Word: tuba
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...never be excelled. By far the most interesting suite the orchestra employed, is Moszkowski's suite in F, every one of the five movements bringing enthusiastic response from the audience. Each is very characteristic, and brings out some peculiar feature of the orchestra. In the first movement is a tuba solo, in the third, a flute solo, variation of a theme, also a variation with whole stringed orchestra pizzicatto and the last movement, the "Perpetum Mobile," is a fine piece of counterpoint...
ROBT. F. HERRICK.PIERIAN SODALITY. Candidates for the position of tenor trombone, alto trombone and bass tuba will be tried at 16 Weld on Wednesday, Oct. 31, between 7 and 8 P. M. Instruments will be hired for the successful candidates...
...places in the orchestra, yet the musical men in the other classes have not been backward in their efforts to fill the vacancies. So energetic were they that one second violin, one cello, one contra basso and one flute have been added to the orchestra, besides an obol tuba, tympani and two trombones, instruments which were not used at all last year. A fair number of freshmen have already been admitted to positions...