Posted by Jay Bertolet on February 25, 2001 at 00:50:07:
In Reply to: Puccini and Tubas posted by In the Pit on February 24, 2001 at 20:23:48:
Puccini definitely wrote for tuba, unlike Verdi who wrote primarily for cimbasso. We're doing Tosca starting next week so I was looking over the part just today. I think with Puccini, either cimbasso or bass tuba work just fine and the parts are, shall we say, sparse. I'll be using a bass tuba.
I don't know of an online site for orchestrations. If anyone knows of one, I'd love to hear of it!
My opinion for what it's worth...