This instrument represents the title character in a composition that makes use of flutter-tonguing in the brass to depict the bleating of sheep. That work is Don Quixote by Ri
This instrument represents the title character in a composition that makes use of flutter-tonguing in the brass to depict the bleating of sheep. That work is Don Quixote by Richard Strauss. Jacqueline du Pré, who played this instrument, released the best-known recording of a concerto for this instrument in E minor, composed by Edward Elgar. The movement "The Swan," from Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals, is scored for two pianos and this instrument. Pablo Casals popularized a set of six suites for this instrument by J.S. Bach. Played by Yo-Yo Ma, for 10 points, name this string instrument played sitting down, pitched lower than a viola but higher than a double bass.
This instrument represents the title character in a composition that makes use of flutter-tonguing in the brass to depict the bleating of sheep.