One famous player of this instrument was Tommy Johnson, who played the two-note theme of the 1976 Oscar-winning movie score on this instrument.
One famous player of this instrument was Tommy Johnson, who played the two-note theme of the 1976 Oscar-winning movie score on this instrument. A standard symphony usually contains only one of these instruments, but two tenor and two bass versions of it are required for Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. These instruments are based on a system of quarter sizes, with a 5/4 size being known as a "Kaiser" type. A type built to be played while being carried is named for the composer of El Capitan and Stars and Stripes Forever. The Sousaphone is a type of, FTP, what lowest-pitched brass instrument?
One famous player of this instrument was Tommy Johnson, who played the two-note theme of the 1976 Oscar-winning movie score on this instrument.
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