Posted by AW on December 19, 2002 at 23:18:07:
In Reply to: Romantic posted by Tito on December 19, 2002 at 20:02:28:
Certainly. Learned professors of tuba have been able to reconstruct what past composers would have written if an instrument of such high perfection as the tuba had been available to them. For example, we have J.S. Bach's "The Art of Fuba." I vividly remember the thrill of hearing the delightfully corrected version of Mozart's popular opera, now titled "The Magic Tuba." Even later romantic composers have had their works corrected, such at Tchaikovsky's ballet music. When I see and hear "The Dance of the Sugar Plum Tuba," I finally begin to understand what true art is all about.
Doubtless, many other musical works will become available in reconstructed or corrected (and certainly improved) versions. I am sure that many millions of us are waiting in giddy anticipation.
Allen "You can never have too many tubas" Walker