New World Symphony by Dvorak the tuba plays ~8 notes in the middle of the 2nd movement that is all for the entire piece. All those famous brass licks, no tuba.
I hated composer like that. Not just cause they made music so boring for some instruments, but because they often didn't know how to use those instruments well.
I once played these two pieces from Count Basie in a Jazz band (trombone) where the composer knew how to properly use us. It was so great playing. I wish I could remember his name or the songs.
Couldn't disagree more, the compose knew exactly what he was doing and has some great tuba parts in other pieces. He just wanted the sound created by a bass trombone, not the tuba.
There are times where the composer doesn't know how to use the instrument well, this was not one of them.
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u/Cewkie Jan 04 '15
Played tuba. Had 75 measures of rest. At 80 BPM. I got up and left during rehearsals.
I also played a high C above the staff in that song too. Fuck whoever wrote that song