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Tuba Players Day
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Tuba (Latin for "trumpet") is the lowest pitched of the brass wind instruments. It was patented in 1835 by the Prussian bandmaster Friedrich Wieprecht and the German builder Johann Moritz. A variation was created by German composer Richard Wagner for his Ring cycle of operas - and John Philip Sousa comissioned a version for his march music that is now called the sousaphone. While the basic design remains the same, the number of different types of tubas today is amazing.
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