Essay On Euphonium
The history of the baritone horn and the euphonium.
The euphonium is a low brass instrument, whose ancestor is the serpent which was made in 1490 by Canon Edme Guillaume in France. In 1843, Sommer of Weimar created a piston valved, tenor sounding instrument called a "euphonion".The name euphonion is derived from the Greek word euphonos, meaning "sweet-voiced". Many people think this instrument is the ancestor of the modern day euphonium in Germany. This brass instrument closely resembles a baritone. The baritone horn is different in size and shape for the baritones tubes are wrapped a little more tightly than the euphonium and the baritones bore is conical and the euphoniums is cylindrical. The baritone has only three valves while the euphonium has ether …show more content…
Further technological advancements are inevitable in the years to come, but for the first time since it was created, we now have a euphonium close to perfection. Euphonium - Besson Prestige 2005 in 1891, a journalist from the Daily Telegraph suggested the sound of the euphonium was, "enough to make a Quaker kick his mother-in-law" and said that the instrument sounded like a "fog-horn". Yet in 2004, a journalist from the Times suggested that the euphonium was "as flexible and agile as the trumpet" capable of producing a "superbly focused glowing tone". The euphonium has obviously come a super long way and with continued dedication from the young euphonium players of today coupled with the continued development of repertoire, I believe the euphonium's future could be very bright. I would like to be a part of that. That is something I could do when I get older and more skilled at playing. My instrument has a very long and cool history. I hope you like it as much as I did. I hope to be a great baritone/euphonium player. In conclusion the baritone/euphonium is one of the first low-brass instruments. Just like the serpent and ophicleide, which are the older
The euphonium is a low brass instrument, whose ancestor is the serpent which was made in 1490 by Canon Edme Guillaume in France. In 1843, Sommer of Weimar created a piston valved, tenor sounding instrument called a "euphonion".The name euphonion is derived from the Greek word euphonos, meaning "sweet-voiced". Many people think this instrument is the ancestor of the modern day euphonium in Germany. This brass instrument closely resembles a baritone. The baritone horn is different in size and shape for the baritones tubes are wrapped a little more tightly than the euphonium and the baritones bore is conical and the euphoniums is cylindrical. The baritone has only three valves while the euphonium has ether …show more content…
Further technological advancements are inevitable in the years to come, but for the first time since it was created, we now have a euphonium close to perfection. Euphonium - Besson Prestige 2005 in 1891, a journalist from the Daily Telegraph suggested the sound of the euphonium was, "enough to make a Quaker kick his mother-in-law" and said that the instrument sounded like a "fog-horn". Yet in 2004, a journalist from the Times suggested that the euphonium was "as flexible and agile as the trumpet" capable of producing a "superbly focused glowing tone". The euphonium has obviously come a super long way and with continued dedication from the young euphonium players of today coupled with the continued development of repertoire, I believe the euphonium's future could be very bright. I would like to be a part of that. That is something I could do when I get older and more skilled at playing. My instrument has a very long and cool history. I hope you like it as much as I did. I hope to be a great baritone/euphonium player. In conclusion the baritone/euphonium is one of the first low-brass instruments. Just like the serpent and ophicleide, which are the older