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An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:13 pm
by Trevor Bjorklund
"An orchestra without a tuba is like a kiss without a moustache" - Gérard Buquet
This is my new favorite quote.
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:40 pm
by Mark
Trevor Bjorklund wrote:An orchestra without a tuba is like...
a Beethoven Symphony.
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:15 pm
by Donn
A kiss from someone with a moustache is one of those things I think some people are going to like a lot more than others. Don't know, but I'm not in any hurry to find out.
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:27 am
by thattubaguy
It's like when somebody dies on stage.
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:51 am
by Steve Marcus
Mahler knew what an orchestra without a tuba was like. That's why he added tuba to Beethoven 9 and other scores that were sorely lacking a tuba part (albeit sometimes a very modest tuba part added).
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:47 am
by iiipopes
Mozart. Haydn. Beethoven. Schubert. All the rest of the classical composers before 1840. The point being....?
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:18 am
by windshieldbug
... a bass trombone without two-stroke fuel...
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:36 pm
by Trevor Bjorklund
Fascinating. Things definitely take a life of their own here on TubeNet!
Just thought I'd share something I found quite funny and very slightly enlightening (the source is a French guy who works in Germany, to add a cultural dimension).
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:49 pm
by Mark
Steve Marcus wrote:Mahler knew what an orchestra without a tuba was like. That's why he added tuba to Beethoven 9 and other scores that were sorely lacking a tuba part (albeit sometimes a very modest tuba part added).
What about Mahler's own Symphony, No. 4?
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:07 pm
by Steve Marcus
Mark wrote:What about Mahler's own Symphony, No. 4?
One "oversight" out of nine ain't bad.
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 2:48 pm
by TubaRay
An orchestra without a tuba is like...an orchestra that doesn't have a tuba.
This seems very obvious to me. I'm just sayin'. Obviously, I prefer an orchestra WITH a tuba.
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:49 pm
by Kevin Hendrick
Mark wrote:Steve Marcus wrote:Mahler knew what an orchestra without a tuba was like. That's why he added tuba to Beethoven 9 and other scores that were sorely lacking a tuba part (albeit sometimes a very modest tuba part added).
What about Mahler's own Symphony, No. 4?
Well, the notes had to come from *somewhere* ...
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:20 pm
by Wyvern
... Is like a Diesel engine without tubodrive
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:41 pm
by bigbob
It's like a building without a foundation....a bridge with out supports...a airplane without engines...a glider without air... ect ect.............................................BB
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:22 pm
by Bob Kolada
Like a big band without a soprano saxophone, tolerable/encouraged.
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:58 pm
by bort
...a brass quintet with a bass trombone.
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:22 pm
by GC
+1
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:20 am
by pjv
...is SOOO 18th centrury.
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:36 am
by MartyNeilan
...is like going to the bathroom without toilet paper.
Re: An orchestra without a tuba is like...
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:52 am
by tbn.al
Excellent analogy Marty. The need is both cases depends on what the immediate program calls for.