve read the…
HERITAGE: Marching through the Early History of the Sousaphone
For about a century now, the most visible member of the tuba family-at least in America-has been the Sousaphone. Today, for example, if you catch…
HISTORICAL INSTRUMENTS: Looking at the Past II: “God Save Us from the Ancient Serpent”
Historical Performance Standards: Low Brass Was Berlioz unique in having “modern” standards? That he was not a lone voice is demonstrated in many of 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…
HISTORICAL INSTRUMENTS: LOOKING AT THE PAST III: “Travelling into the Past”
The ophicleide was still in use in some orchestras as late as the end of the nineteenth century, little more than a hundred years ago…
UPDATE ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE SOUSAPHONE
There are at least two things I’ve learned since writing my article, “Marching through the Early History of the Sousaphone” (ITEA Journal 42:3, Spring 2015).…
HISTORICAL INSTRUMENTS: The Case of the Mysterious F: A Detective Story by Clifford Bevan
The most recent discussion in the Historical Instruments Column of the English F tuba was in 2008. The context was an investigation into Vaughan Williams’s…
