There is some confusion about this. This post caused me to go back
and look at the score, and take another look. After doing so, it is
clear to me that the parts are correctly in Bb alto. The key to
determining this is looking at five and four bars before the end of
the First Part. If the Wagner Tubas play in Bb Basso, they are then
in unison with the Bass Tuba, which is clearly not intended, since the
ascending quarter note line is then no longer in octaves.
I used to think that these parts were in Bb basso, but I no longer
believe that to be the case.
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Robert N. Ward
Principal Horn
San Francisco Symphony
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On Sep 17, 2008, at 4:19 PM, Robert Dickow wrote:
Worse, Stravinsky writes W tuben in "B-flat alto" in
Sacre, but that puts it one octave too high, so you have to adjust
there
too).
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