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The cimbasso is a brass instrument in the trombone family, with a sound ranging from warm and mellow to bright and menacing. It has three to five piston or rotary valves, a predominantly cylindrical bore, and is usually pitched in C or E?. It is in the same range as a tuba or a contrabass trombone.
It is most commonly used in opera scores by Giuseppe Verdi from Oberto to Aida, and by Giacomo Puccini. Giuseppe Verdi, who at times specified a preference for the blending timbre of a low trombone over the heavier-sounding tuba, developed an instrument with the firm Pellit. In most of Verdi's operas the Cimbasso used nowadays are the common forms of the 'bucino' form: mouthpipe and middle section in front of the player, bell section forward pointed, in a downward angle pointed bell. This causes a very direct, concentrated projected sound towards conductor and audience.
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Los Angeles Cimbasso ChoirFinlandia by Jean Sibelius > |
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Cimbasso Excerpts (G.Verdi Operas) |
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Cimbasso Solo - RBR 0.7.4by cimbassonista |
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Basin Street Blues with cimbasso
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The ophicleide was invented in 1817 and patented in 1821 by French instrument maker Jean Hilaire Asté as an extension to the keyed bugle. Its long tubing bends back on itself, and it is played with a cupped mouthpiece similar to modern trombone and euphonium mouthpieces. It originally had nine keys, later expanded to as many as twelve keys, covering the large tone holes.
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Ophicleide Summit in Berlin"Das treue deutsche Herz" arr. Rob. Müller. |
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Fantaisie Johan HummelFantaise pour alto et orchestre de Johan Hummel |
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Sydney Ophicleide QuartetA performance of Handels 'Concerto in F Major' (Adagio/Allegro) |
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Andante et Rondo HongroisCarl Maria Von Weber |
"a reconfigured tuba due to back/shoulder pain"
Bandinerie from Bach's Orchestral Suite N° 2Crisp... |