Posted by Kevin Wass on January 30, 2002 at 15:47:14:
In Reply to: Opera resources posted by Chris on January 29, 2002 at 23:28:15:
There is a Verdi bibiliography (I think the title is Giuseppe Verdi: A guide to research) that has some information on performance practice. I'm sure someone has gone through his operas and broken down instrumentation so you can see the whole cimbasso/trombono basso thing. Also, check Dissertation Abstracts International and Music Index (which has TUBA Journal databased back to about 93 I think). This seems like the kind of thing someone may have done a dissertation on.