10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPHICLEIDE»
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ophicleide in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ophicleide and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Anatomy of the Orchestra
OPHICLEIDE, SERPENT, ETC. Mention has already been made briefly above (p.
309) of Mendelssohn's use of the bass ophicleide in his overture to A Midsummer
Night's Dream. Whilst only one of numerous instances of the ophicleide in ...
Berlioz, who believed that the ophicleide 'worked wonders beneath a body of
brass instruments in certain circumstances',41 wrote for it in his own works, using
it most often as the bass voice of the orchestral brass section. Verdi, as we have ...
3
The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments
13 The word 'ophicleide' is derived from the Greek ophis (serpent) and kleis (that
which serves for closing). The invention of the term also marked the first instance
of a 'trade name' given to a musical instrument by its maker. Aste's patent, No.
Trevor Herbert, John Wallace, 1997
4
Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise: A Translation and Commentary
He usually called for one ophicleide in C beneath a group of three trombones,
but a second bass instrument is frequently found. In the Resurrexit in the Messe
solennelle it is paired with a serpent, and in the finale of the
Symphoniefantastique ...
Berlioz, Hugh Macdonald, 2002
5
Treatise on Instrumentation
THE. VALVE. BUGLE. (With. Pistons. or. Cylinders). THE. BASS. OPHICLEIDE.
THE ALTO OPHICLEIDE Alto ophicleides are used in some military. It has a
lower range than the preceding. However, this is of no particular utility since its
low ...
Hector Berlioz, Richard Strauss, 1985
6
Performance Practice: A Dictionary-Guide for Musicians
Ophicleide (19th c.). A low brass instrument invented by Jean-Hilaire Asté (
Halary) in Paris ca. 1817. Among several instruments of its type produced by Asté
, the bass ophicleide was accepted for a time by composers as a foundation for
the ...
... ophicleide in Spontini's Olympie 1821 - Aste (Halary) patents the ophicleide
and trompette a clef 1 834 - Heinrich composes Concerto for the Keyed Bugle
1844 - Founding of the Cyfarthfa Band in Wales 1860 - Additional ophicleide
patents ...
Ralph Thomas Dudgeon, 2004
8
The Cambridge Companion to Gilbert and Sullivan
... bass trombone, ophicleide, harp Symphony in E 1866 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 2 In
Memoriam 1866 2 2 2 2 1 4 2 3 1 2 4 Organ, ophicleide Marmion (concert
overture) 1867 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 1 1 Ophicleide, alto tuba The Contrabandista 1867 2
1 2 1 1 2 2 2 ...
David Eden, Meinhard Saremba, 2009
9
A Treatise on Instrumentation: A Practical Guide to ...
The ophicleide in By is a tone lower than that in C. The latter is sometimes (but
not always) written for as a transposing instrument; the general practice is to write
the real notes desired. The part of the ophicleide is always written in the F clef.
And so it was that late in the afternoon, when MacLyle emerged stretching and
yawning from his nap, he found his visitor under the spruce tree, hefting the
ophicleide and twiddling its keys in a perplexed and investigatory fashion.
MacLyle ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPHICLEIDE»
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ophicleide is used in the context of the following news items.
Halas & Batchelor Short film Collection
And know we know what the now obsolete Ophicleide looked like. Hamilton the Musical Elephant is a witty little piece with a score by renowned ... «Film News, Jul 15»
It's News to Me
In the orchestra, there are 72 musicians, including an ophicleide and the regular 40 strings, and backstage bands with 23 musicians. The total ... «San Francisco Classical Voice, May 15»
Vancouver Bach Choir and the VSO join forces for epic Elijah
... but the one thing the Vancouver Bach Choir's Elijah doesn't have is an ophicleide. Felix Mendelssohn's score for the 1846 oratorio actually ... «Straight.com, Mar 15»
East Winds Quartet plays lost marches
Craig Kridel of South Carolina plays the serpent, and J.C. Sherman from Cleveland, the serpent and ophicleide. The serpent, a descendant of ... «Allentown Morning Call, Feb 15»
Casting a Spell: Bee Returns to Familiar Hive
Since all missed “ophicleide” — a tuba-like brass instrument — Master of Pronunciation Bob Howell dug deep into his dastardly dictionary for ... «Southern Pines Pilot, Feb 15»
PINKY'S CORNER: Atlantic City's dunes are too high
The Grand Ophicleide, the official journal of the Historic Organ Restoration Committee, stated that the Kimball organ is now playable with a ... «Press of Atlantic City, Jan 15»
Sax and the City
... six-valve, seven-bell trombone and Sax's “ophicleide”, a large, conical tuba. The museum contains 7,000 instruments, including 60 bagpipes, ... «Times of Malta, Nov 14»
The Sounds of Innovation: How UConn Research Is Resurrecting …
... by Frederic Triebert in Paris circa 1840 and the only known wooden mouthpiece of an ophicleide – a 19th-century brass instrument similar to ... «UConn Today, Nov 14»
Les Martyrs, Opera Rara, Royal Festival Hall, review: 'enthralling …
... more expansive, swollen with pomp and ceremony, and orchestrated for large forces (including the now defunct ophicleide, a keyed bugle). «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»
Sax Inventor's 200th Birthday on Nov. 6
His sax was part clarinet and part ophicleide, an older, keyed brass instrument. Audio and video interviews with some of the world's outstanding ... «Newswise, Nov 14»
