On Jun 7, 2007, at 12:09 PM, John Howell wrote:
What makes things interesting is that instruments have evolved since a century ago, let alone a century and a half. Verdi wrote for a bass brass instrument, knowing that his orchestras would use an Ophicleide. Today those parts would be played on a tuba, but I seem to remember reading that Verdi himself expressed a preference for the Cimbasso.
I have on multiple occasions seen the grand march from Aida played with a cimbasso in the orchestra, including one concert by a youth orchestra.
(I say "seen" rather than "heard" because I'm not sure I'd recognize any difference in sound, but I certainly recognize a cimbasso on sight.)
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