This instrument plays the first notes of Webern's Symphony. Richard Strauss's father, Franz, played and wrote two concerti for it. Richard himself wrote two E-flat major concerti for it and included twenty of them in An Alpine Symphony. Mozart's four concerti for this instrument were recorded by Dennis Brain, and Mozart included two of them in A Musical (*) Joke. The modern form of this instrument actually contains two of them, in B-flat and F. Brahms wrote an E-flat-major trio for it, violin, and piano. They can play l
This instrument plays the first notes of Webern's Symphony. Richard Strauss's father, Franz, played and wrote two concerti for it. Richard himself wrote two E-flat major concerti for it and included twenty of them in An Alpine Symphony. Mozart's four concerti for this instrument were recorded by Dennis Brain, and Mozart included two of them in A Musical (*) Joke. The modern form of this instrument actually contains two of them, in B-flat and F. Brahms wrote an E-flat-major trio for it, violin, and piano. They can play louder with "bells up," or they can mute the sound and change the pitch by "stopping" with their hand. For 10 points, name this coiled brass instrument.
This instrument plays the first notes of Webern's Symphony. Richard Strauss's father, Franz, played and wrote two concerti for it.
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